Example sentences of "it [prep] [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So er she says well you can think about it for a fortnight er you see her daddy put out discos altogether because of the lies but she cos she gets nervous because when she 's telling a lie to you she 'll go red |
| 2 | It would , they say , lessen the burden on hard-up viewers who ca n't afford the eighty odd pounds , I think it 's eighty three pounds is n't it for a television li a colour television licence now ? |
| 3 | Common Law could not prevent the trustee employing it for the wife 's benefit , and Equity would compel him to do so . |
| 4 | True , the £1,000 belongs to the husband at law — there is no denying it ; but Equity will compel him to apply it for the wife 's benefit . |
| 5 | He had taken the Thompson with him for a practical demonstration and afterwards had not had an opportunity to exchange it for the army 's normal issue Sterling gun . |
| 6 | Some word processing functions will apparently be bucked up and international versions are due soon , including localizing it for the company 's new exclusive Japanese distributor Sumisho Electronics . |
| 7 | Perhaps a crewman stumbles , it could be the gloop is n't hot enough , maybe there is n't enough pepper in it for the cook 's liking . |
| 8 | She glared at Hank as he stood by the front door ready to open it for the paper 's representatives , and tried not to scream while these gentlemen put on their boots again . |
| 9 | I keep it for the children 's medicine drink . ’ |
| 10 | Well this is alright , but we 're only doing it for the beneficiaries int you ? |
| 11 | No well she had this special thing so it 's done the trick so she has n't worn it yet though , I think she 's doing it for the wedding ai n't she ? |
| 12 | She says I should n't be treating it as a doll 's house , a playing place when I 'm young . ’ |
| 13 | John Major has launched another attack on the Social Chapter of the Maastricht Treaty , dismissing it as a socialist 's charter . |
| 14 | Seen in this gallery context it invites us to view it as an individual 's response to a constructed drama . |
| 15 | HW = Husband sees it as the wife 's decision HJ = Husband sees it as a joint decision HH = Husband sees it as the husband 's decision WW = Wife sees it as the wife 's decision WJ = Wife sees it as a joint decision WH = Wife sees it as the husband 's decision . |
| 16 | HW = Husband sees it as the wife 's decision HJ = Husband sees it as a joint decision HH = Husband sees it as the husband 's decision WW = Wife sees it as the wife 's decision WJ = Wife sees it as a joint decision WH = Wife sees it as the husband 's decision . |
| 17 | We do not , however , see it as the school 's place to enforce the accent known as Received Pronunciation . |
| 18 | All these considerations persuaded my Group to follow Kingman , and to argue forcibly , in a passage we underlined , that although children should speak Standard English , we ‘ do not , however , see it as the school 's place to enforce the accent known as Received Pronunciation , . |
| 19 | ( It is tempting to call this curve ‘ the tail ’ , though in fact the old mythological figures show it as the Bear 's head . ) |
| 20 | With the USA , in the long term , set on irreversible decline the question is whether Japan or Europe can replace it as the world 's leading economy . |
| 21 | ( One campus I knew of in a large industrial city used to be so strictly guarded that the students referred to it as the town 's ‘ second prison ’ . ) |
| 22 | HW = Husband sees it as the wife 's decision HJ = Husband sees it as a joint decision HH = Husband sees it as the husband 's decision WW = Wife sees it as the wife 's decision WJ = Wife sees it as a joint decision WH = Wife sees it as the husband 's decision . |
| 23 | HW = Husband sees it as the wife 's decision HJ = Husband sees it as a joint decision HH = Husband sees it as the husband 's decision WW = Wife sees it as the wife 's decision WJ = Wife sees it as a joint decision WH = Wife sees it as the husband 's decision . |
| 24 | He reversed his grip on the blade and drove it through the daemon 's chest . |
| 25 | If a collector had acquired the ancient cross , Wartski 's experts might have heard of it through the dealers ' grapevine . |
| 26 | This alone can make it worth a reporter 's time to come along . |
| 27 | The catalogue of the earlier Italian schools was written by Martin Davies , and published in 1951. the strength of the gallery 's holding of works by Giovanni Bellini made it worth the author 's while to write a preliminary note about difficulties of attribution : |
| 28 | He would rise early to work at his desk and return to it after a day 's engagements , often until well past midnight . |
| 29 | If they give advice , they mainly do it after a lifetime 's experience and because they are anxious to help — though I 'll not deny that some parents can be real nasties as far as their children are concerned . |
| 30 | She picked up a knife lying on the draining board by the sink , and drove it towards the man 's hand . |