Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] it [verb] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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1 | In this case it represents Jeff 's ( James Stewart ) view of the windows around and across the courtyard that has become his world since being immobilized with a broken leg . |
2 | On the level of popular literature it demolished Mary Webb and Precious Bane ( Stanley Baldwin 's favourite ) . |
3 | We , ah in school we all got , we all sing this song it goes Jennifer sat in the , Jennifer sat , sat in the shower , eating |
4 | For some reason it made Maggie think of silent music , each flicker a celestial note . |
5 | This seemed to me a perfectly reasonable statement , but for some reason it set Nigel off laughing . |
6 | This time it caught Millie across the wrist , and when she reacted by rising from her seat in an effort to leave the room , she found herself thrust back with such force that her head bobbed on her shoulders . |
7 | With limited narrative it shows Iris 's inability to make sense of the world , whether at work , at home or socially . |
8 | Unisys uses this never-before-released measure to express the technological leap it believes Pentium represents . |
9 | Unisys uses this never-before-released measure to express the technological leap it believes Pentium represents . |
10 | The UN said that despite undertakings from Serb commanders the helicopters would be given safe passage it appeared Mr Karadzic and General Ratko Mladic , the Serb commander , could not control their troops of the ground . |
11 | There is continuing speculation it wants Burmah to buy Calor Group , where it has 43 per cent . |
12 | The longer they stayed , the more chance it gave Bishop Jon 's army to arrive . |
13 | At one point it parodies Richardson , at another it seems to realize the ambition to compose a satirical work called The Marylandiad of Ebenezer Cook , the author of another of Barth 's proto-texts , the poem ‘ The Sot-Weed Factor ’ . |
14 | For one thing it overlooks God 's clear part in the extraordinary events that they witnessed the previous day . |
15 | In the immediate vicinity it linked Danzig with Stettin and Berlin via the rivers Notec and Oder and the Bromberg Canal ; via the river Nogat and the Frisches Haff it linked up with Elbing , Marienburg and Königsberg ; via the river Pregel and the river Dieme and the Kurisches Haff it reached out to Memel and Tilsit . |
16 | However engaging the film sequence is in its own right it remains Henry Fonda in a 1930s thriller , a captivating spectre , but a spectre nevertheless . |
17 | As he was n't a registered reader it needed Diane 's signature on a xerox form . |
18 | It turns from Proust 's text and looks outward to the language system in general ; and at the same time it represents de Man 's voice speaking from outside and intruding into Proust 's text . |
19 | In his face there was a hard , uncompromising certainty about things ; in some strange way it reminded Lehmann of Berdichev . |
20 | AS A writer , Robert Louis Stevenson may have borne the stamp of greatness but after the world-renowned Scot was sized up by the Royal Mail it seems Britain 's letters may never bear a stamp of RLS . |
21 | The health authority declined to be interviewed , but in a written statement it said Michelle Howard 's paralysis was caused by a rare condition known as a fibro cartilagenous embolism , which developed without any negligence by hospital staff . |
22 | In July last year it purchased Trico Submersible systems , whose manufacturing facility in Oklahoma has been renamed ESP Products . |
23 | In America the company owns the Sterling chain and in October last year it bought Kay Jewellers for $425m . |