Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [verb] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has enabled them both to do things , especially socially as a couple . |
| 2 | But because Dorothy Heathcote has always taken the importance of content for granted it has made her less than tolerant with dramatic activity that appears to lack significantly focused meaning . |
| 3 | But it has made us more productive and more of a team — we all have to co-operate and pull together just to keep our heads above water . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ We tried to save money by building economically , but it has cost us more in the long run . |
| 5 | It has given me many happy memories and I am looking forward to our all meeting again soon . |
| 6 | But it 's been a great game to be in , and it has given me some marvellous memories . |
| 7 | And it has given us all a richer life . |
| 8 | It has given us all a lift . ’ |
| 9 | it has to give you that effect I thought it was marvellous |
| 10 | It was an unexpected rest and it has taught me many things , like patience . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It has hurt him more than anything else since his release . |
| 12 | ‘ It has taken me all this time to get to the position where I can call people up on the phone go out to dinner or to the cinema . |
| 13 | Q I have layered , shoulder-length permed hair and it has taken me some time to grow it to this length . |
| 14 | It has taken him all these years to understand the implications . |
| 15 | The laibon wants it understood that it has taken him some time to trace the trouble back to this incident . |
| 16 | It has surprised me that Monsieur has not spoken out before now . ’ |
| 17 | In your text book you 've got quite a lot of information in there about reinforcing , what we 're going to do in the practical session and it 's always a help I think when you have a lot of the , thrown at you to know that you can just put it up and there it is if you get a bit confusing or ca n't remember what 's what , so on page one six nine it starts telling you all about nursing and bandages and general hygiene which we 've already talked quite a lot about but it 's very useful for you to know , you can go there and look , and if you just go through the pages from there on one seventy , one seven one , one seven two , one seven three and then on one seven four it 's got the general rules for applying bandages apply bandages when the casualty is sitting or lying down , you always sit your casualty down and you work from the front of , I say why do you work from the front of the thing ? |
| 18 | It wants to kill us all ! ’ |
| 19 | Thus A Very British Coup fails because , according to Pearce ‘ it wants to have it both ways ’ , and instead of ‘ owning up to being fantastic tosh , it tried to be incredibly realistic ’ ( Chris Tookey , The Sunday Telegraph , 26 June 1988 ) . |
| 20 | There are so many sick in the village , February is a wicked month , and it seems to take me all my time to get round the cottages and then when I am back , I am extremely tired and I fear I 'm not as patient as I should be , poor little creatures and the baby still in his petticoats . |
| 21 | His view seems to be undeniable in this situation , and it serves to convince me that ageism will never be tackled unless recognition of the problem is followed by the introduction of positive measures . |
| 22 | And I learn quite a lot myself but it does give me that little bit of a challenge that er I think is helpful in retirement . |
| 23 | I would , I would hope that as erm , as a committee we can support all these objectives , er , it does give me some cause for concern , that our own government is objecting to these provisions . |
| 24 | Yes it does give them more identity . |
| 25 | The whole idea of judging by one hundred days was resurrected in the Kennedy time and people applied that to Wilson and to Heath and to Margaret Thatcher , and maybe it 's just a media hype , but I think it does give us some view and I think we need more of a view on this man , because a lot of people are saying will the real John Major please stand up . |
| 26 | I sha n't be telling you all about these men , but it does give you some idea , the way we were , the chorus , the bit players in this romance which is what I really want to tell you about . |
| 27 | text here because it does make it that little bit more interesting and people are likely to think , oh ! |
| 28 | The round dance does not tell the recruits the direction to food , but it does tell them that food is nearby . |
| 29 | It does take us some of the way , but not all the way . |
| 30 | However , it does warn you that vine weevils are about , and that you should take a close look at potted plants . |