Example sentences of "it [verb] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It concerned him the more to see that Titch , also , appeared to have no eyes for anything but the Wheel . |
| 2 | Cooke says : ‘ Egg pasta is certainly preferred by many chefs not only because of its excellent colour and flavour , but because it offers them the possibility of upgrading their pasta menus , thus increasing their profits . ’ |
| 3 | But what makes this machine really special is that it offers you the chance to create an unlimited range of embroidery designs . |
| 4 | As far as I was concerned , it made it the logical time to sell . |
| 5 | ( If it upset you the first time , please move on to the next paragraph . ) |
| 6 | When it found him the mouth opened in a roar of triumph , lips pulling apart behind the vizor to reveal huge yellow teeth . |
| 7 | United put profits before results last season and it cost them the Championship . |
| 8 | It cost him the tournament . |
| 9 | It cost him the land he had so longed to enter . |
| 10 | Imagine if your local electrical store allowed you to take a TV home for a month to sample its quality before parting with your money , you would be sure you had made the right decision before it cost you the earth . |
| 11 | Even though it cost us the life of a very good agent . ’ |
| 12 | entire market price even though it cost us the business at this point in time . |
| 13 | Cos it helped me the last time . |
| 14 | Does it give you the gist of the story ? |
| 15 | Does it give you the gist of the story ? |
| 16 | It allows them the monopoly to exploit their invention for a period without unauthorised limitation or competition . |
| 17 | It allows us the conclusion that has just been contemplated : that the difference between causal items and their effects has its basis not only in the consideration that causal circumstances fix uniquely the occurrence of their effects , but also in the consideration that causal circumstances precede their effects . |
| 18 | So , I think perhaps if you take that out and write this continuous and non-standard one , it allows you the facility for using it or not using it , depending on the project you 're working on . |
| 19 | It told me the figures in east London . |
| 20 | It 's fucking madness , I 'll ge I mean it kills me the next day , it 's madness , I do n't know why I do it . |
| 21 | Well it seemed it the bairn 's been in . |
| 22 | It eludes you the way print must elude an illiterate . |
| 23 | If the police authority was invited to co-opt people to add to their numbers , making sure that the majority still stayed with the councillors , then I do n't think one should have too much objection to it , but if it 's to be done in this er this way of central er of central allocation er in the form of the answer to the question to my noble friend Lord Lyle from my noble friend the Minister on the 17th of January which the Noble Lord , Lord Carrigan made reference in which these people are to be er i i it staggers me my Lord , I have to stop for the moment , it staggers me the er the insolence , the insolence of the Home Office in writing down job descriptions and personal profiles for people that are going to function locally . |
| 24 | And that we have an obligation to listen to noise because it shows us the grim truth of reality . |
| 25 | It shows us the power of cumulative selection to generate an almost endless variety of quasi-biological form , but it uses artificial selection , not natural selection . |
| 26 | Gloriana is a pageant opera , but it shows us the heartbreak behind the painted progress . |
| 27 | Try sitting the other side of your desk ; it may sound crazy but it shows you the world from another angle . |
| 28 | So it shows you the number of girls . |
| 29 | It shows you the |
| 30 | and it shows you the , the engine |