Example sentences of "it [coord] [verb] [adv] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From Iago , too , Othello has caught the habit of repeating a word , dwelling on it to debase it or bring out a sinister double meaning ( compare Iago on ‘ virtue ’ and ‘ blest ’ : I.iii.318ff. ; II.i.245ff . ) . |
| 2 | If it does , no consequent action is needed ; if it does not , then either discard the generalization or amend it and try out the fresh implications . |
| 3 | His mind a careful blank , he reached to the shelf over it and took down a small plastic bag . |
| 4 | Edward turned to the jewel box beside him , opened it and took out a small gold ring with a precious ruby winking in the centre . |
| 5 | How soon do we abandon it and put together a new plan ? |
| 6 | They jumped it and went up the opposite slope . |
| 7 | Parish council clerk at Gainford Margaret Brown said : ‘ They should n't strictly have been on the bridge but a lot of people do walk on it and climb over the small barricade at each end . |
| 8 | But we were able to work through it and come out the other side . |
| 9 | Gran 's stick lunged at it and dug out an ugly lump . |
| 10 | And the woman seemed in no hurry to close it and shut out the dangerous night ; she simply stood , looking down at the children and smiling . |
| 11 | Twice his quarry threw him backward glances , and on the second occasion seemed to slow his pace , as if he might stop and attempt a truce , but then thought better of it and put on an extra turn of speed . |
| 12 | When the gum was melted she opened it and slid out a single sheet of unheaded paper on which a short message was written in Italian . |
| 13 | But equally there is the option of differentiation , which is about setting oneself apart from the norm , not simply to criticize and condemn it but to set up an alternative and different model . |