Example sentences of "[conj] it [verb] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cat opened one eye cautiously , saw that it was true and sprang onto Mildred 's shoulder where it rubbed its head gratefully against her hair . |
| 2 | To straddle the hurdle between its Unix commitments , where it derives its revenues , and NT , Sequent last week reorganised its management to give it more strategic depth . |
| 3 | When the hopped wort has been cooled it is run to fermenting vessels where it meets its destiny with yeast . |
| 4 | To understand why damage to Broca 's area impairs speech we need to know both where it gets its input from and what it does to that input . |
| 5 | RETURNED to London after too long an absence , Le Cirque Imaginaire is back until 6 March in the Riverside Studios where it made its UK debut many years ago . |
| 6 | As the gaunt farmer Spoke , Sparkes noticed dried blood on his shirt front where it met his breeches . |
| 7 | The company has now started flying from Gatwick , and , to help to stimulate demand for the Gatwick operation , Airtours has become a regular advertiser in the South East , particularly on the Underground , where it promotes its holidays to the price-conscious sun seeker . |
| 8 | Once it was home , the stalwart Alan helped me up to the loft with it , where it awaits my occupation in due course . |
| 9 | She may have killed a rabbit in a spot — a dead-end , for example — where it prevents her escape by blocking the burrow . |
| 10 | Although it took her months to get over Cerdan 's death , Edith Piaf 's desire for other men finally conquered her grief and according to her sister , Momone , ‘ she went wild , she ate her heart out , she was jealous and possessive … she howled and she locked guys up ’ . |
| 11 | Although it reached its peak of popularity in the 1930s , cruising had begun in about 1844 when P & O's cruise through the Mediterranean was described by the writer William Makepeace Thackeray , and Mark Twain wrote about a cruise of 1868 from New York to the Mediterranean in his book Innocents Abroad . |
| 12 | There go right to see the Palazzo Erba-Odescalchi , a sumptuous palazzo built by the Cusani family in the early 1500s , although it takes its name from a later Archbishop who used it as his palace in the eighteenth-century . |
| 13 | His Questions au soleil levant received the Grand Prix de Poesie de l'Academie Francaise , but although it awarded him medals , the Academy never granted him the membership that was his life 's ambition . |
| 14 | Roland D-110 synthesiser module ‘ A very good source of sounds for the money , although it has its limitations . |
| 15 | Her blouse was scooped so low at the front that it left her shoulders and upper arms bare . |
| 16 | Grumble as they might about the Masai 's unbudging attachment to their traditional ways , many administrators , particularly in the later years , came to see that it had its advantages . |
| 17 | This was part of his belief that poetic composition was not an activity that could be consciously controlled , that it had its roots far down in the unconscious . |
| 18 | It is not without significance that it had its source in a campaign which effectively combined Cobdenite principles of free trade with a ‘ bellicose philanthropy ’ worthy of the most self-righteous of Victorian imperialists . |
| 19 | Unfortunately for the Patent Office , the advertising agency failed to ensure that it had its facts right — and the Patent Office did not check the agency 's new advertisement . |
| 20 | That it had it head bit off by it young ’ |
| 21 | And did you feel that it affected your lifestyle ? |
| 22 | The , the result of this , this constraint on us is that it reduces our opportunity to secure the best returns available . |
| 23 | Then we went to a lake with wooded and marshy shores where we saw several ‘ new ’ birds : a crane flew past , looking like a grey heron except that it carried its neck outstretched in flight instead of ‘ folded back ’ . |
| 24 | Apart from the fact that it divested its foundry business some four years ago — and has no intention of getting back into that game — Motorola can supply 88000 parts at a $850 apiece . |
| 25 | Her fair hair was so long that it touched his hand whenever they sat side by side . |
| 26 | On the same day that it announced its intention to apply for the judicial review , Greenpeace members attempted to block the company 's discharge pipes , provoking an injunction banning them from trespassing further on the company 's property . |
| 27 | He has stayed on the contract/corporate side of the fence ever since because he feels that it suits his style and temperament . |
| 28 | In answer to a parliamentary question on Aug. 5 the government said that it expected its NATO allies to withdraw around 133,000 troops over the next few years , of which 75,000 would be from the USA and 25,000 from the UK . |
| 29 | The apothecary 's rose grows at Provins in France and has the property that it keeps its perfume even when the petals have been dried and powdered , thus making it of great use to add to medicinal compounds and ensuring that they are pleasant and soothing . |
| 30 | The art deco style brasserie attracts discerning customers from the Bourse stock exchange at lunchtime and theatregoers in the evening who ensure that it keeps its standards high . |