Example sentences of "it [verb] [adj] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , the mix of pro-fascist and pro-democratic elements was an indication that , in international as in domestic affairs , Franco 's preferred tactic was to keep all his options open until it became clear which side was going to win . |
| 2 | His vigorous and provocative Unionist polemic against the importance of ‘ the constitutional question ’ is bracing , but it renders comical his charge that the SNP ‘ is a party of no compromise ’ . |
| 3 | It transpired that his mother only had one leg . ’ |
| 4 | It 's ha it happens all your life , the noise is there all the time |
| 5 | Creggan came out of his concrete shelter into his cage , the branch thrust right over it and on to the path in front , and smaller branches from it filling half his cage with confusion . |
| 6 | Its tension caught the reader , there was an emotion in it , shared between him and them and it turned all his attention away from himself on to the subject matter he was speaking . |
| 7 | As soon as a domestic hen chick hatches it starts pecking at grains that look like food , and as it grows older its aim at food grains improves . |
| 8 | It gets all its nutrition , all its oxygen etcetera etcetera through the placenta from its mother 's circulation and the mother has no problem whatsoever in her body functions , right , otherwise she would be a mongrel , so the food is going straight into the baby , it 's like being drip fed , there 's no problem . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , it gets all its moisture from seeds and dew . |
| 10 | I mean that , that have to hold top and bottom , you put something in the soil and it gets all its nourishment in the soil and that |
| 11 | With regard to his consecration , the only controversial question which it raised concerned his relationship with the archbishop of York who consecrated him , and this will be discussed below in the context of the Primacy . |
| 12 | ‘ It takes all your colour , ’ she began hesitantly , ‘ and I know I hardly look as though I would know which colour went with what , or what suited whom … ’ |
| 13 | Yet when her visitor stepped a couple of paces forward as though requiring a closer look , it needed all her courage not to back away . |
| 14 | All the people that I 've seen trying to do it have all my sympathy , because I know what they 've been going through . |
| 15 | Only this time it covered half his back . ’ |
| 16 | He had a long-life lead on and I tried to grab the long-life lead it burnt all my hand and he tried to attack the pit bull . |
| 17 | It melts all your disk drive . |
| 18 | So now you club whose Fulham name Of legend , myth and fable , Should show it merits all its fame By shooting up the table . |
| 19 | For martial artists it mattered less what form you studied than that you made it a way of life . |
| 20 | ‘ No ! ’ she squeaked , thinking that , far from it taking all his charm , her willingness could be achieved with only a minimum of persuasion . |
| 21 | When they crested a wooded hill shortly before sunset and saw cultivated fields stretching down towards a small village in the distance it took all her will-power not to beg that they stop there for the night . |
| 22 | It took all her determination to stand her ground until finally he brushed past her . |
| 23 | The images his words had triggered were running riot in her brain , and it took all her strength to blot them out . |
| 24 | It took all her strength to reach out for the receiver and raise it stiffly to her ear . |
| 25 | She thought that she knew who the lucky man might be , and it took all her strength of mind not to betray the dreadful emotions which merely thinking of him aroused in her . |
| 26 | It took all his willpower to keep his teeth biting into the rubber . |
| 27 | It took all his willpower and concentration to banish the sound of it , and fix heart and soul on the celebration of the Mass . |
| 28 | Even so , it took all his self-control not to lose his temper with Madge Grimsilk , for Therese , in the dark sapphire Rosa Ponselle gown , studded all over with flashing blue stones and with the huge peacock train spreading out behind her , was outstanding , so outstanding that the rest of the cast , pleased with their own designs but quick to recognize a ‘ star ’ outfit , burst into a little patter of applause . |
| 29 | And he says it took all his strength to make the journey from church to job centre . |
| 30 | It took all his time to wash and shave . |