Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I would say that underneath it all Diana is a survivor and she will do anything to survive . |
| 2 | ‘ We did n't overdo or over emphasize Ken 's neuterism because we had him make love or going after it , but we knew that underneath it all was another character . ’ |
| 3 | We can , however , have a reasonable faith that there is , based on the realization that without it all moral thought is a complete illusion . |
| 4 | And through it all he stayed . |
| 5 | And through it all there are constant thoughts of death : |
| 6 | And through it all were shafts of golden splendour , shooting down from above to burnish the leaves with brilliance . |
| 7 | And through it all the cats multiplied fatly — |
| 8 | And through it all man 's ( and woman 's ) search for a truly great beer went on . |
| 9 | They slowed it to a steady well , but it would n't stop , and through it all there was the awful screaming . |
| 10 | And throughout it all the music , first heard as an eerie sketch inside the hero 's head , skeletally indistinct and bone china fragile . |
| 11 | It made my head swim , so that I can remember , after that , only hopeless confusion : Nonni coming in and crying , Richard yelling at her to get out and mind her own business , and behind it all , poor Tom sobbing and sobbing . |
| 12 | The grinding , stretching sounds were rising to a pitch and behind it all , another low-register noise . |
| 13 | Blanche listened to the squelch of their feet , the-soughing trees , the swish of a distant car on the damp road and behind it all an amorphous hum . |
| 14 | Beyond the door was a slight recess blocked by a thick metal iron grille , and behind it four pairs of cruel red eyes gleamed in the darkness . |
| 15 | And behind it another voice , ‘ Ora pro nobis … ’ |
| 16 | Two regional blocs have emerged : Israel supported by the United States , and against it certain Arab states supported in part by the Soviet Union . |
| 17 | And beneath it all her agony of eagerness to speak to Luke alone battling with her growing apprehension . |
| 18 | Over the marble mantelpiece was a huge oval gold mirror , with an eagle adorning it , and beneath it two gilt and delicate sprays of candle brackets . |
| 19 | But I could make no sort of impression upon him … when I visited him a second time , the fear of death was gone , and with it all solicitude about religion . ’ |
| 20 | It was not only the blow of failing to win power , and with it all hopes of a Scottish parliament , but also the fact that Labour lost votes and a seat in Scotland — facts which are conveniently forgotten when home-rulers and guardians of the party 's traditional totems blame failure in the south for Labour 's lack of achievement in the north . |
| 21 | And with it tremendous social chaos … |
| 22 | This sort of black consciousness — and with it black textbooks , black English and black studies — has barely raised its head in Britain . |
| 23 | Here , take this purse , and with it ev'ry Wish ; |
| 24 | We are able to give them the independence they so badly need , and with it self respect and dignity . |
| 25 | There is great dryness and with it great thirst for cold water . |
| 26 | And with it such social and political change as they shall not understand . |
| 27 | As part of this a rather different kind of social survey emerged and with it new kinds of data . |
| 28 | He is , after all , the man who brought The Mahabharata to Scotland — and with it new theatrical inspiration , ingenuity and passion . |
| 29 | The " sartorial " version of religion is smuggled in unawares , and with it radical doubt as to the truth of any religion . |
| 30 | One office was burned out completely , and with it some fairly important papers that would take several months , research to restore . |