Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] and [verb] it [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I feel very pleased after changing our style for this match and seeing it work so well against a Premier League team . |
| 2 | Well it 's just brought out a budget to paper over a few cracks and make it look good because they knew that , they 've got no more chances this is it in n it ? |
| 3 | To create this structure and make it work meant harnessing all C&P 's human talent — and the response was there . |
| 4 | The authors identified three options before them : first , ‘ planning ’ , starting again with no preconditions ; second , total dispersal ; and third , ‘ conditioned yet comprehensive planning ’ — retaining the old structure and making it work under modern conditions . |
| 5 | He brought it out of his trouser pocket , held the straight end and let it uncoil in front of her until the loop swung down . |
| 6 | Add the white wine and let it bubble up . |
| 7 | Now tense the whole of your left leg and let it go . |
| 8 | Expect the Young Ones crossed with Beetlejuice , Kevin Turvey meets the Female Brat Pack ( Phoebe Cates , Bridget Fonda ) and an example of how to make an Anglo-American film and make it work . |
| 9 | This way she could simply wash it each morning and let it dry naturally — start trying for styles and valuable minutes had to be wasted keeping them the way they were meant to be . |
| 10 | He can kiss a strange baby and make it look the most natural thing in the world — another skill some of his younger and brighter rivals do not find easy . |
| 11 | Since there was no sign of a bell , Charles raised the enormous ring and let it fall . |
| 12 | It works on the basis of a magnetic coil , which generates a high frequency radio signal , converting mercury gas inside the bulb into a " plasma " , emitting ultra-violet light which strikes the bulb 's phosphorous coating and makes it glow . |
| 13 | Before this the tree roots held the soil in place by soaking up the heavy rain and letting it go slowly . |
| 14 | Indeed he almost perfected the system to his own advantage , sowing the seed for the rise of Fascism at the same time by installing in the population the notion that the business of politics was none of their business and that they should shrug their shoulders in a resigned way and let it continue . |
| 15 | He lifted one of the plump feet and let it drop again to show us how lifeless it was . |
| 16 | To make up an improvisation using this material is part of their trade , and their habit of working at a certain familiar phrase and making it develop and grow produces music which we can all grasp and remember , especially if we know the performer 's style well . |
| 17 | As the triggers that motivate us may change according to circumstance , the ability to listen to your inner voice and let it direct you is a useful one . |
| 18 | R.S. used Hill and Knowlton to research the five counties and to help it produce the relocation documentation . |
| 19 | Once that knowledge is gained , it can be used to explain events in the natural world , to make predictions about what will happen in the natural world , and thus to control that world and make it behave in ways that are , at least in theory , to the advantage of the controllers . |
| 20 | Hyundai Electronic America 's Axil Workstations Inc is bent on conquering the slippery slopes of Sun Microsystems Inc Sparc cloning , and last week announced the Axil-220 , a MicroSparc knock-off of the Sparc Classic undercutting Sun by pricing it at $3,600 in single quantities and letting it run Solaris 1.1 as well as 2. x . |
| 21 | This sight brought her immediately down from her high , tragic pinnacle and made it seem all somehow cosier , as she thought she was sharing this music with such a wise and friendly dog . |
| 22 | Christina could taste its salty tang and feel it settle stickily on her skin . |
| 23 | Cross it over , round the back , and back up to the front again , do a reef knot here and tuck your ends in straight away of course like so and then this little bit can just be tucked up where you 've crossed the two ends and make it look neater with no ends hanging out , no that , all that does is keep the dressing secure , keep infection out , okay ? |
| 24 | The reason why Mansell if you like , can drive a similar car to some other man and make it go that much faster , is he adds something to it , to the mixture . |
| 25 | Or perhaps Molly 's departure had in fact sown the seed of restlessness in her and the prospect of others — especially her zeide — emigrating to Palestine was beginning to nourish that seed and make it grow . |
| 26 | I suppose you thought you 'd paint Paula in a bad light and make it seem as though she could n't be bothered to go . |
| 27 | Damp and stretch out your backing paper onto a drawing board , tape it round the edges with gummed tape and let it dry . |
| 28 | The man in the shadows waved something green and glistening , and the waft of entrails touched the cat 's sensitive nostrils and made it sit up and watch the stranger . |
| 29 | The Impressionist painters caught the contagion , and the new race of photographers tried to seize the fleeting moment and make it stay . |
| 30 | She was very tense , it was like touching glass and hearing it ring . |