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Example sentences of "it [verb] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1	However , it agreed to a demand that Gdlyan and Ivanov be dismissed from working in the Procuracy , and in a resolution it warned them that their parliamentary immunity from prosecution could yet be withdrawn if they persisted in making " groundless " statements attacking the country 's leaders .
2	If you have any spare cash , use it to invest in a tapwater prefilter , such as the Nitragon and increase your water changes to 15% every fortnight .
3	Its working was rather fitful and it failed in a couple of astounding thunderstorms they had .
4	I , I , I think Chairman that on the , the case to which you refer as , as I recollect it was very much on the specific wording of the er restriction which erm was found to fail , because it applied to a number of houses and not to a specific property and er clearly care will have to be given by the districts that happens in imposing conditions to make sure that it will erm appertain to each individual property within a development so that the occupancy condition can be can be informed .
5	My records nee go it it plays for a bit , then it goes brurgh !
6	As the sun strikes their heads it plays for a while , scatters silver seed and dances away again , unnoticed .
7	In water , it splits like a spider 's web into gossamer strands while retaining its basic strength .
8	The population of Britain was to rise from between seven and eight million in 1760 to 15 million in 1820 — in other words , it doubled in a period of 60 years .
9	Do you want it to go to a radio station ?
10	The earth is trying to move on a straight line through space-time , but the curvature of space-time produced by the mass of the sun causes it to go in a circle around the sun .
11	It 'appens to a lot of us and everyone ai n't as lucky as I was . ’
12	Erm if my reading of Locke erm differs from that of most of my erm fellow historians and political thought erm it differs in a matter of emphasis .
13	It differs from a moon-shot only in degree .
14	But John Morgan says : ‘ Dumenil may have put forward some thoughts that might help unit holders , but it needs a lot of thought before it turns into a proposal .
15	But John Morgan says : ‘ Dumenil may have put forward some thoughts that might help unit holders , but it needs a lot of thought before it turns into a proposal .
16	When they suggest a dance to my companion , Wesley , there seems no harm — but it turns into a smooch .
17	When they suggest a dance to my companion , Wesley , there seems no harm — but it turns into a smooch .
18	When they suggest a dance to my companion , Wesley , there seems no harm — but it turns into a smooch .
19	Regular usage will help to pinpoint a problem before it turns into a crisis .
20	But sooner or later it turns into a crisis of resources — practical , personal and political .
21	Top : The excitement of a new pond will quickly wane if it turns into a disaster area overnight .
22	Although it grows from mud , it turns into a thing of great beauty and smells very sweet .
23	It turns into a congress .
24	It succeeded at a stroke in reducing tenanted land from over 45 per cent of the cultivated area to under 10 per cent .
25	She is thinking of her new novel ( ‘ Letting it germinate for a period ’ ) and seems very busy and hungry .
26	He dropped the letter on to his desk where it fluttered for a moment , an innocent reminder of the arrangement made in that grey stone house in Ghent .
27	It fluttered for a moment and then folded right back against the fuselage , like a roosting bird .
28	At times it got beyond a joke .
29	It has n't eaten though the whole $30m it got as a dowry to start up .
30	Erm , so I was constantly getting rises , less my service pay and erm it got to a state there where sometimes my service pay was more than what the erm salary I would have got at home was and my wife had to pay to keep my superannuation live .