Example sentences of "it [verb] [vb pp] [adj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has survived many a crisis and witnessed many turbulent conflicts but today revels in simple pleasures and peaceful serenity . |
| 2 | How can an electorate be expected to make up its mind until it has seen all the smears ? |
| 3 | It is possible to study electromagnetic theory without ever mentioning the word electron , but since it has become such a household word and is used so often we can just as well make use of it . |
| 4 | But with ‘ decultured ’ Aborigines it has become such a problem that it has been labelled the Black Death . |
| 5 | It has become such an attraction that local tour operators are beating a path to its door . |
| 6 | It may be possible to delete this provision if the Purchaser can be satisfied that it has had all the Business 's contracts disclosed to it one way or another . |
| 7 | ‘ The worst thing about cocaine is that once it has exhausted all the dopamine from the brain , then what 's left is a black hole of depression so big and so awful that not all the misery in the world can fill it . |
| 8 | How could it have held such a volume of water ( estimated to be about 10ml ) for a whole day without leaking ? |
| 9 | Chinese Charlie had altered the lot to fit him , and he had pressed it , too , and it had made such a difference to Ben . |
| 10 | BIIBA wanted a stay of execution on Fimbra 's plans and thought that it had gained such a deal when its chairman , David Palmer , met Fimbra chairman Lord Elton . |
| 11 | And when we looked it all er all , it had gone all the way through the mattress |
| 12 | ‘ It had lost all the appearance of a sexual implement ; it looked disgustingly like a cheap gadget from the five and ten cent store , like a bright-coloured piece of fishing tackle minus the bait . ’ |
| 13 | In fact it had become such a moneyspinner that the proprietor , Mr Ridout the Restaurateur , had opened a small chain of similar eateries . |
| 14 | It had come all the way from Mars . |
| 15 | It had taken half an hour , the inside of his head fitting loosely , like a drawer in an old chest . |
| 16 | When the landlord 's agents and the militia arrived , the tenants offered the whole of next year 's rent in advance if only Mrs. Pedelty would leave them at peace ; it had taken half an hour to get word to her of this offer and to bring back her refusal Then they asked for compensation for the land they had cleared and she sent back to say if they persisted in the claim she would sue for dilapidation and waste . |
| 17 | And and what I 've got in front of me , David Lock , what I 've got in front of me is is erm , and I know David 's got it David Allenby 's got it as well , is the er paper from Harrogate 's Economic Development Officer to his Economic Development Sub-Committee , and it 's gone all the way through the process now and through the main council , where he has to answer that very question and I could n't put it better . |
| 18 | Oh yes it 's , it 's been changed a lot and a , and er , it 's made such a difference and I 've met er , I 've got a er fr a very good friend who 's , who 's a Red Cross young man who I met at Leah Manning and he takes me out in the car which I would n't , never get out otherwise because my boys are all working you see they ca n't , they 're busy working and erm do shift work and security work , one 's got his own security business and the other one 's got a factory in Bishop 's Stortford so that they do n't get much chance , they work away , some of them do that they can not get to take me out see , so he takes me out , which he 's very , very good you know , he 's , yesterday he took me to erm , yesterday we , he took me to Ongar to see his sister in the bungalow and then he took me for a meal at erm The Chariot at er , at Brentwood , Brentwood , yes Brentwood The Chariot , it was quite nice I had rather , a good time , erm cos usually I ca n't get out unless I go out in the wheelchair you see I 'm confined to a wheelchair , though I struggle out into the kitchen with me two sticks and I 've got a stool in there that I do all my own cooking and I make cakes and that and I 'm doing a cake gon na make a cake for Christmas for me brother and make a cake , er another one for myself like , but , and then I go to my erm daughter-in-law 's to spend Christmas Day and then I , I 'm going to my son 's and spend Boxing Day which is my birthday , I 'll be seventy four on Boxing Day I 'm dreaded to say , yeah , but erm , this young man that takes me lives in Northbrooks , he 's er a widower , but he 's very , very good , he helps all us old people , you know , he 's ever so good he is to me , he comes up and brings my shopping today , does my shopping for me as well , so , well he 's , yes , he 's most kind , for , nearly two years I 've know him , that 's a photo over there , it was taken at a wedding look , of my , that 's it , over there , taken at a wedding dear , very good |
| 19 | Not all of them I accept and they 've been very helpful and when it comes to erm any other issue , I think basically , unfortunately sir , I think that we have strayed from the debate , we 've strayed onto ethnic issues er er and I think it 's a shame Mr , there was no need to introduce that and of course it was bound to bring a backlash , it was bound to introduce it it it it 's coloured it it 's made opaque the issues because you make it complicated , in actual fact er er I think that er being a governor of a school , I think that 's absolutely marvellous that some youngsters the future , I think the future will decide , I think there are kids out there will turn round one day and say how could you have done that ? |
| 20 | The third part is perhaps something that erm , we find a little more difficult , I do found that er number two , number three and number four if you were n't careful blends very much into one another and actually then part three as far as I 'm concerned actually putting across the benefits is really the main part I think and that really is putting into everyday English what we know as professionals as in technical terms , cos if you go and talk to somebody whatever it is , they have n't got a clue we have , we talk about it all the time and I think the biggest criticism of the insurance industry as a whole is the fact that you do n't talk to people in English and that 's why it 's got such a foot in the door and I think the third part for me really is the most important part of the sales process , relating our cock-ups in English , the benefits the client . |
| 21 | It 's got all a list of all sort of bed and breakfasts and |
| 22 | I did n't ask Francis , so just let me tell you erm they were when I went , it 's A , B , D , E , and it 's got all the letters next to them . |
| 23 | The only other thing I 'm using right now is a Korg A2 ; it 's got all the effects I need in it . |
| 24 | Not quite the Superbowl perhaps , but it 's got all the trappings . |
| 25 | Erm I 've got a Readers Digest , it 's a large hardback book er Complete Guide to Sewing , it 's a A to Z , it 's got all the sewing essentials and also for making household items and toys and clothes and everything , er for a fiver . |
| 26 | all green , all green along there I wonder I was just thinking it 's got all the bits in it to make that other one go |
| 27 | I do n't know how you 'd describe that but it 's er it 's got all the features of an innocent little blob . |
| 28 | No it 's , it 's got all the power bits to make that other one go . |
| 29 | That 's one thing here , will get them in and out , but I 've spoken to patients who say they do n't get the care here and , on the surface it looks a brilliant hospital , it gets them in and out , you know , it does everything , it 's got all the facilities but it does n't give them the care . |
| 30 | It 's the church that 's in in the middle of the shopping you know , it 's got all the grass round it . |