Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Yeah well this is , th this is it I mean th th there are often a lot of things happening at the same time er er some of which as you just sort of hinted at are sort of er erm of a psychological er er have a psychological factor in them which all add to it do n't they ? |
| 32 | If schools feel that the National Curriculum does not get to the heart of the matter , that it is a relatively superficial means to more important ends and has important omissions , then is it not up to the schools to work through the National Curriculum or add to it to secure their goals ? |
| 33 | There 's only one thing that struck me when I was reading through it but a as I say , we we got to look at this from point of view are we going to date this as it lies at the present moment and add to it pieces that we want , or do we start off by having the pieces o i its its now whe w w |
| 34 | Look at it picking up . |
| 35 | The house and grounds were marked on the Ordnance Survey map for that part of Suffolk and Lewis , when he was feeling low , would get it out and look at it to cheer himself up . |
| 36 | Look at it close up , then at a distance . |
| 37 | It is like the surface of an orange : if you look at it close up , it is all curved and wrinkled , but if you look at it from a distance , you do n't see the bumps and it appears to be smooth . |
| 38 | At least , the way I look at it trying to be ever the optimist , is that this is the least worst option . |
| 39 | Carry the item with you wherever you go and take it out and look at it to bring back these memories as a way of relaxing you , raising your spirits , and focusing your thoughts . |
| 40 | Together with the great reservoirs that lie around it typifies the enormous impact of Victorian and later public works on the English landscape . |
| 41 | How Bunce Court got through the war it is hard to imagine , but get through it did and with flying colours , if the testimony of former pupils is anything to go by . |
| 42 | The closest I will ever come to staying there is when I pass through it to reach the stop for the buses into town . |
| 43 | A system which is openly and avowedly inferior does not encourage those who participate in it to have a high self-esteem . |
| 44 | Unfortunately the more we talk about it encourages a certain kind of person to continue with it . ’ |
| 45 | A preliminary meeting to see how Europeans feel about it has been called in Utrecht in Holland . |
| 46 | But the sight and feel of it nerved her . |
| 47 | so , if , if , if they 're all four of them coming er and she says about going in for a meal I shall say oh well if you feel like it go and do that then and come for your tea I mean it 's just putting them round table is n't it ? |
| 48 | So we do have a problem to address but the I I like Mr would certainly want some explanation from the director of social services if erm the report that we have before us at the planning sub-committee is incorrect because I deal with it said it it be noted that the capacity now exists to arrange for the transfer of residents from four homes to other res residential units as part of the rationalisation programme . |
| 49 | But you see the thing is , that 's true but sometimes the way they deal with it , they deal with it say eight weeks , so which makes it what ? |
| 50 | Contact with it turns new wine sour , crops touched by it become barren , grafts die , seeds in gardens are dried up , the edge of steel and the gleam of ivory are dulled , hives of bees die , even bronze and iron are at once seized by rust , and a horrible smell fills the air ; to taste it drives dogs mad and infects their bites with an incurable poison … |
| 51 | Seals are aquatic mammals that feed at sea and emerge from it to rest , give birth and tend their pups . |
| 52 | Through reflecting on and articulating aspects of my Christian life and discipleship — my hopes and fears , my successes and failures — with someone who will help me look for the Spirit 's direction , my private world becomes shared , I can make more sense of my pilgrimage and continue in it supported . |
| 53 | Tens of millions of people take part in its ceremonies from time to time , or have neighbours who do , and many of them rely on it to uphold and promote traditional English values . |
| 54 | I rely on it to supplement the Curbash Compensation Fund . ’ |
| 55 | And that should be good not only for researchers but also for research and those who rely on it to help in improving the education they give , and receive . |
| 56 | Most organisms , ranging from other microbes to man , can absorb folic acid and rely on it to provide their needs , and so they are not affected by sulphonamides . |
| 57 | Sarella felt him stiffen as if expecting his brother 's anger to turn to blows , but Marc went on rapidly , ‘ Why ca n't any of us talk without it turning into a slanging match ? |
| 58 | How often do you dump a file on someone 's desk with a Post-it note on it saying ‘ do this ’ and get it back — okay — competently done but with no knowledge how it might have disrupted that person 's other work or even if they liked doing it enough to want to do more ? |
| 59 | And we drove round and she 's got a bungalow and all she 's got these curtains that all cross over and when you sit outside it do n't look as if there 's any lights on . |
| 60 | It clunks into position and I sit on it to take off my shoes . |