Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] [pron] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the London-based scientist said he believed it was more than a coincidence that the same colony seemed to have been affected by a second strain of the gizzard worm infection which killed 137 birds last year . |
| 2 | He took hundreds and hundreds of acid trips , and real strong stock enabled him to do it . |
| 3 | ‘ The old gentleman asked me to bring it , ’ he said . |
| 4 | Incidentally , the Scottish players thought he got it right both times in that Gary Armstrong had not scored , but Turnbull had . |
| 5 | Now The social services say they have it under control : the report referred to the situation a year ago . |
| 6 | THIS extended three bedroom detached house has plenty to commend it , say Halifax Property Services . |
| 7 | ‘ Those things must have implanted some sort of image in their mind , stimulated the right emotions to make them do it . ’ |
| 8 | The van loaded with newspapers appeared in the gates , its sinister gleaming look telling everyone to hate it ; the pickets surged forward , shouting ; and there was Jasper , as she had seen him so often , his pale face distorted with a look of abstracted and dedicated hate , his reddish crop of gleaming hair . |
| 9 | Established as a privately-financed institution by a Planning Board which first met in January 1969 , UCB had at an early stage to consider what awards it might offer in advance of the Charter it hoped to obtain . |
| 10 | Unfortunately one day when it was earlier on he , he got his commands mixed up and we was m marching down the yard and the drive , and we was marching towards the factory up and down and right wheel and about turn , left wheel , basic foot drill you know it had been going for about ten minutes and all and we was going down towards the factory and erm we kept on going , we was getting close to the factory and he , he he forgot his words forgot what er command he wanted to give and he shouted stop you 'll be in the bloody factory in a minute instead of sa shouting halt , you know , he , he got flummoxed . |
| 11 | Oh it 's obvious that safety 's involved , I think that er it 's also er road use because er if people take a long time er going forwards and back trying to get into a space to park because they do n't have the basic skills to enable them to do it , then it 's frustrating for other motorists , and obviously accidents can be caused . |
| 12 | Causes exist in the real world ; they are not just human constructions to help us understand it . |
| 13 | I 'm glad Faye made you do it , all right ? ’ |
| 14 | One retail analyst said he believed it would make customers more likely to spend on food and gifts . |
| 15 | As the news that such advice was being offered leaked out , some backbenchers and non-Cabinet ministers urged her to reject it . |
| 16 | One leading designer said he liked it when he saw the front , until he realised the ‘ front ’ was the back . |
| 17 | The prison service will be able to bid against private firms to decide who runs it . |
| 18 | If she was going to do the job at all , professional pride demanded she do it properly and , for hair as thick and luxuriant as his , ‘ just chopping a bit off ’ would n't do at all . |
| 19 | ‘ He has the effing gall to say I suggested it myself and he knows bloody well I was taking the piss . ’ |
| 20 | Neither moral integrity nor logical consistency compels us to attempt it . |
| 21 | His legal advisers urged him to accept it . |
| 22 | Then from behind the bar a hunk the size of Ludo and with a nose like a squashed pear tells them to cool it : we are n't police , he says . |
| 23 | ‘ So be my witness , ’ he said , ‘ that before the face of God and in your presence I swear this : that when God 's good time serves me to do it without injury to my foremost obligations to Him and to my country , I will take and destroy the castle of Parfois for the wrongs of Harry Talvace dead and Harry Talvace living . |
| 24 | It 's just going to take rather a long time making them admit it . ’ |
| 25 | I do have slight vegetarian principles like I think it 's disgusting to use animals for luxury things like cosmetics or fur coats but food is a different matter ’ . |
| 26 | For the full price let him give it to me in your presence as a possession for a burying place . ’ |
| 27 | Now he is hiring medical specialists to help him overcome it . |
| 28 | As a result of this information shortage , however , the highlights will assume an unnatural significance , requiring much ingenious manipulation of the video timer and , in extreme cases , the hire of a small child to help you set it . |
| 29 | Every small advance allows him to see it more clearly , more accurately , more affordably . |
| 30 | Ask Linford Christie about what it feels like to run the thing — a stupid question , really , but one 's metaphysical yearnings make one try it — and what can he say ? |