Example sentences of "[subord] it [verb] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cat opened one eye cautiously , saw that it was true and sprang onto Mildred 's shoulder where it rubbed its head gratefully against her hair . |
| 2 | To straddle the hurdle between its Unix commitments , where it derives its revenues , and NT , Sequent last week reorganised its management to give it more strategic depth . |
| 3 | When the hopped wort has been cooled it is run to fermenting vessels where it meets its destiny with yeast . |
| 4 | To understand why damage to Broca 's area impairs speech we need to know both where it gets its input from and what it does to that input . |
| 5 | RETURNED to London after too long an absence , Le Cirque Imaginaire is back until 6 March in the Riverside Studios where it made its UK debut many years ago . |
| 6 | As the gaunt farmer Spoke , Sparkes noticed dried blood on his shirt front where it met his breeches . |
| 7 | The company has now started flying from Gatwick , and , to help to stimulate demand for the Gatwick operation , Airtours has become a regular advertiser in the South East , particularly on the Underground , where it promotes its holidays to the price-conscious sun seeker . |
| 8 | Once it was home , the stalwart Alan helped me up to the loft with it , where it awaits my occupation in due course . |
| 9 | She may have killed a rabbit in a spot — a dead-end , for example — where it prevents her escape by blocking the burrow . |
| 10 | Although it took her months to get over Cerdan 's death , Edith Piaf 's desire for other men finally conquered her grief and according to her sister , Momone , ‘ she went wild , she ate her heart out , she was jealous and possessive … she howled and she locked guys up ’ . |
| 11 | Although it reached its peak of popularity in the 1930s , cruising had begun in about 1844 when P & O's cruise through the Mediterranean was described by the writer William Makepeace Thackeray , and Mark Twain wrote about a cruise of 1868 from New York to the Mediterranean in his book Innocents Abroad . |
| 12 | There go right to see the Palazzo Erba-Odescalchi , a sumptuous palazzo built by the Cusani family in the early 1500s , although it takes its name from a later Archbishop who used it as his palace in the eighteenth-century . |
| 13 | Roland D-110 synthesiser module ‘ A very good source of sounds for the money , although it has its limitations . |
| 14 | The criminal justice system , of course , now recognises this even more than it recognises our need for autonomy : monetary penalties are by far the most common form of penalty that it uses in its attempt to control crime . |
| 15 | Her gown looked expensive , Ruth thought , but it would have suited her mistress better than it did its owner . |
| 16 | ‘ So it makes your job easier . |
| 17 | Lots of chatter from them suggests to the nucleus that there are too many receptors at the synapse , so it brings their manufacture to a halt . |
| 18 | Our damp climate can play havoc with the fabric of a home once it penetrates its defences . |
| 19 | TUC opposition also limited the effectiveness of the NUWM , which became an embarrassment to the Communist Party once it left its sectarianism behind it . |
| 20 | Once it reaches its zenith you can neither see , hear nor stand . |
| 21 | She stood , numb with shame , fingers tugging at the bracelet round her wrist until it caused her pain . |
| 22 | the English working class … can never do anything decisive here in England until it separates its policy with regard to Ireland in the most definite way from the policy of the ruling class , until it not only makes common cause with the Irish , but actually takes the initiative in dissolving the Union established in 1801 , and replacing it by a federal relationship . |
| 23 | By 1800 the new Shorthorn was Britain 's tallest breed , the bulls standing 152cm at the withers ; the famous Durham Ox was 165cm tall and weighed 3,024 pounds as a five-year-old in 1801 when it was exhibited all over the country , remaining a star travelling showpiece until it dislocated its hip in 1807 . |
| 24 | Until quite recently it seemed quite certain ( from estimates of stars ' masses , interstellar dust , etc. ) that the Universe would continue to expand until it met its heat death . |
| 25 | His mouth crushed and coaxed in turns , his tongue subtle and importunate , before he moved lower , sliding his mouth down her throat until it reached her breasts . |
| 26 | In his mind 's eye he saw it boring its way into the earth , down , down , until it reached his brother 's face . |
| 27 | Then , unexpectedly , she knelt , bowing her head until it touched her knees . |
| 28 | Speaking to Christian supporters in east Beirut , General Aoun reminded the deputies in Taif that ‘ a war has erupted to liberate Lebanon and it is still on and it will continue until it achieves its goals ’ . |
| 29 | A lamb remains a lamb until it loses its milk teeth , more or less at the end of the year , and — if it has n't lost its life as well by then — it becomes a hogget . |
| 30 | Our collection of children 's books and toys grew with us and outgrew us until it dominated our lives . |