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 .
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