Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] [verb] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The little waves ‘ strike ’ the shore , the high part of an advancing wave is a ‘ hump ’ ; looking to another portion of creation , it would surely be better , but impossible , just to ‘ observe ’ the behaviour of migrating starlings than to try to understand it through the conflicting ‘ explanations ’ that have been proposed for it . |
| 2 | The specification was also very comprehensive , and the 1987 version added the significant message that heads and coordinators should select from and adapt the list rather than seek to implement it in its entirety . |
| 3 | It 's an Amstrad P C W nine five one two er can anyone help other than saying put it in a carrier bag and lob it off Trent Bridge . |
| 4 | On March 22 , after an emotional debate , the Idaho state legislature passed legislation to prohibit abortion as a form of birth control , although continued to allow it in cases of profound foetal abnormality , maternal risk , and in some cases of rape and incest . |
| 5 | How would the bank staff know if hed put it in the wrong way round … it just does nt ‘ suck ’ it in. unless he forces it in . |
| 6 | Parliament has introduced taxation of this ‘ perk ’ but upon a gradually increasing scale — still short of the true value of the use of the car — no doubt because to have introduced it at its full value would have been seen as an unfair and unacceptable increase in the burden of taxation in one year on those who enjoyed the ‘ perk ’ and of course the future of the British motor industry would be taken into account . |
| 7 | He heaves himself from his swivel-chair , pulls a green bottle from his middle-management mini-fridge , spills most of its contents over me while struggling to insert it between my cracked and contorted lips . |
| 8 | To extend a statute to a regrettably omitted case looks like legislation , whereas refusing to extend it to a casus male inclusus is more like imposing a provisional fetter on legislation ( provisional , because Parliament can always come back and include the case expressly if it wants to ) . |
| 9 | It is ironic that theories of federalism , especially of the German variety , should stress responsibility so strongly while failing to realise it in practice . |
| 10 | George Nicholson of Eversley described the actor as sliding down a lamppost whilst trying to measure it with his hands . |
| 11 | And what this section will do is stand back from the particularity of today ( though continuing to use it as an example ) and ask why economies develop such geographical variation and why their geographies are subject to change . |
| 12 | As golf is another favourite Hastings sport and an ideal means of relaxation it probably does n't help his back problem that he gives the ball such a lick as to threaten to land it in the next kingdom ! |
| 13 | ‘ Teach to clap this rhythm — when achieved teach it on the feet ’ The sole reason being ? |
| 14 | It seemed that as mothers had usually hitherto had primary responsibility for child care , they were less likely than single fathers to neglect this function when trying to combine it with the role of breadwinner ( Harris et al. , 1986 ) . |
| 15 | The shock seared through his arm and he grabbed at the bracelet as though trying to tear it from his wrist . |
| 16 | Iran , having captured the tract of marshland under which this major accumulation lay , was reported by its oil minister , Muhammad Gharazi , as contemplating bringing it into production . |