Example sentences of "it [that] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Legend has it that Oliver Cromwell on his way to lay siege to Middleton Hall during the Civil War found the old packhorse bridge too narrow for his cannons and wagons and so had the bridge widened . |
| 2 | Except Ellwood was keeping an eye on everyone and seeing to it that East Germany got the news . |
| 3 | Is it that G Ps do n't read the literature that comes with the drugs . |
| 4 | Earlier still , rumour had it that England selectors needed only to whistle down a mine-shaft for a couple of fast bowlers to arrive in the next cage . |
| 5 | Why is it that women readers , whether of the romance , the soap or girls ' magazines , are so often used in this way ? |
| 6 | Fiction has it that Mrs Marcos was a grand art collector , acquiring beautiful paintings as a testament to her taste . |
| 7 | Where was it that Mrs Whitehouse and the NVALA actually claimed to gain support ? |
| 8 | ‘ It was you , was n't it , who saw to it that Paul Fisher got a rocket last Friday ? ’ |
| 9 | Legend has it that Nigel Rudd was watching Magic Roundabout with his four year old son when he finally decided that the recession was too good an opportunity to miss . |
| 10 | Legend has it that Nigel Rudd was watching Magic Roundabout with his four year old son when he finally decided that the recession was too good an opportunity to miss |
| 11 | Legend has it that Sarah Helen , who died on June 9 , 1913 , was shut alive inside a lead coffin by British authorities for practising witchcraft , but swore to rise in 80 years to take revenge . |
| 12 | Legend has it that Sarah Helen was put to death in her home town of Blackburn for practising witchcraft , locked alive inside a lead coffin . |
| 13 | For example , why is it that personnel appointments take so long to be announced when there is often no adequate reason for the delay ? |
| 14 | Why is it that Jesus Christ Superstar leaves a Christian feeling so sad and angry ? |
| 15 | ‘ Tradition has it that St Kentigern founded his cathedral at Glasgow in the late 6th century within a burial ground that had earlier been founded by St Ninian but never used . |
| 16 | No I do n't think either erm The whole emphasis of Homeworks is to learn things there which we can then bolt on to the main chain , I 'll be absolutely amazed if in fact Homeworks manages to drive anywhere near the amount of customers through it that M F I does or the problem we had in Yeovil is because it is a very rural area a is not having the M F I name above the door so no that is not the intention . |
| 17 | This account had it that de Castelnau was first turned away by the orderly officer , saying that on no account was the Commander-in-Chief to be disturbed . |
| 18 | Towers had a fascination for Hardy , and having designed many in his professional days which were never built , he saw to it that Max Gate had not one , but two . |
| 19 | Others have it that Sir Geoffrey missed the crucial part of the meeting because he was playing golf . |
| 20 | Rumour had it that Sir Hector 's influence was the only reason George had been taken on in the first place . |
| 21 | I take it that Mr Treadwell wants her about her husband 's funeral ? ’ |
| 22 | However , popular legend has it that Andrew Patterson , then Headmaster at the Manchester Schools for the Deaf at Old Trafford , was perturbed to counter on several occasions a group of ex-pupils gathered around a certain gas-lamp in the city — the gas-lamp being a popular meeting place of local deaf people ( this was the subject of a Victorian drama as well . ) |
| 23 | Even then , they can lose the post for the most bizarre reasons ; Downing Street myth has it that Richard Cobb failed on his first attempt to get the Oxford Chair of Modern History because he wore bicycle clips throughout his interview . |
| 24 | ‘ Please see to it that Miss Asshe receives my note , ’ he told the man , who sniffed . |
| 25 | ‘ When was it that John Livesey had to give up ? ’ |
| 26 | Legend has it that Mother Shipton of Knaresborough , 1488–1561 , whose real name was Ursula Sonthell , lived in Shiptonthorpe during some period in her life . |
| 27 | How is it that police forces such as Lothian and Borders are this year reporting crime rates back down to the levels of 1981 ? |