Example sentences of "it [vb infin] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In a moment she heard the engine of the Mercedes , and she heard it zoom down the hill with a squeal of tyres .
2 ‘ And how long did it stay behind the wall ? ’
3 That 's what makes it think to the name do n't he ?
4 She is thinking of her new novel ( ‘ Letting it germinate for a period ’ ) and seems very busy and hungry .
5 How does it compare with the country as a whole ?
6 Spread out the seaweed into the shape in which it is to be pressed while still in the water , then slowly lift it out of the basin , keeping it flat , let it drip for a while and then place it on a waterproof surface .
7 What light does it throw on the extent of public information about parties and programmes , and on the nature of public support for parties ?
8 We ca n't just let it disintegrate into the dust . ’
9 And what difference will it make to a government which has made more U-turns than a snake ? ’
10 When Gary Mackay scored that legendary goal for Scotland against Bulgaria , how big of an inroad did it make into the Republic 's capital of Jammy Breaks ?
11 ‘ Let it graze on the lawn if you like .
12 How does it relate to the theatre score and the printed version ?
13 I watched it disappear down the road .
14 By the light of the second lamp , he saw it disappear through a hole in one of the great pictures on the wall .
15 America gives Israel more than $2 billion a year to help it survive in a region where all its Arab neighbours , bar only Egypt , reject it .
16 Nor will it concentrate on the panoply of improbabilities — orbiting battle stations , particle-beam weapons , deadly X-ray beams — beloved of star warriors in days gone by .
17 She felt it swell like a balloon inflated by a pressure pump .
18 ‘ Will it attack like the rest ? ’
19 I let it hang in the air , like a question .
20 Terror gripped her so completely that she was incapable of opening it and let it fall to the floor where — she very nearly followed it in a faint .
21 Behind the scenes Paula slipped out of one outfit , letting it fall to the floor , and reached for the next , hanging in the correct order on her clothes rail .
22 Then he unpinned the length of chiffon and let it fall to the floor .
23 He turned her to face him , then untied the silk from her eyes , letting it fall to the ground .
24 She nodded and sipped : he leaned his head forward and she brought the glass to his mouth : he finished it and she let it fall on a bush of discarded clothing as he swooped down with his hand , lifted her dress clear over her waist and then , as she struggled to help him , tugged it over her head .
25 He lifted her arm again and then let it fall onto the sheet .
26 Roy shrugged off his own coat while still sitting , letting it fall over the back of his chair .
27 He lit a book match and let it fall among the tangle .
28 If it does not , as seems to be the case , can it fall within the advertising authority 's requirement for truthfulness ?
29 Perhaps she could let it lodge in the frame of her chair , leaving her free to dance .
30 Hooking a fish and letting it suffocate in a creel is seemingly acceptable to all fishermen and many other people .
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