Example sentences of "[noun pl] ' [noun] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After eight months ' work it has acquired a life of its own . |
| 2 | IBM has invested so much in the development of , and so much more in the marketing of , OS/2 2.0 that it has to plough on with it even if in 18 months ' time it becomes clear that it is becoming at best a respectable also-ran in the desktop stakes . |
| 3 | but if you if you if that 's all you do then in eve even a week 's time but definitely in a few months ' time it 's just gone . |
| 4 | The men collect it and know that of the children doing it , you would think that they 'd have noticed over the years , that at the end of each month it says , on the readers ' list it says children and I think that |
| 5 | In its fifty years ' existence it has poured out a stream of bishops , priests , doctors , engineers , businessmen , civil servants and politicians . |
| 6 | In two years ' time it 's planned it 'll be completely car-free . |
| 7 | Robin Barton had been asking his dad , Bernard , about setting up a tropical aquarium , and when they saw PFK 's beginners ' series it gave them the final incentive to begin . |
| 8 | After a few minutes ' walk it seemed she had truly left the hamlet of Pook 's Common behind . |
| 9 | From an aerial view one can still trace the travellers ' ways it had in 1245 when a market grant was made . |
| 10 | Where it licked the Wizards ' Quarter it burned blue and green and was even laced with strange sparks of the eighth colour , octarine ; where its outriders found their way into the vats and oil stores all along Merchant Street it progressed in a series of blazing fountains and explosions ; in the streets of the perfume blenders it burned with a sweetness ; where it touched bundles of rare and dry herbs in the storerooms of the drugmasters it made men go mad and talk to God . |
| 11 | Packed into numbered wooden crates , simply stencilled THE QUEEN 'S DOLLS ' HOUSE it left dirt and chaos in its wake , ‘ … oh , the mess … it 's awful , I must put it clean , ’ wrote its creator to his wife , as he surveyed the wreckage of his Adam drawing room , ‘ but it will take a long time ! ’ |
| 12 | I mean , what I was going to say , from what I 've picked up from some of the comments from some of the district , district councils ' consultation it makes me wonder if they 're capable of actually taking on the role of social services in joint commissioning . |