Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [verb] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the water , it breathes with its gills like any normal fish , but like the bichir it uses its lungs too , rising every now and then to gulp air from the surface , a talent which is particularly valuable when the water in the pools becomes tepid and foul and loses most of its oxygen . |
| 2 | If you notice the significant of that significance of that figure it covers your commission cos that 's what we pay . |
| 3 | It 's no wonder it bites you Ricky . |
| 4 | These in turn travel around the body and under their influence it begins its development into adult form . |
| 5 | But through tight management it worked its way through a difficult year without having to call upon its bankers for an overdraft . |
| 6 | In its panic it broke its antlers , shard by shard , tine by tine . |
| 7 | With a lazy air of calculated menace it shut its lid slowly grinding Rincewind 's impromptu wedge like a dry loaf . |
| 8 | As such a unique exercise it had its rewards and its penalties . |
| 9 | When science forsakes this basis it loses its way . |
| 10 | For a silly moment it crossed her mind that he must be the Nazi spy . |
| 11 | For a moment it crossed his mind that here was his bargaining card . |
| 12 | Once Today moved into Rupert Murdoch 's News group it changed its politics ; its neutral stance and its support for a middle-of-the-road SDP government in the 1987 general election gradually gave way to a more Conservative outlook . |
| 13 | The following day it gained me entrance to the main gate of the embassy . |
| 14 | The government of Taiwan ( formerly Formosa ) is derived from that which ruled the Chinese mainland prior to the 1949 communist revolution it maintains its claim to legal jurisdiction of this lost territory and continues to designate itself as the Republic of China . |
| 15 | Now , foreign dogmatism threatens to drive the government down a road it abhors — forcing it to oblige industry to take back and recycle the packaging it ships its product in . |
| 16 | honest to god it makes your blood boil |
| 17 | When IBM stock hit bottom with a such resounding thud last month it cost its shareholders more than $6 billion , 17.5% of total capitalisation . |
| 18 | For staff at oxford regional health authority it means their jobs are in jeopardy . |
| 19 | As a matter of policy it kept its neighbours in a state of disarray and weakness , although it was frequently able to leave them to achieve this on their own — for example by Iraq 's costly attack on Iran in 1950 . |
| 20 | Instead of burrowing into the foliage it makes its home in the stems of aquatic plants . |
| 21 | A lot of people like it because basically th er when you look after a police dog it becomes your pet as well , you take it home with you and you take it to work with you , and the u you 'll have a police dog for sort of like its working life of seven to eight years , so basically you 're gon na have him for seven to eight years and he becomes a fa like a family pet . |
| 22 | Chloroform kills dogs , and if you give them digitalis it raises their blood pressure . |
| 23 | In a later diary entry on 17th August , Crossman noted that the Ulster situation was awful and depressing , but , ‘ Nevertheless , from the point of view of the government it has its advantages . |
| 24 | They gave it their sleep it gobbled their dreams |
| 25 | This is very important in a swim you have never fished before ; on a known swim it reaffirms your acquaintance . |
| 26 | Of course , being in the choir it gives you practice reading music because you just have one line to follow |
| 27 | The lovely reddish gold curls were so similar to the colour of James 's hair it took her breath away , yet she could see no other likeness . |
| 28 | Reportedly stung by media criticism that he had appointed a mediocre Cabinet , Franco personally contacted PMDB leader Orestes Quércia , the former governor of the state of Sao Paulo who was known to be wary of involvement in the interim government in case it affected his chances in the 1994 presidential elections . |
| 29 | ‘ Her husband probably discourages her from learning English in case it gives her ideas beyond what he perceives to be her station , ’ said Amiss . |
| 30 | There is an instruction which compares two fields for equality or non-equality , and in the latter case it indicates which field is greater . |