Example sentences of "[vb base] it [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A couple are suing their bank for half a million pounds because they say it bungled advice on small business and forced them into debt . |
| 2 | It had other beneficial and related properties too , as Martin notes that ‘ the plant itself is not used , but the root is eaten to expel wind , and they say it prevents drunkenness by frequent chewing of it ’ . |
| 3 | The church has a mission ; let it provide money for the mission . |
| 4 | We let it become part of us , like a rotting tooth which we tolerate and forget . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Let it take place in a natural environment . ’ |
| 6 | They have given each guest a limited-edition Disney sweatshirt and insisted that they wear it to gain entry to the gala performance . |
| 7 | ‘ I know it brought tension between Shana and I but if you 're going to do a job properly you have to be prepared to put yourself out . |
| 8 | Did you erm put down , you know it says purpose of proposed address ? |
| 9 | you know kind of there 's all this quips about sort of semen making your hair grow and all that kind of thing erm you know so erm it 's , it 's , it 's one of these things that erm sort of erm kind of people , people s slip into on the basis of you know th er as far as I could tell there was no sort of firm evidence that these blokes were gay or heterosexual apart from judgments made on their demeanour and personal appearance erm you know but er you know it gave rise to a whole range of , you know , kind of supposedly humorous talk erm in that context erm so there 's a whole range of things erm tt you know sort of talk and mannerisms and , and er , you know , kind of also gossip and suspicions about them , oh is he married if not does he have a girlfriend , if not ooh I wonder if he 's gay , you know , kind of things that we understand about people 's relationships feed into it so |
| 10 | A Primus is a little camping-stove that you fill with paraffin and you light it at the top and then you pump it to get pressure for the flame . |
| 11 | my Lord we se , I do n't think that 's true because what we 're saying and if and I believe it does flair from our keepers that erm we have to prove we 've got to prove that these restrictions would of lead to category of business from what the |
| 12 | 1 small twentieth-century ornamental dinner plate with picture of Scarborough Beach ( this is optional , actually , but I always find it adds spice to a tour of a house if , when interest is flagging , you quietly get it out and prop it up on a table and then say innocently to an attendant : ‘ What 's the story behind that plate ? ’ and then wait to see what sort of explanation is invented by someone who has never seen it in his or her life before ) |
| 13 | The mercury is dumped into the rivers of the region by miners who use it to extract gold from silt . |
| 14 | I use it to keep track of editorial costs in the office and it 's perfectly adequate for my needs . |
| 15 | It 's also much quieter and even better behaved , by that we mean it burns cleaner with less exhaust emissions . |
| 16 | ‘ You make it sound sort of mechanical . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I think it answers part of my question , Caroline … ’ |
| 18 | So that was the last And I do n't think if he went back after that I think it had kind of frightened him , least so my father used to tell the story . |
| 19 | The far-off booming or barking sound heard near swamps and billabongs during rainfall periods is ascribed to the bunyip , and the Aboriginals think it causes rheumatism in those who hear it . |
| 20 | ‘ I mean , I 'm not so ideological as Kate , but I just think it makes sense for all sorts of practical reasons . |
| 21 | ART format it makes use of clipart in the . |
| 22 | Hello , hello see it sounds sort of like like you 're listening to the tape , but it |
| 23 | . See it kills moss in minutes . |
| 24 | Psychology 's theoretical inadequacies often lead it to replace theory with utilitarian generalizations from its most reliable methods . |