Example sentences of "[subord] it [verb] he [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any coach is doing to do the best for his side ; if it suits him to be negative , he will be . |
| 2 | If it wakes him in the night , he gets angry , I 've heard him , not the actual words , just the voice low and terrible . |
| 3 | I do n't think the Labour 'd know a free vote if it bit him on the leg . |
| 4 | ‘ We need him as president because it takes him off the streets , ’ said his close pal , David Leopoulis . |
| 5 | They did n't have visitors because it sent him into a fury . |
| 6 | However , he gradually came to see that his fear of God was beneficial because it kept him from falling into sin . |
| 7 | Strange because it reminded him of other bedroom partings : sheets tangled , sweat cooling , confusion and self-reproach keeping glances at bay . |
| 8 | He could never entirely regret it , because it reminded him of working with Willie , and the passing resolves he made as a grown-up to lose some of it always contained a tang of unease about betraying his professional qualifications in the eyes of a man who would have belted him for such a thing . |
| 9 | Graham frowned as he passed it , partly at its loud white-lettered tyres and obtrusive styling , but partly because it reminded him of something ; something to do with Slater , with Sara even . |
| 10 | While it freed him from a form of dependency — his succession to the LDP leadership had been achieved with the faction 's support — it also meant that the future of his premiership would depend on the skill with which he was able to balance the party 's competing factions — including his own — all of which were of roughly equal strength . |
| 11 | He had found his kingdom , and though it filled him with Adamistic yearning , he was somehow powerless to enter and possess it , Why was this ? |
| 12 | In situations of moral dilemma he does what he considers must be done , even though it involves him in distress and suffering . |
| 13 | When Molly joined him he would ask hopefully if she were feeling tired or , even perhaps more hopefully , as though it relieved him of all responsibility , if she had the curse . |
| 14 | Cinnamond was greatly disquieted by the move as it deprived him of guidelines on which to base his reply . |
| 15 | I wanted our collaboration , strange as it was , to continue for eve ; , just so long as it kept him beside me . |
| 16 | This was indeed fortunate as it prevented him from revealing the fossilization of his mind by repeating much of what he had written in 1986 . |