Example sentences of "it [verb] [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Enver Hoxha 's widow Nexhmije Hoxha , who had headed the Communist-dominated Democratic Front until December 1990 , but who had subsequently been expelled from the party as it sought to rid itself of the hardline old guard , was arrested on Dec. 4 to stand trial for corruption , as was Rita Marko , a politburo member for 34 years until July 1990 . |
| 2 | See here , they 're gon na get thirty six for it as it stands put it on the market as |
| 3 | That play has as an epigraph a Christian equivalent of the escape through ‘ Shantih ’ from the cycles of creation : ‘ Hence the soul can not be possessed of the divine union , until it has divested itself of the love of created beings . ’ |
| 4 | It has led him from the brooding atmosphere of his early novels to the limpid clarity of his last . |
| 5 | Neighbour Dave Ward added : ‘ I hate the programme , even though I suppose it has put us on the map . ’ |
| 6 | It has put us in the position of villains , whereas the Secretary of State is the villain because he will not pay . |
| 7 | This makes sense when taken together with IBM Europe 's statement that it has excess manufacturing capacity : rather than close the plants straight away , it has thrown them to the market — they will get business from IBM but only as long as they can provide products at the going market rate . |
| 8 | Although the Challenge is only a year old it has established itself as the biggest single charity fund raising event in the region . |
| 9 | ‘ It has devastated everyone in the organisation . |
| 10 | But it has bothered me since the turn of the year . |
| 11 | Use this form to tell us exactly how it has helped you on the farm or even in your contracting business . |
| 12 | The poll tax has been an outstanding success for the right hon. Member for Wirral , West ( Mr. Hunt ) — it has got him into the Cabinet . |
| 13 | The Renaissance was a rebirth of the Alexandrian-Roman spirit , and it has taken us on the same path . |
| 14 | Try to ensure that it has relieved itself before the journey , and do not feed the dog immediately before setting out , since this appears to increase the risk of travel sickness . |
| 15 | It has carried me from the comfortable Salisbury suburb where a kind Scottish family have made me a home , to a rough Bulawayo farmstead . |
| 16 | We did not really listen , but it helped to put us in the right mood . |
| 17 | He replied politely that just as he studied the whereabouts of bones and tendons and muscles so as to know more about the figures he tried to draw , in the same way — if he was attempting a portrait — it helped to know something about the working of people 's minds and how their characters had been formed . |
| 18 | Endorsement of the Ericsson approach has come from the Deutsche Bundespost Telekom , which says that it plans to use it as the basis for a pilot network . |
| 19 | They use it to help prepare themselves for the interview — i.e. to get to know you a bit before you arrive and work out the questions they are going to ask you . |
| 20 | If it requires to seize anything with the same organ , its tongue will then divide and become forked . |
| 21 | I 'm here to do a job of work and if dressing conservatively and ignoring his attempts at seductive banter are what it takes to remind him of the fact , so be it . ’ |
| 22 | Looks , money , a penchant for power and a great wardrobe — they 're what it takes to make it to the top . |
| 23 | They are crippled by the number of people it takes to get something on the air , whereas in print , I mean it 's still a lot of people if you 're doing a daily paper , but one reporter can write a story and get it on the air , or get it in print . |
| 24 | It began to lift him over the stair-rail . |
| 25 | The question should then be asked : How much did it cost to have them on the streets because they surely were not at school ? |
| 26 | They were both then hauled through the treacherous water to the boat , but while paddling for the shore , the current seized the boat and it capsized throwing everyone into the water . |
| 27 | To do this it helps to understand something of the background of residential care , and how issues around gender , dependency , daily routine , and staff responsibility impinge on the environment . |
| 28 | And I do n't see that it helps to blame it on the stars . |
| 29 | ‘ I know it was a shock for the club but I would n't have gone if it meant leaving them in the lurch . |
| 30 | ‘ I know it was a shock for the club but I would n't have gone if it meant leaving them in the lurch . |