Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [adj] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thought of it had been impossible for so long that it took some getting used to . |
| 2 | There are occasions when after a long and difficult dig , and when a long time has elapsed before the recovery of the ferret and rabbit , you may discover that your ferret has scraped at the hindquarters of the rabbit for so long that it has broken the skin , drawn blood and started to eat the rabbit before it died . |
| 3 | How dared he ? she mourned as she sank down on her bed and gasped for breath , and knew then that Naylor Massingham 's low opinion of her would n't hurt anywhere near as much as it did , had she not just realised that she was desperately in love with him ! |
| 4 | Nowhere near as easy as it sounds , the trick is in the timing . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's all nowhere near as easy as it looks ’ , he says . |
| 6 | The losses at the Battle of Sagrajas had been great and not even the addition of El Cid 's men could make it anything like as strong as it had been before the coming of Yusuf . |
| 7 | But having rejected a compromise which , for boxing , was about as good as it gets , he ca n't continue claiming innocence if it leads to the heavyweight division again disintegrating into chaos . |
| 8 | Todd was 75th on Tour in driving distance , and that 's about as good as it gets . |
| 9 | Norah complained bitterly that her style had brought the company free publicity worth far more than it cost . |
| 10 | It has lots of similar properties to a larger computer , in so much that it has a similar , what is referred to as a central processing unit , and in some instances similar peripheral devices , but if one can imagine that for certain applications where these have been collectively gathered together in erm the ultimate setting on a single integrated circuit , then one has a microcomputer , comprised of a microprocessor , some memory and some appropriate interfacing devices to the outside world . |
| 11 | But comparing depression to a cold is misleading in so much as it implies that the condition is not only common , but mild . |
| 12 | Beating Malta was one thing , in so much as it sustained the national team 's hopes of qualifying for the World Cup finals . |
| 13 | Well it was a good idea in as much as it returned to the people 's wishes did n't it ? |
| 14 | I readily acknowledge that in Scotland the Crown has no direct interest in sentence in as much as it does n't , in contrast with Russia or America , request the court to impose a specific sentence . |
| 15 | Policy development was incremental in as much as it adopted the smallest , least disruptive step with the least apparent cost ( Lundqvist , 1980 ) . |
| 16 | This academic study was seen as a means of extending , developing and enriching the student 's mind and , in as much as it fulfilled this function , had much to commend it . |
| 17 | The announcement came as no great surprise ; except in as much as it had been thought the family might hold back in the lifetime of Sir John . |
| 18 | It fitted her in as much as it had ever fitted anyone , but the bodice hung droopily over her breasts , and the neckline gaped softly round her throat , and the hem dipped at the back , with a scarcely perceptible , ineradicable dip . |
| 19 | The Conference proceedings have been consistently published over the years and the 1989 Autumn Conference reflects the expansion and interest in action research in as much as it extends to the three separate publications listed above . |
| 20 | It was a disgraceful piece of television , in as much as it failed completely to set one point of view against another so that genuine truth could emerge . |
| 21 | In reality , the state must be conceived of as an ‘ educator ’ , in as much as it tends precisely to create a new type of civilisation … . |
| 22 | The second was formally liquidated in Europe between 1848 and 1868 , though the situation of the impoverished and especially the landless peasantry in regions of large estates in southern and eastern Europe often remained semi-servile , in as much as it remained subject to overwhelming non-economic coercion . |
| 23 | In particular , it was contrary to articles 7 , 52 and 221 in as much as it created a complete barrier to freedom of establishment in the United Kingdom for individuals as owners and operators of fishing vessels and as directors and shareholders of companies owning or operating such vessels . |
| 24 | have actually mutated themselves in as much as it seems to be that |
| 25 | So these people are important to you , so it 's vitally important that you do n't let them down , because initially this business has a strange effect on you in as much as it seems to take over your mind , does n't it ? |
| 26 | Indeed , it is conceded by the representatives of the parties to this appeal that an order made in the terms made by the justices was not open to them in as much as it did not impinge upon the parental responsibility of the parent concerned and impinged only upon contact between the parents themselves . |
| 27 | I saw this old pamphlet for Shakin' Stevens from about 1971 and it said ‘ Thinking man 's rock'n'roll . |
| 28 | It worked too , turned me on as much as it turned you on , but do n't get too smart — ’ |
| 29 | The biggest breakthrough in the farm came with the arrival on the scene of a small grey tractor called a Fergie and it seemed as though almost everybody had at least one and it became the jack of all trades on the farm and implements which had previously been pulled by horses had their shafts removed and couplings were made to fit them behind the tractor . |
| 30 | so you felt that and that pulse point there if you press on it hard enough you can actually stop the one in the wrist and of course that is controlling the flow of blood to the rest of the arm and you leave a pressure point closed off like that for no more than ten minutes , because if you left it on for too long that it means not sufficient blood 's getting to the rest of the , the limbs and the limb must have its blood supply , so you leave the pressure on for ten minutes and then release it , say for ten seconds just so say that the hand comes back pinkish again and if it 's not slowing down , back on with the pressure again for another ten minutes and that 's how you use it , tap off , ten minutes at the most , tap on for a little while , if it 's leaked again reapply , ten minutes at the most , tap on again , okay and that 's how you 'll control it , so if you do have a sit a situation where the bleeding was bad cos you 've got a , a limb severed , you could n't perhaps put sufficient direct pressure over that limb , this done , right , to control the bleeding then you could use indirect pressure , here , breaking or here , right in the , no playing now please , no trying to find this one right now , do this one tonight , in bed and the old lady said now what are you doing to me , never you mind , go to sleep |