Example sentences of "it [pron] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 As I approached it I reached out my talons to land and perhaps the prey I was holding obscured the view for I should have seen sooner what had been put on top of the post by Men .
2 As a first step to achieving it I made up my mind , even before I went to Eton , to join the Sudan Political Service .
3 Brilliant okay now here I started off with something I do n't know what it was but I know that when I differentiated it I finished up with X
4 After I heard it I went out and found an early news-stand . ’
5 And the next time she mentioned it I brought up church .
6 I soon noticed myself rapidly approaching a fallen tree over the surface of the river and as I rushed towards it I clung on to it for dear life .
7 Some of it I battered down backwards , having had visions of leaving and eyeball dangling on a branch like a festive light .
8 Right I ca n't do it I give up .
9 When we reached it I called out in my broken English : ‘ Where are you ?
10 I backed up onto it I backed up onto it , you know , when I was do ta and I were hoovering away , I thought aye aye !
11 I do it if I really have to , but if I can avoid it I chicken out , and I had too much lately . ’
12 G passes through condensers. er and that er and then through the er through the coolers and it its got back into the boilers at the proper temperature .
13 Musically it 's just the right side of being cheap — lyrically it 's got a depth to it which cries out Secrets !
14 Whilst Britain was genuinely concerned about honouring its debts there was a high mindedness about it which shut out any consideration of alternatives which , by reducing the obligation to maintain the value of sterling , would have given more scope for domestic planning .
15 What about erm how was it that you became involved in erm was it Having looked round the shop erm is it you specialize in is erm fish
16 As the weekly parcel issue decreased from one to a half you began to notice who took more than his share of the butter or the jam and though you felt mean for noticing it you went on being mean .
17 So it you went along erm .
18 If you did n't get it you went in to the supplementary .
19 do it you ring up next time .
20 ‘ I do not suppose that Alain would be annoyed it you tried out his old cycle , ’ she said quickly .
21 ‘ Well , what was it you rang up the Yard to tell me ? ’
22 An idea rocketed into her mind , and without stopping to examine it she rushed on , ‘ Is it possible that you even thought that Rob was my date last night ?
23 ‘ The first time she went out in it she came back into the house giggling that she 'd driven through town with the top down , even though it was freezing .
24 Agnes began to cry , quietly at first , then it mounted into sobs , then almost into hysteria and in it she gabbled out incoherently to the three gaping sisters what had transpired from the time she had taken the linen across to the house .
25 When Mum had looked at it she cried out .
26 That 's it everything knocked down and
27 What I am trying to do is to , is to question the wisdom of introducing more rules and regulations and every time I try and raise this issue , whether it be in standing committee or on the floor of the house , quite understandably the chairman or the speaker , deputy speaker in your case , raises the point that in fact I 'm going outside the rules and regulations and the result is you can never challenge the whole principle because every time one tries to challenge it one gets up and that 's the disease I 'm afraid we 've now er facing in this country .
28 But it 's er had it we took round to that fella round Dash Hill there well Alec took it and er he said I 'll ring you up in morning and give you an estimate .
29 Just beyond it we struggled over a particularly difficult pass and arrived next day on the Mana river .
30 And I think the way we did it we marked down the three shops we wanted to do and make sure you do those three shops .
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