Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We chose retinoic acid because I met a friend , at a meeting , and he told me that it affected cell communication . |
| 2 | ‘ I had my top made for me and it cost £70 . |
| 3 | All about running for trains they could n't catch or being sat on by scaly monsters , and they got hold of books that told you that it meant Sex . |
| 4 | I am a Windows fan , and can tell you that it runs applications at a rate of knots most folks just are n't accustomed to . |
| 5 | Others will tell you that it showed cricket 's ability to absorb change , an ability it now has another chance to demonstrate . |
| 6 | Now er in the in the An engineer if you 've any engineer friend engineering friends I could explain it all to you but it takes time . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's nothing to do with me unless it concerns Riddle 's death . ’ |
| 8 | I remind him that it hit Grimsby bitterly between 1979 and 1981 , and now we are having a second dose of it , with the loss of Findus Ltd. and 900 jobs , and the shrinking of labour forces by major employers . |
| 9 | There was no answer to her gibe , and , despite the fact that the fumes in the room told her the substance on her hair was likely to blind her if it made contact , she sat up and risked opening one eye . |
| 10 | Zulei pointed the blade towards her and it sent lances of red and green light into Jezrael 's eyes . |
| 11 | yeah one of Andy 's cases this morning I had to do it where it had growth old cash on it , which it should n't have had so it was quite handy . |
| 12 | A scattering of maggots or whatever that hits the surface in , say , an 18 inch circle ( which is the least ‘ spread ’ you can hope for ) will spread far more than that by the time the current has had its way with it and it reaches bottom . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't mind Mrs Meadows being pleased , and I can understand it because it makes things a lot easier with Mr Meadows , but she 's sort of sympathising with Mum because I 'm not engaged ! ’ |
| 14 | In some areas this is called multi-disciplinary which is a good word but it , it 's a bit formal but it does , it 's just as difficult for them , everybody 's been used to w functioning in their own little areas under their own headings , not least of course the bureaucrats who are particularly good at it because it makes life easier . |
| 15 | If a punch is aimed at the face , the defender steps out to intercept it before it gains momentum . |
| 16 | The telephone trilled politely , and she ran to get it before it disturbed Rosie . |
| 17 | Let it ring — what do I care ? thought Dyson , as he hurled himself out into the hall to catch it before it stopped ringing . |
| 18 | The convention establishes procedures for the transport and disposal of toxic waste , and insists that the country for which the waste is intended should agree to receive it before it leaves port — an effort to avoid incidents such as the 1988 voyage from port to port of the Karin B. Environmentalists have criticized the convention for its lack of " teeth " — enforcement is left to individual countries — and for its lack of precision on what constitutes acceptable disposal standards . |
| 19 | Thereafter , the Lord Chancellor became responsible for the Council on Tribunals , appointing its chairman and members , staffing it , and sticking up for it when it needed help against recalcitrant departments . |
| 20 | 2 , and we shall merely summarize the most important physical aspect of it as it affects relaxation phenomena , namely the time-temperature superposition principle and its relation to free volume ( the so-called WLF relation ) . |
| 21 | ‘ Last year he organised a fund-raising match for us and it raised £51,000 net . |
| 22 | There is no hostility between the staff and us and it makes school life so much easier . |