Example sentences of "[prep] it [verb] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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1 | The sound of it brought Silas into the shearers ' quarters . |
2 | There was a terrible resignation about it and a patience , and the pity of it slammed Taliesin at the base of his throat . |
3 | Holly and ivy , the green leaves of winter … the thought of it made Tallis sing the carol , and Wynne-Jones joined in , adding his cracking voice to the melancholy memory of Christmas festivity . |
4 | The size of the camp when they came in sight of it made Rostov 's eyes widen with surprise . |
5 | She wondered how much he had witnessed , then realised he must have seen , and heard , most of it to order Paul Fisher to be carpeted , without suggesting Mr Drewer get her side of it . |
6 | The deliberate cruelty of it gave Theda the strength she needed . |
7 | The sight of it snapped Marie out of her dreamworld . |
8 | The house was beautiful and the sight of it silenced Jenna utterly . |
9 | If the lightning had struck me like it had Ben , it would have meant no hope for me . |
10 | It will probably haunt me like it did Walter Winterbottom when he lost to the States in 1950 . |
11 | Behind it lies Lake Nasser , which stretches to the borders of Sudan , and beyond , covering all of what was once Egyptian Nubia . |
12 | They won a penalty just after half-time when Martin Ling was pulled down , but Craig Maskell threw the kick away and with it went Swindon 's chances . |
13 | Offers from the new paper that Central students help with It left Marchbank unmoved . |
14 | He said 8 per cent was bad enough , but with it rising ScottishPower had to try to minimise the impact of that on its customers |
15 | Brandy arrived and with it came Mary , carrying a wrap , aromatic salts and a fan , ready for any eventuality . |
16 | Bull said it still continues to be part of ACE Consortium , but only as far as desktop Intel-based systems are concerned : it refused to be drawn over the question of whether its relationship with IBM would result in it favouring OS/2 over Windows 3 , saying only that ‘ Windows is what our customers are buying today ’ . |
17 | in It starts September the twentieth |
18 | Ray Floyd , having dumped his ball in it to help Faldo to the second of his titles , would not deem it so . |
19 | Beyond it lay Nubia , and beyond that the Land of Punt , an almost legendary region which the Egyptians penetrated only briefly in the imperial years of the New Kingdom . |
20 | While Jinny served the tea Mrs Bennet brought a tall clothes maiden from the wash house and draped a sheet over it to give Anne and her mother some privacy . |
21 | In addition , trouble threatened from the mercurial figure of Winston Churchill , who had resigned from the Shadow Cabinet in January 1931 in protest at Baldwin 's acceptance of eventual self-government for India , an issue which threatened to be an explosive one for the Conservative party , since it allied Churchill to the fourth source of discontent : the Diehard element , also strongly represented amongst the grass roots of the party . |
22 | How important to it had Angela Morgan been ? |
23 | Yes , well I did n't call , but I did said Jane , well you leave , well I 'll leave you to it said Mr Sandy , if you would come upstairs , the policeman and Jane entered her room , please look in the cupboard , I think we 've got a case Sarge , do you mind if I make a quick phone call ? |
24 | Misys Plc , which said in January that it was in talks that could lead to it acquiring Burns Anderson Independent Network Plc ( CI No 2,081 ) , said yesterday that it had not been able to agree terms for the acquisition and that negotiations had therefore been terminated . |
25 | The half ended with a long lob from the LOI midfield and on to it runs Dave Tilson with a beautiful header which left Beeney stranded . |
26 | And there next to it stood Justine 's name . |
27 | His work on it led Koops to prove that paper made from straw , wood , and recycled waste paper could be produced commercially ; this achievement earns him a place in the history of paper-making . |
28 | A huge fire was burning , and beside it sat Aunt Emily , dressed in heliotrope and a number of shawls . |
29 | A good fire burned in the fireplace and beside it sat Doctor Jekyll , looking white and ill . |
30 | After the talks ended , it was reported that the USA was considering a Philippines proposal for it to leave Clark Air Base and the four smaller installations by September 1991 , but to withdraw only gradually from Subic Bay , over a period of 10-12 years . |