Example sentences of "it [verb] [det] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He holds it through a riveting performance of the Toccata , a sumptuously lyrical adagio ( although perhaps here it has more the air of an andante amabile ) and a gloriously ebullient Fugue . |
| 32 | It is a singularity of the book that it contains such a wealth of excellent and dramatic illustrations and deals with such titanic forces and events , but written in such a flat style . |
| 33 | It contains all the flavour of common salt but only a third of its sodium . |
| 34 | Beech et al. ( 1985 ) have compared its dietary characteristics with those of lean raw beefsteak , and although it has a protein content of c. 47 per cent , which is nearly 20 per cent less than the beefsteak , it contains half the fat and is rich in fibre . |
| 35 | And Geoff , she said Geoff come round last night he said she is in such a muddle and it wants such a lot doing to it ! |
| 36 | A route she had been forced to follow , never quite closing the gap , though it narrowed all the time . |
| 37 | It places all the power in the hands of the party machine , which appoints the committee members . |
| 38 | Because according to the best it hurts all the way . |
| 39 | Bitmaps scale very badly because , like a silk screened tee shirt , if you stretch the image the pattern breaks up while compressing it loses all the detail . |
| 40 | It burned all the top of his head and he hung a hot thing over the handle on the door - front door and so he put his hand on the handle and there was piece of skin it was all burned off |
| 41 | Yes , it happens all de time |
| 42 | It happens all the time . |
| 43 | It happens all the time . ’ |
| 44 | Absurd as this is , it happens all the time . |
| 45 | It happens all the time . |
| 46 | And anyway , it happens all the time . |
| 47 | " It happens all the time . " |
| 48 | It happens all the time . |
| 49 | After all , it happens all the time in these old houses . ’ |
| 50 | ‘ Of course , ’ she muttered , ‘ I 'm sure it happens all the time . ’ |
| 51 | It happens all the time — the question is merely an opener to fulfilling a wish to own something new , and merely seeks to confirm that the purchase is a worthy one . |
| 52 | It happens all the time . |
| 53 | ‘ That 's all right , said Zeinab , ‘ it happens all the time . ’ |
| 54 | ‘ It happens all the time ? ’ |
| 55 | But what does happen is that people are directed away from blighted homes we know that that happens , it happens all the time , as soon as a home 's name is mentioned social workers , quite honourably believe that there 's no sense in putting down people 's names , no no sense in sending people there and you would expect nothing different from them so it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy . |
| 56 | Now it happens all the time , and there is absolutely no way at all with the best will in the world , and I 'm sure that we all mean it , that we get on the phones at nine o'clock , and we get on the phones at eleven o'clock , you just do n't work like that . |
| 57 | It happens all the time — you 'd be surprised . |
| 58 | It happens all the time . ’ |
| 59 | It happens all the time in football . ’ |
| 60 | It happens all the time in football . ’ |