Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] it [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , but if you took the watch off it should stop . |
| 2 | Those who have any doubts about it should note that there is scope for further improvements in productivity . |
| 3 | Er and of course if you 're in one group , you might think that something 's trivial and you might denigrate another a group for talking about those things , when in fact that group sees it as an important talk about it might see the thing that the other group hold dear to talk about as something trivial , and to denigrate . |
| 4 | A good picture is worth any number of words for it can communicate a point quickly and succinctly , and in any language . |
| 5 | So where , if I 'm putting twelve thousand in for sort of a , a holding fund for , for individuals I might put three thousand into a local society so they can pop down to the Nottingham Building Society for any bits and pieces , and th the , the bulk of it can go into a postal account to , with a better rate . |
| 6 | Some aspects of it may shock you . ’ |
| 7 | However , it would help the student if he were introduced to it briefly and with simplicity , not only because a knowledge of serialism is essential to an understanding of today 's music , but also because so many aspects of it can enrich other methods of composition , even in other styles and idioms . |
| 8 | save up because fifty pound of it 'll go to my mum to ma , erm mum 's birthday present |
| 9 | For example , It turned scarlet does not entail It turned red , since the referent of it may have been some other shade of red to begin with ; nor , obviously , does the reverse entailment hold . |
| 10 | They take for granted , that if Christianity were true , the light of it must have been more general , and the evidence of it more satisfactory … if any of these persons are , upon the whole , in doubt concerning the truth of Christianity ; their behaviour seems owing to their taking for granted , through strange inattention , that such doubting is , in a manner , the same thing as being certain against it . |
| 11 | He wondered why Pinkie mentioned Laura , then realised with sinking heart that she was no longer keeping her discontent to herself and the echo of it must have travelled for some distance . |
| 12 | A child will learn far more about a dandelion if he has to draw it because to draw it he must observe it very carefully and the drawing of it will implant the shape and colour and texture firmly in his mind , even though his drawing may not be very good or life-like . |
| 13 | Tessa Sanderson , the great Olympic medallist , is associated with the ‘ Go for Gold ’ scheme … and your association with it will help push the appeal towards its target of £100,000 . |
| 14 | It was in the interests of the men , of capital and the state that the institution of the family and the division of labour within it should continue . |
| 15 | As the object shrinks further , no signals from it can cross the sphere with the Schwarzschild radius , not even light . |
| 16 | This introduction to a scene and the gradual unfolding of the action within it may seem to be a rather academic restriction on the freedom of the cameraman , but it is a most important movie-making technique because it gives the viewer the feeling of involvement as a participant in the exploration of the location . |
| 17 | One who inherits a title whilst a Member of the House of Commons or a candidate for a seat in it can remain or become a Member for only one month before disclaiming . |
| 18 | ‘ Anyone who puts his mind to it can rise to the top , ’ was the confident reply . |
| 19 | telly on it 'll pick the telly up . |
| 20 | Because of the , the tinkering around it must do a bit of |
| 21 | This well known fact was somehow never discussed in public by the girls , for public admission of it would have destroyed and inhibited its oddly private thrill , and would have shamed the vain ones into cowering in their cubicles , as the timid and modest already did . |
| 22 | I could go er that would n't be a bad idea , because part of it would make sense to finish . |
| 23 | We hope that people trying to read the shell-growth record will now be aware that part of it may have been erased . |
| 24 | Well part of it can leave again , but as it is more is getting trapped inside so it 's getting hotter |
| 25 | Erm only part of it will burn and it 'll go out through the exhaust , the |
| 26 | Whether I will be part of it will depend on the new manager Rovers are appointing next week and whether it is a man I like and could work with . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ to pass ahead of the foremost part of another moving motor vehicle , being a vehicle proceeding in the same direction wholly or partly within that area ’ This phrase means that the offending vehicle or part of it must pass ahead of a slower moving motor vehicle travelling in the same direction . |
| 28 | ‘ to pass ahead of the foremost part of a stationary vehicle on the same side of the crossing as the approaching vehicle , the stationary vehicle having stopped to accord precedence to a foot passenger ’ This phrase is the alternative offence to point number 6 and means that the offending vehicle or part of it must pass a stationary vehicle as opposed to a moving motor vehicle in point 6 . |
| 29 | It is already proving beneficial to many churches , and the Commission has urged earlier in this Report that those churches which have nut taken advantage of it should do so . |
| 30 | David Hawkridge finishes by stating that all of us who declare an interest in education should increase our understanding of the new technology , and whether education can take advantage of it will depend on us . |