Example sentences of "it [prep] [subord] [art] " in BNC.

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1 As well as the P-trap , the three other common types are : the S-trap , which has an extra bend in it for when the final outlet is vertical rather than horizontal ; the running trap , a P-trap with horizontal inlet and outlet ; and the bottle trap which has a top entry and side outlet with a baffle inside to keep the bottle full .
2 She took the menu , scowled at it as if every dish carried a health warning , chose a couple at random and handed it back .
3 My eyes were drawn to it as if the Officer had left part of himself here on the grass .
4 The way the poem is ordered allows us momentarily to read it as if the juxtaposition was just that of eye and Canaletto , for the eye appears at first as an independent entity .
5 For Millie , the lesson needed no thinking , for the sister had practically told them what to say , but she wove a story round it as if the incident were happening in Benton Fields at the present time .
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