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 . |