Example sentences of "[verb] it [adv] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Worktwice , the rival firm which now has the fax number , say it merely applied for the fax number because it was told it had become available and are confident British Telecom acted in a right and proper manner . |
| 2 | They say it really came from Croissant , meaning crescent , because there 's a bend in the valley and the river there . |
| 3 | As with so many economic megabooks , British readers are going to find it heavily skewed towards the US , which is particularly galling when it comes to the advice preparing for the slump . |
| 4 | Sir : Returning from a long stay abroad , it is depressing to find so much rubbish in the streets , but it is even more upsetting to find it deliberately included in the newspapers as well ( 2 October ) . |
| 5 | One by-product of photolysis ( photolysis is the dissociation of water vapour through ultraviolet radiation ) was that once oxygen began to appear it soon combined with whatever ammonia or methane was then present , and built itself into rock structures . |
| 6 | If Rohan really wanted control of the vineyard , would he consider it well lost for love once the first passion had cooled , as it inevitably would ? |
| 7 | It was built successfully but two attempts to emulate and balance it soon ran into difficulties . |
| 8 | I mean there were erm draper 's stores , there were furniture stores , there were all the butcher 's shops , grocer 's shops , greengrocer 's shops , chemist 's shops , ladies ' outfitters , hatters , tripe shops , er seed merchants , er bakers , millers , erm I ca n't say there were wallpaper sop shops and paint shops as such because there was n't such a thing as a wallpaper shop specializing it usually went to the hardware shop for wallpaper and paint . |
| 9 | I know it just dawned on me . |
| 10 | Her own petit friture was a plateful of tiny fish , crisply fried and sprinkled with garlic , and they both opted for guinea fowl casseroled in red wine , and so tender it almost fell off the bone , with sautéd potatoes and cabbage cooked in butter , as their main course . |
| 11 | Could you call that a deliberate back pass it almost came off Greyson 's er foot by mistake . |
| 12 | Indeed , because care-giving is so crucially important to current community care policies , it is increasingly difficult to keep it entirely confined within the private domestic domain . |
| 13 | Mr and Mrs are as I understand it entirely satisfied with that school . |
| 14 | Seems it never occurred to them that this applies to both engineers . |
| 15 | Sabine had inherited her mother 's fair hair , and wore it sleekly cut in a similar straight bob , swinging almost to her shoulders . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't suppose it ever occurred to you that I was jealous when I saw you with him last night ? ’ he said softly . |
| 17 | I bet it really stuck in the throats of all the Mancs watching . |
| 18 | ‘ Sorry , but if there was a vehicle involved it probably came from there . |
| 19 | She had put a small fridge in his room and she kept it well stocked with milk . |
| 20 | When we spoke I do n't think it ever occurred to him that anyone else could win , even though the Argentinian Ruiz had shot a fantastic 65 for the second round . |
| 21 | Its strength and adaptability made it ideally suited for the demands of the Gulf and Falklands conflicts , and more recently in divided Bosnia . |
| 22 | Seeing just how comprehensive a work this is , with factory serial number , date of registration , date of next C of A expiry , owner's/operator 's name and probable base all listed , I can only surmise that the note-scribblers/pocket memo mumblers — many of whom seem not to have the slightest knowledge or interest in the type of aeroplane on which the letters are painted — are performing the latter-day equivalent of the sacred ritual which I and many others who have long since outgrown it once enacted in John W.R. Taylor 's ABC of Civil Aircraft Makings . |
| 23 | This is just well I mean it maybe connected with that but we 're doing it because they want to increase the car parks . |
| 24 | ‘ We want to see it properly regulated with guidelines for doctors . ’ |
| 25 | But she admitted it eventually broke through her defences . |
| 26 | And whenever she bought it always had to be the best . |
| 27 | In response to the proposed new guidelines the FMLN , which had demobilized the first 20 per cent of its forces in June [ see p. 38957 ] and a further 20 per cent on Sept. 21 , agreed to disband the next 20 per cent on Oct. 31 ( on which date it duly proceeded with the disarming of some 1,000 guerrillas ) , a further 20 per cent on Nov. 20 and the final 20 per cent on Dec. 15 . |
| 28 | it came , it did it almost came to a halt again and it could 've been dangerous as well you , children in the back , two children in the back ! |
| 29 | This hybrid bike from Raleigh combines popular mountain and road bike features making it perfectly suited for people who like mountain bikes but have no intention of going near a mountain . |
| 30 | If the nest is underground some of the workers gnaw at the soil of the floor , carrying it away cradled in their forelegs and dropping it outside . |