Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [to-vb] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It blows my mind to see it come through like this . |
| 2 | ‘ Yes , it — it is in my interests to keep it hidden , I admit . ’ |
| 3 | Probably kill them , on the head well would be my problem to do it see myself coming off |
| 4 | It reacted to the crime , and its attempts to suppress it succeeded only in forcing cattle stealers to adjust to administrative policies . |
| 5 | Whether the lust for gold had mastered us , whether a hatred of the thieves suffused our outlook , whether their attempts to thwart it had not toughened our resolve I can not say : but I know that after the bomb had been thrown into our midst , we would , one and all , have died in agony rather than let the treasure fall into the enemy 's hands . |
| 6 | , Norwegian fisherman are so worried about pollution from Dounreay nuclear power station that they have suggested that their government unite with those of Iceland and the Faroes in the creation of new jobs for those working at the plant , should their campaign to have it shut down prove successful . |
| 7 | She believed in love , but she had been too impatient , her eagerness to experience it persuading her to believe that what she had felt went deeper than liking and a mild physical attraction . |
| 8 | The rocking-horse stood still as a rock , she tipped its back to make it move . |
| 9 | She pulled the strings of her apron until the bow at the back was just right , and perched her white cap at the correct angle on her head to make it sit pertly on her dark curls . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , a number of mathematically capable natural philosophers were to be attracted to the Copernican system , and their efforts to defend it became increasingly successful over the next hundred years or so . |
| 11 | An l.e.d. requires 2V approximately between its ends to make it work and the output from the stereo would hardly achieve this or might only do so intermittently with loud sounds . |
| 12 | The Council would consider seeking modifications to its Charter to allow it to delegate added powers . |
| 13 | Think of a conference as an aircraft : it needs air flowing over its wings to give it lift . |
| 14 | In an interview with the Financial Times published on Sept. 10 , the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe , Gen. John Galvin , suggested that NATO should review its treaty to enable it to respond to emergencies such as the Gulf crisis . |
| 15 | He was lifting up the lamb 's head , pulling on its muzzle to make it bleat . |
| 16 | The route that the boatmen choose varies according to the water level , and their ability to estimate it has become a vital skill of their trade . |
| 17 | In the Sun 's report , the accused was alleged to have told the police that he stripped the victim naked and cut off one of her breasts to make it look like ‘ the work of a madman ’ . |
| 18 | Sarah pressed her palms to her temples to make it stop . |
| 19 | It is now in their interest to see it flourish . |
| 20 | All had the habit of changing the dates on the backs of their photographs to make it appear they were ten years younger than their true age . |
| 21 | It took me weeks to do it did n't it ? |
| 22 | His attempt to re-create it embraced both method and people . |
| 23 | This means that ancient man deliberately shaped his environment to make it represent a part of the cosmic whole , an access point into the world of the gods . |
| 24 | But it was not a jurisdictional question , for his jurisdiction to decide it did not depend on the correctness of the answer he gave . |
| 25 | It was alleged that they unlawfully arrested Llewellyn Lovelace in Milton Keynes six years ago , and then altered his statement to make it look as if he had come forward voluntarily . |
| 26 | The hair of his bush floated and he made a swell in the water with his hand to make it ride up and down like seaweed over waves . |
| 27 | Nor did Gen Robertson word his order to make it refer exclusively to Croats . |
| 28 | There is , however , one ‘ fun ’ idea which I intend to prepare now , to give me time to get it finished . |
| 29 | Most of these problems are to do with the nature of conversational English , which still suffers badly from our attempts to describe it using models which originate in earlier studies of the written language , and which have been influenced by what I can only call our innate desire for things to be neat and regular . |
| 30 | When the propeller is on you open and close your throttle to check it works before setting it to the correct position . |