Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [prep] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And while the rewards in terms of job satisfaction have not reached the dizzy heights of the 1980s , Mr Wilson stresses : ‘ You have to have a thick skin and be prepared to stick with it through the bad times as well as the good . ’ |
| 2 | For example , the Bank of England would hardly have hesitated in the old days to close down a bank like BCCI , knowing that few first-rate domestic institutions were prepared to deal with it in quantity . |
| 3 | Although Tory Euro-rebels support the Government in opposing the social chapter , they are prepared to vote for it in the hope of wrecking the whole treaty . |
| 4 | It would be very wrong to think of it as an alternative ’ . |
| 5 | funny to think of it like that , do n't you think ? ’ |
| 6 | But it was one thing to tell myself that and another to act on it with any conviction . |
| 7 | oh , is that what Mr said , I 'm not stopping you asking this witness at all , I do n't want , you mention the brochures and I do n't want to ask him questions , the kind I want to ask , er , with which they 're not asked by Counsel , I should n't ask at this stage anyway , but by all means ask Mr about it , I just thought Mr said , when I tried , asked him about it , very understandably , Mr the man , cos you are totally free to ask about it of course |
| 8 | We would take some convincing that it can be right to depart from it by punishing more harshly than an offender ‘ deserves ’ on a standard tariff , for example by sentencing an offender to an exceptionally long custodial sentence for purposes of reform or incapacitation . |
| 9 | They made it respectable to talk about it by linking grants with the proper adoption of equal opportunity policies . |
| 10 | If you deviate from it , and it 's terribly easy to deviate from it by rejecting certain thoughts , oh that 's silly , that 's not relevant , that 's too obvious , that 's objectionable , erm , that 's too Freudian , you know , if you say that kind of thing to yourself you get nowhere . |
| 11 | Where a convergent or divergent margin has a significant transform component it is appropriate to refer to it as an oblique-slip margin . |
| 12 | As a piece this was undoubtedly a composed solo , and although on the record quite a few of the phrases were ‘ dropped in ’ , it is obviously possible to play through it in one pass . |
| 13 | In the cool light of this brighter day it was hard to conceive of it as a visitation of demons . |
| 14 | Making a will with a solicitor also has the advantage of that you 'll have a copy , he 's likely to look after it for you if you want him to . |
| 15 | Though she was passing through what has been called her first industrial revolution , there was as yet little to show for it in the landscape . |
| 16 | If this is to be the structure , it is good to go with it from the outset : once groups are established and running , you may find it difficult for group members to ‘ own ’ such a threatening idea ! |
| 17 | Well I think it 's not helpful to look at it with such stark divisions , I think everybody 's clear |
| 18 | Well I just think it 's not helpful to look at it in those terms , you do n't actually , if you pick |
| 19 | Then she followed her father back towards the flock , where the sheep at the rear , desperate at the sight of hay ahead and too stupid to look for it from any source except the one they all sought , were scrambling on to each other 's backs in panic . |
| 20 | Even if you know that the answer can wait until the next day it is far better to deal with it at once . |
| 21 | You can think about it and it 's very useful to think about it as a as a distance measure in a sense . |
| 22 | It 's more useful to think of it as a way of giving coherence and focus to the work of small groups . |
| 23 | He found it almost repulsive to think of it in there , kicking at the walls ; but it roused him sexually as well . |
| 24 | Well at least she 'll be able to sit with it on her lap aha I like it |
| 25 | ( Someone suffering property damage not exceeding £275 may , of course , be able to claim for it in negligence or under the implied terms in the Sale of Goods Act ) . |
| 26 | He once remarked that good prose is like a window-pane , meaning that you ought to be able to see through it without seeing it ; and anyone who has ever tried to write prose like that , or to see human creatures in life or fiction like Waugh 's early fictional characters , will know how much clutter of mind and words needs first to be cleared away . |
| 27 | The cause was a common one and as old as the hills , but I was unable to talk about it for years . |
| 28 | ‘ If I start gassing about it to the local vet , ’ she said , ‘ it 'll get all stale and distorted , and I shall be so bored with it I sha n't be able to talk about it at all . ’ |
| 29 | Have to be able to talk about it to the owners tonight . |
| 30 | I try any watch the production at some time during the week in order to be able to talk about it to the Press . |