Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] it [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kim pulled T'ai Cho down , then scrambled back , feeling the convected warmth of the gun 's discharge in the air , accompanied by a sharp , sweet scent that might almost have been pleasant had it not signalled something so deadly . |
| 2 | ‘ That 's when I brought the kids in — I 've never been afraid to do it before and I wo n't hesitate to do it again if it is best for the club . |
| 3 | No conviction is truly our own unless we are prepared to hold it even if all men are against it . |
| 4 | That 's have some more people from here who are prepared to go it locally and essentially say , ‘ I 'm ’ and prove it , by their record , that ‘ I can talk sensibly about these , these matters ’ . |
| 5 | You are more likely to have a rug accepted by an auctioneer if you are prepared to put it up without a reserve ( a figure agreed between you and the auctioneer below which they will not sell the rug ) , but this is extremely risky as it could then be sold for far less than it is worth . |
| 6 | You are free to carry it on … when I feel fit to release you . ’ |
| 7 | Do n't use ordinary kitchen foil unless you are willing to replace it seasonally , since it tends to tarnish . |
| 8 | It would hardly have been consistent to bring it back now . |
| 9 | They found most of the equipment to do just that in my flat when they searched it : an answer-machine , my PC and its modem ; another lead or two and it would have been easy to set it up if you knew what you were doing , or just used trial and error and were patient . |
| 10 | This popular hotel has been such a success with Club 18–30 that we 're delighted to feature it again as our Club Choice for summer ‘ 90 . |
| 11 | Think you 're supposed to fill it up to that mark Stephen says . |
| 12 | You 're supposed to write it on there , Joy . |
| 13 | You 're supposed to curl it up in a , in a erm in a brush when you blow dry it you know . |
| 14 | I do n't think we 're likely to meet it here to be honest with you but yes you do get it . |
| 15 | And I would say to you that really there 's little point in making any major changes there until you , you 're able to assess it properly . |
| 16 | I think we 've erm we 've erm obviously learned that opting out is not for the Oxfordshire people — I 'm delighted about that and I just hope that as a result of this we do not see too many problems for Banbury School , both in the fact that the exercise has been somewhat divisory and I hope that they 're able to bring it together quickly afterwards . |
| 17 | Yeah you 're wise to lock it really . |
| 18 | In the same area the Dart Sailing School not only teaches but offers charter boats from 28 ft to 60 ft when you 're ready to go it alone . |
| 19 | In this , his value always exceeds Boswell 's ; Johnson the writer has no need to grind the axe of his ego , and thereby feels no qualms in conveying how confusing he finds the native Scots , who , decisive and firm in their answer to his first question , are likely to contradict it entirely in answering the second question . |
| 20 | If you pay good money to a psychiatrist or counsellor for advice you are likely to take it seriously . |
| 21 | They are likely to snap it up — unless wearing two watches becomes fashionable , the market for digital timepieces is pretty well saturated . |
| 22 | Erm and if we then find money for printing it I would approach Barclays Bank , banks , local banks and would it do it very modestly the same local the same style er and only hand it out to places where people are likely to pick it up . |
| 23 | One further point of possible confusion : because venture capital from investors looking for capital gains is not available to co-operatives , they are likely to find it more difficult to raise the larger sums of money needed to start capital-intensive projects . |
| 24 | Small producers will find it tough raising the extra cash and are likely to pack it in — and poor meat-eaters may buy something else if pork costs 10p a pound more . |
| 25 | Had Kant believed this he would have been quick to point it out ; but he does not . |
| 26 | Plans are afoot to divide it equitably between farmers , who want its waters for irrigation , and conservationists , who seek to protect its wading birds . |
| 27 | ‘ But , ’ the eerie voice continued , ‘ to ensure the success of this plan I must be sure all of you are fit to carry it out . |
| 28 | All might still have been well had it not been for yet another unfortunate circumstance . |
| 29 | ‘ The operation was carried out in Britain a number of years ago but failed and doctors here are unwilling to try it again . ’ |
| 30 | The other thing is if we 're successful with Atkins if he 's behind the bill the MPs are unlikely to talk it out . |