Example sentences of "[noun prp] and it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jabberwocky is a poem that was made up in Wonderland and it describes some of the wonderful creatures to be seen there . |
| 2 | But for all his troubles Stephen , an amiable and gallant king , had managed to hold on to England and it took three strange twists of fortune to transform the situation . |
| 3 | The Town Development Act , 1952 , did not apply to Scotland and it became necessary to cope with Glasgow 's housing problem by means of a second New Town . |
| 4 | I 've devoted so much time and energy to creating Tessa and it feels marvellous that it 's actually come off , ’ she says taking a big puff on her roll-up . |
| 5 | He enjoyed a good relationship with Acheson and it suited both men for Dulles to be closely involved in policy formulation : Acheson because it would diminish at least some of the acrimony in Congress and Dulles because he wished to consolidate his record so that he could become Secretary of State in the next Republican administration . |
| 6 | ‘ We had looked at the agent in March and it seemed OK , ’ spokesman John Garner says . |
| 7 | oh I like the ones you buy , but I , my mother used to make one every Sunday and it tasted horrible , tasted eggy |
| 8 | A spokeswoman for the album said : ‘ Last year there was a compilation charity record released to coincide with the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro and it sold 100,000 copies . |
| 9 | We ship exports to Europe and it costs X pounds . |
| 10 | A spokesman for Rothmans , who have factories in Darlington and Spennymoor , said : ‘ We are a major employer in County Durham and it seemed natural to support the team as it sets off on a new challenge as a first-class county . |
| 11 | The Rover 600 is the latest , newest model to come out od Cowley and it represents more than anything else the regeneration of the works . |
| 12 | This is the view cogently expressed by David Holbrook and it had many supporters among numbers in the National Association of Teachers of English . |
| 13 | It was performed at The Lincoln Centre in New York and it got great reviews . |
| 14 | DeFries began to build his MainMan empire in New York and it became obvious it was n't always in support of what David was doing . |
| 15 | It was inspired by Brendan Foster and it brought international athletics to the town and put it on the map . |
| 16 | It is referred here to the Dryopithecinae and it includes three groups : ( 1 ) Dryopithecus itself in tribe Dryopithecini ; ( 2 ) a newly proposed tribe , Afropithecini with Afropithecus , Heliopithecus and Otavipithecus , together with material from Maboko Island and Nachola that has been referred in the past to Kenyapithecus ; and ( 3 ) the Kenyapithecini , which includes Kenyapithecus wickeri from Fort Ternan , Griphopithecus alpani from Pasalar , Turkey , and the postcrania from Klein Hadersdorf . |
| 17 | It was raining when her flight arrived at Heathrow and it rained all the way back to her flat in Islington . |
| 18 | By 1871 , Oldham had more cotton-spinning spindles than any country in the world outside the USA and it maintained that position of superiority until 1937 . |
| 19 | At the time I was in the throes of training Dawn and it seemed obvious that I should do my talk on the owl . |