Example sentences of "[noun] it [verb] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 He had a limp , he had a false leg , and of course , when you 're kids it strikes you as very funny to have a woodwork teacher with a wooden leg , so he 'd say , ‘ What shall we make today , kids ? ’ and we 'd go ‘ Want another leg , sir ? ’ and things like that .
2 Keeping that in mind it gives you somewhere else to go musically , and those themes tend to be a little more prominent from an adult point of view .
3 When she took the last fence it brought her right around the wood , opposite the point where the Master had asked them to fan out .
4 He has a ready supply , and despite the heavy atmosphere and flat light it carries us out to Langdale .
5 Sometimes I we always felt that you 'd like to play against the wind it gives you just that
6 As I drove into the guide dog training centre at Leamington Spa it took me back to the day I arrived there to start my apprenticeship as a guide dog mobility instructor .
7 I cou I fel felt I could m when you said the name it struck me very forcibly .
8 Keep the joint , what 's happening is the the the smooth side is starting to get a wee bit rough and if you can keep that rubbing off the other bone it smooths it down .
9 As he waxed into an eloquent period , he would realize the absurdity of his situation or the humbug of his pleading and be overcome with internal laughter , a laughter so vast that on occasion it left him too weak to go on with the speech .
10 With her particular character it made her more liberal- minded
11 Traditionalist to the core , the Legion fully encouraged the romanticism of escape from ‘ real life ’ and forgetting , because in practical terms it gave them that much more control over their members .
12 if you pick another button it tells you how much battery power you 've got left .
13 painting the kitchen once and I got into so much trouble it took him so long to rub it all off and start again , he made me promise I 'd never touch a paint brush again but he I mean , he would definitely be able to tell you what paint he used and
14 The advantage of using a stick-float , or any float , for that matter , attached top and bottom , is the control it gives you over your tackle .
15 He started with pleurisy which turned into pneumonia and because he was n't a strong man it carried him off .
16 I personally see this is as one of my major objectives over the next year or so , and in a sense it makes me trebly grateful to be here today , because I hope some of the contacts I might make today will enable me to work alongside you in what might be called even local Berkshire band , and to try and get more a multiplicity of views from different organisations channelled through our own value objectives .
17 The lottery business is basically a very very small business with limited competition , and for a state the size of California it makes it very difficult to have large competition because only a certain number of companies can actually put in a system of this size .
18 We mentioned a small acquisition in Japan last year , medi on the medical side of Longman , P P S K K it cost us about four million pounds and we were reckoning on a profit of about half a million a year pleased to say that its er , its profit looks like getting to a million pounds by the year end .
19 When you have a wash it wakes you up does n't it ?
20 In operation it reminded me strongly of Supercalc , having no immediate on-screen command line , while in concept is seems not unlike Report Manager with its ability to slice data through a model .
21 We spoke to Johnny Winter recently and he said he has to be really careful about what he listens to before getting on stage , in case it influences him too much .
22 Looking at his chest , looking at his chest it upset me there .
23 Because my head landed on his teeth it hurt me more than if I 'd smacked down on the bridge of his nose .
24 Well , erm , of course it took them quite a while that the people
25 For all its dream-like episodes it locates you firmly in the village of Macondo in the jungles of Colombia through a century of dramatic development .
26 She was looking resolutely away , so that Tug could feel what an effort it took her not to bend down and pick up the pieces .
27 To see the efforts they make to be ladies and gentlemen and the constant strain it puts them under .
28 as they as they share the line it switches them off
29 you see , if you put a line it costs you about a hundred a thirty quid now I think , but according to what they tell me , once a line has been in for a year if you put a line in , you 've got to pay the first year , its got ta be in for a year , if you have it taken out before the year , you 'll still be due for the rental on it
30 The difference between having a good time and a bad time is so minimal it 's unbelievable , but this , with three points for a win , situation it makes it so hard to say well we 're a bottom side , we 're a top side , all of a sudden in half a dozen games we could be like a top side .
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