Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt very down , but once he began to need my milk it seemed worthwhile and I gradually began to produce a little more at each pumping . |
| 2 | Fortunately I have never had this problem either with ferrets or dogs but should it ever hit my animals it means more than just the loss of the ferrets . |
| 3 | Oh my god it sounds weird , oh it goes right through me . |
| 4 | That was bad enough , but when he told my daughter it started three weeks after they married and lasted until three months ago , she threw him out and she 's changed the locks of the house and says she will divorce him . |
| 5 | ‘ As soon as I took it in my hands it felt beautiful , ’ he said . |
| 6 | " I 'm not saying that it started off to be one , but in my view it became fraudulent pretty Soon . |
| 7 | For their part it seems likely that his errors and omissions were welcomed by Lewis and Shinwell as an excuse for breaking away from a situation and a personality they disliked in order to establish their own unions in their own communities |
| 8 | During the first six months of its existence it recorded 156 combats and seventeen confirmed victories ; most of these at Verdun , where it fought intermittently from May to Though still only partially fledged , the Lafayette 's direct contribution to the Battle of Verdun had been significant ; but this was nothing to what , indirectly , its presence there did for the French cause . |
| 9 | But as time passed and the Stewards had still not delivered their decision it became obvious that the matter was not so clearcut . |
| 10 | In carrying through its programme it honoured certain political debts , especially to the miners [ Morgan , 1984 ] . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , this was short-lived and it folded in 1884 having been torn asunder by internal dissensions , but before its collapse it inaugurated two important undertakings , the Stockton-on-Tees Mission and the Ayrshire Mission to the Deaf and Dumb . |
| 12 | By 1852 the Court was established in the form which it was to retain until 1870 , and from its inception it became clear that this was not only a new Court but a new type of court . |
| 13 | She lay perfectly still , knowing that when the light , filmy shift settled over her body it revealed more than it hid . |
| 14 | Through her experiments it became evident that , despite the extensive elaboration of wine descriptors and the beliefs of the participants , neither lay persons nor experts were actually communicating knowledge about wines to their fellows in conversation , such that the wine referred to could be recognized from linguistic description alone ( Lehrer 1983 ) . |
| 15 | Under her leadership it became one of the most respected periodicals in the field . |
| 16 | His orgasms seemed to him to be perfectly genuine , but once Maisie had an idea in her head it proved difficult to shift . |
| 17 | On the back of its thorax it has two flap-like sideways extensions of the chitinous shell that look as though they might be the rudiments of wings . |
| 18 | Despite their differences it seemed likely that if no result was reported by 31 January the AFPFL and Communists would both revolt . |
| 19 | In the first month of its operation it received 280 inquiries ; but commenting on this figure , a spokesman said : ‘ We expect a dramatic increase in inquiries once head teachers come back from holiday and examine the information we have sent them ’ . |
| 20 | But , not so much her face , but all the top part of her looks slim , almost , you know I mean , she 's got no fat left there , on her arms it 's all gone . |
| 21 | In the course of its report it made several suggestions as to reform of the law to increase the availability of credit by removing what were perceived to be legal handicaps : Specifically , the Banking Commission recommended changes in the law of security . |
| 22 | As The Lord of the Rings was coming to the end of its gestation it became possible for the first time for political leaders to say they wanted nothing and make it come true . |
| 23 | In the gut , the main symptom of candidiasis is said to be bloating and wind , because as the yeast ferments its food it produces prodigious quantities of carbon dioxide gas . |
| 24 | The central paradox of this kind of ‘ trading places ’ is that through the very symmetry of its inversions it postulates imaginary correspondences between black and white positions even as it seeks to naturalize difference and domination . |
| 25 | So , if an exemption clause was part of the contract and if on its wording it excused one party from a given liability , then the court had to give effect to the clause , i.e. that party ( usually the seller ) had a valid defence . |
| 26 | After three weeks , during which time it became clear she might be in her dotage before she mastered the Warsaw Concerto , she 'd given it up . |
| 27 | The cathedral suffered grievously in the First World War , being bombarded mercilessly for four years , during which time it suffered 300 direct hits . |
| 28 | The depth of flavour results from the warm climate , which ensures all the grapes are ripe , sweet and juicy when picked ; the wine is oak aged , during which time it develops much complexity . |
| 29 | Perhaps it is inevitable that the west empathises more with countries whose cultures it comprehends better than those of Africa and Asia . |
| 30 | Biogeography was the principal source of Darwin 's theory of evolution , but to most of his contemporaries it seemed obvious that the starting point for any investigation of the history of life on earth must be the fossil record . |