Example sentences of "[prep] it [verb] [vb pp] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throughout its short history , the world of movies has started movements , set trends , created myths , subverted truths , woven imagery and given birth to icons — and none of it has done much good for women . |
| 2 | Christine 's campaign has had enormous impact and we are proud that our report of it has had some impact too . |
| 3 | He had blurted it out , and with it had gone all his shyness ; he turned and looked into her face . |
| 4 | One of the most positive aspects of Switchboard that I 've seen over the past seven years , apart from the callers , has been the way that many of its members have continuously struggled to put their politics and convictions about gay and other rights into practice ( though some of them might not care to put it that way ) and the strength that working on it has given some people to do so elsewhere . |
| 5 | Indeed it would have been quite impossible for it to have adopted any other attitude . |
| 6 | Maybe this song will catch on , but I think Deano needs to buck up a bit for it to get sung some more . |
| 7 | Although the immediate context for the ‘ attack ’ on local government was pressure for overall reductions in public spending and local government spending in particular , few of those writing about it have accepted this as a major explanation , partly because the evidence that levels of local government spending are of major significance to the economy are limited , and the arguments that state spending in itself discourages private investment are also weak . |
| 8 | It has been starved of funds , and leading politicians with the power to do something about it have done little or nothing , apparently content as long as the radio reported what they wanted it to report . |
| 9 | It 's frustrated , urgent and fluent — plus it 's got that feeling of abandon which makes it unpredictable and on edge all the time . |