Example sentences of "it [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In it coins and medals were set out on faded velvet pads and , at the back , there were cards of stamps displayed under amber polythene to protect them from the light . |
| 2 | The programme was transmitted on 7th October , and opened with the presenter Dennis Lotus saying : ‘ This is a transport depot , it garages the only tramcars still operating in the United Kingdom ’ . |
| 3 | Is it kippers ? |
| 4 | Univel Inc will end the suspense that has enveloped its pricing structure this week when it debuts its long-awaited shrinkwrapped UnixWare implementation at Networld in Dallas . |
| 5 | But you need not reply , if it distresses you . ’ |
| 6 | It makes even worse reading and it distresses me to have to bring it to the attention of the House . |
| 7 | Those who fail see , at the far end of this room , something which they most wish to see — be it gems and gold , a magical weapon , a religious icon , a powerful Grimoire . |
| 8 | Buy it and it 'll ruin your life — the dog will crap on your carpet 'cos you forgot to take it walkies , you 'll lose three stone in weight 'cos you ca n't stop playing long enough to eat ( load it in — Fatty Phil ) , and your next electricity bill will be bigger than Gazza 's pay packet . |
| 9 | And yet really , it harkens back to er very ancient thought , er half the world of course is teaching reincarnation , and even the Christian and Jewish world er have in their history the teaching of reincarnation , so it 's not something brand new . |
| 10 | It 's a device driver that it loads . |
| 11 | Give it Loads |
| 12 | And the firm operates a strict no-smoking policy on it coaches . |
| 13 | She should have done it ages ago . |
| 14 | So we went in the door , and just sort of said , yeah we had , we 'd kept it ages had n't we ? |
| 15 | When did you write the cheque out , you wrote it ages ago , did n't you ? |
| 16 | When the Telemine is 500 m from a target it surfaces completely , so the sensor pod on top is clear of the water . |
| 17 | Such a view is found in partial form in Calvin , and it surfaces again in the nineteenth century in the thought of both Edward Irving ( who was wrongly convicted for heresy for believing it ) and the great Anglican churchman , F. D. Maurice ( 1805–1872 ) . |
| 18 | It not only leaves a catalogue of unresolved hurts , it surfaces in an apprehensive and unrealistic way of coping with present difficulties . |
| 19 | A few more dives and it surfaces with a larger fish which , judging from its colour , is a sea-scorpion . |
| 20 | Its local Shetland name is ‘ neesick ’ , which means ‘ the sneezer ’ , referring to the explosive exhalation of breath it gives as it surfaces for air . |
| 21 | It is , indeed , one of the most telling arguments against the broadcasting of the proceedings of Parliament that by shedding the spotlight on only one facet of the functions of Parliament it misrepresents its role in a quite grotesque fashion . |
| 22 | Extend the top leg forwards and stretch it forwards and back 20 times , moving it 3ins ( 7.6cm ) each time . |
| 23 | Extend the top leg forwards and stretch it forwards and back 25 times , each time moving it 3ins ( 7.6cm ) . |
| 24 | Extend the top leg forwards as far as possible and then stretch it forwards and back 35 times , moving it 3ins ( 7.6cm ) each time . |
| 25 | Extend the top leg forwards as far as possible and then stretch it forwards and back 35 times , each time moving it 3ins ( 7.6cm ) . |
| 26 | Extend the top leg forwards as far as possible and then stretch it forwards and back 35 times , each time moving it 3ins ( 7.6cm ) . |
| 27 | Extend the top leg forwards as far as possible and then stretch it forwards and back 40 times , each time moving it 3ins ( 7.6cm ) . |
| 28 | The oceanic crust of the East Pacific Plate does collide with the continental mass of South America but instead of piling up in a heap , it ducks down , and dives under the continent ; the site of the ‘ bend ’ being below the 7,500 metre deep Chile-Peru Trench , while the zone of actual sliding contact between oceanic and continental crust is defined by the 60 degree dipping earthquake belt , the Benioff zone . |
| 29 | ‘ We call it Ducks and Drakes , ’ I said . |
| 30 | If it ducks down |