Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [verb] it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TODAY 'S subtly-lit supermarkets , where loganberries nestle against kiwi-fruit , are a world away from Jack Cohen 's ‘ pile it high and sell it cheap ’ Tesco 's . |
| 2 | It has opened a dozen shops with an intriguing new concept — pile it high and sell it cheap — and plans a chain of 200 . |
| 3 | They seem to equate marketing with the ‘ stack it high and sell it cheap ’ philosophy of the discount supermarket . |
| 4 | Many of those taking part in the poll also believed DIY stores still ‘ stack it high and sell it cheap ’ . |
| 5 | In the letter , Mr Lilley says : ‘ I propose a three-pronged course of action which would focus the benefit more closely on the long-term sick , make it less generous and make it taxable . ’ |
| 6 | I think he 's trying to be sensible and doing it all wrong . ’ |
| 7 | What happens is that although it does tend to decay it builds a crust on the outside that stops it eroding . |
| 8 | what Chodorow retains of the psychical that makes it impossible for her to consider social relations in any but the most simplistic way . |
| 9 | ‘ Mark has done well in pre-season and made it difficult for me because Dublin has also done quite well . |
| 10 | How simple and shining it all had looked when she was young and mama was preaching democracy and she went one better with her faith in Fabian Socialism . |
| 11 | So you might think why do n't I make it easy and make it one square . |
| 12 | The right hon. Member for Cirencester and Tewkesbury ( Mr. Ridley ) , the right hon. Member for Bath ( Mr. Patten ) and now the right hon. Member for Henley ( Mr. Heseltine ) have all been unsuccessful and got it wrong . |
| 13 | Art historians call it looking at life through a hall of mirrors … capturing the ordinary and bringing it alive . |
| 14 | Our God can still take the ordinary and make it extraordinary . |
| 15 | The brains in rock wear their disdain on the top deck , a glimpse of the ivories to warn off the unwary and make it clear that they are outsiders . |
| 16 | The brains in rock wear their disdain on the top deck , a glimpse of the ivories to warn off the unwary and make it clear that they are outsiders . |
| 17 | It can not be the cheap medals and worthless trophies they hope to accumulate and the chances of making big money are so tiny as to make it untenable as a career . |
| 18 | As a lock , if your prop asks for a special effort at a scrummage you just hollow your back , get your feet right and give it all you 've got . |
| 19 | are friendly and find it easy to establish good rapport with others |
| 20 | On the whole , one can deal with it on as voluntary a basis as possible and make it persuasive . ’ |
| 21 | But , be prepared to pay the penalty if you 're sloppy and get it wrong ! |
| 22 | He was weak and found it difficult to pick up his feet as he walked . |
| 23 | Sedate and relaxed it all is , but for the warning : ‘ crocodiles inhabit these estuarine waters ’ . |
| 24 | He was strong and took it all from Huston in a strong way . |
| 25 | I was conscious that underlying it all there must be some Law of Unnatural Selection , which could prove that the fittest product with the most colourful packaging was the most likely to be pollinated by purchase . |
| 26 | The first attempt was abandoned in perfect weather when Davison fell ill and found it difficult to see . |
| 27 | Nor can Hewlett be dismissed as having been lucky and got it right first time : it did n't . |
| 28 | She had to say something fast and make it convincing . |
| 29 | If you feel very inhibited by the artificiality of the situation you will give a very inaccurate impression of the sort of person you really are , perhaps even overcompensating for nerves by being too gregarious and obvious and making it clear that you are not good at handling yourself in a social situation . |
| 30 | For several hundred years , the ‘ Debatable Land ’ was largely uninhabited and to keep it that way , in 1551 , a proclamation was issued jointly by the two nations , to the effect that : ‘ All Englishmen and Scottishmen after this proclamation is made are , and shall be , free to rob , burn , spoil , slay , murder and destroy , all and every such person or persons , their bodies , buildings , goods and cattle as do remain or shall inhabit upon any part of the said debatable land . |