Example sentences of "it [verb] [adj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why had it formed such an important part of the terrorists ' plan ? |
| 2 | Permission was granted , however , for the weekend of June 27/28 when it operated all the advertised service trains on both days . |
| 3 | So get it to go all the way . |
| 4 | This disease , it like , it destroys all the brain cells , you know |
| 5 | It points all the same to a conclusion that is plain enough . |
| 6 | Now where it goes negative a negative value I do n't think we 'd be interested in that , that means that the car 's got to the point where you have to pay someone to take it away . |
| 7 | It goes all the way to Kyle of Lochalsh these days turning southwards from Achnasheen , leaving the wild vastness of Wester Ross accessible only by the motor car , a later and more threatening penetration . |
| 8 | Teacher : Yes , it goes all the way round the log now . |
| 9 | I suppose it goes all the way round does it ? |
| 10 | It laid bare the dynamics of the transformation overcoming the Empire . |
| 11 | According to its prospectus , it intended to apply for an Act of Parliament empowering it to acquire all the land south of Downing Street , as far as Parliament Square , between St James 's Park and the river . |
| 12 | ‘ It can be a very lonely job , for both man and dog , which is why it involves such a special relationship , ’ Keith explained . |
| 13 | OK they 're quite happy for their girls to be academic but daring to be more positive about being ordered outside that because it involves such a lot , having control over your own body , again you know , abortion raises its hairy head again . |
| 14 | It involves such a lot . |
| 15 | It involves all the long-stay prisons in Scotland . |
| 16 | It is the ultimate paradox of this highly academic school of fiction that it defies all the usual rules of academic scrupulosity , as if fiction were a breaking-out , a holiday from cares . |
| 17 | The collegial atmosphere of the symposium was strained as it became apparent the Japanese and Americans regard the Indian team as reckless , the Indians feel Japanese criticisms are groundless , and the Americans advocate a policy that would leave the site a partial ruin , while others urge comprehensive repairs and reconstruction . |
| 18 | Trouble flared a few days before MacQuillan 's death , when it became apparent the inventor was in effect conducting an auction and the price of buying the securely patented new carton had shot alarmingly high . |
| 19 | When Tom produced a half-firkin of ale , saved from his own wedding , it became apparent the celebration was going to carry on far into the night . |
| 20 | It became such a tame pet afterwards that she could never persuade it to play dead again , even if she grabbed it as though she were a predator . |
| 21 | It became such a success that further developments were needed . |
| 22 | It became redundant a couple of years ago when the Chipmunk glider tug it was providing spares for was replaced by a Piper Pawnee . |
| 23 | Soon it became clear the prospecting company was trying to suppress its excitement . |
| 24 | THE South West Thames regional health authority requested the army be drafted in for ambulance work when it became clear the police could not cope , according to ambulance mangement . |
| 25 | After the early victories in Bath and Cheltenham , the faces of party supporters gathered at the Liberal Club in Mr Ashdown 's Yeovil constituency grew progressively longer as it became clear the predicted breakthrough was not going to happen . |
| 26 | After the early victories in Bath and Cheltenham , the faces of party supporters gathered at the Liberal Club in Mr Ashdown 's Yeovil constituency grew progressively longer as it became clear the predicted breakthrough was not going to happen . |
| 27 | In November 1914 at the Annual General Meeting , it became clear the Club had to abort some costly schemes and , although not blaming the war , it must have been the cause . |
| 28 | The scale of the problems facing Mr Major worsened yesterday as it became clear the Danes want even more concessions over Maastricht . |
| 29 | However , the growth of the Catholic population was such that it became clear the Diocese of Beverley which comprised the whole of Yorkshire needed to be divided . |
| 30 | The two-year row has been rumbling on since it became clear the Ffestiniog Company had taken an interest in the project . |