Example sentences of "it [prep] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Susan Clements borrows it for discussing some issues to do with drug and alcohol teams . |
| 2 | This was a sensible policy which would bring stability to Britain , and took it for granted that stability would mean that relations with the colonies would remain unchanged . |
| 3 | We know that , in general , the literati became the bureaucratic agents of the established political order and that they always took it for granted that hierarchy is part of the natural order of things . |
| 4 | Why do we take it for granted that education is a good to which everyone equally is entitled ? |
| 5 | Nor can an economist take it for granted that inflation will make people save more ( in the US they save less ) . |
| 6 | It is evident that Lakatos took it for granted that physics constitutes the paradigm of rationality and good science . |
| 7 | I mean we were in a particular discussion last night I mean that chap was making a particular point and we were able to ask questions and that was very useful and it helped everything else and as a result I have a view that Hydro Electric have a certain commitment to the community and I respect it for having that commitment . |
| 8 | I 've had great fun and great service from the package and used it for designing several garments for both hand and machine knitting . |
| 9 | I mean , it 's one of the things I wan na include in our discussion if we get round to it about having more resources available . |
| 10 | So well no yeah , is it worth seeing this guy ? |
| 11 | What made it worth recording several centuries later was that Ella was successful ; for the next fifteen years or so he established his authority in the south by force of arms , firmly ‘ pacifying ’ recalcitrant Britons . |
| 12 | Software biggie Software AG is putting in an internal Industry Standards Program Office to guide it in implementing such things and communicate same to its customers : its initial focus will be on applications development , database and repository management , networking , GUIs and operating systems . |
| 13 | ‘ I was born into the trap , he walked into it in avoiding another kind of servitude , with his eyes open , but not looking where he was going . |
| 14 | The bumps and marks on the this goldfish would prevent it from winning any show prizes — but even a humble fantail deserves the best conditions . |
| 15 | The word ‘ patronymic ’ is sometimes used as an easy synonym when referring to any surname , but its meaning is more limited than that , for a proper application restricts it to describing those names descending from fathers or ancestors . |
| 16 | doing it Do you mean drawing it on Using this drawing it ? |
| 17 | He said , well let's put it this way he said I can get into a Ford and start it without breaking any windows |
| 18 | She thought about it without finding any kind of answer , and then she thought about the futures of her nursery-school children and others among the children of Dynmouth . |
| 19 | Once you have decided on your core force you can elaborate upon it by adding more troops , war machines , and monsters . |
| 20 | I do not want to go on a dictionary-chasing exercise , laying down one word only to find that the marketing men have circumvented it by finding another word . |
| 21 | I managed to avoid a lot of it by having some tasks of my own . |
| 22 | My language awareness course is intended to obviate the need for it by enabling any teacher to learn alongside the pupils . |
| 23 | It has not inherited this behaviour ; it has either worked it out for itself , or learned it by observing another chimpanzee . |