Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The time had come for a deaf person to occupy it and Hudson 's chairmanship therefore lasted only three years . |
| 2 | While coercion may have been appropriate enough before 1945 , the plurality of power in a representative system makes it inappropriate thereafter . |
| 3 | In some ways people in London ( flower of cities all , as a Scots poet put it long ago ) , both men and women , have more freedom to live as they want than they have in most other cities . |
| 4 | But that 's a right angle call it X or whatever you like . |
| 5 | it 's going to be a dry day get it out early and get it dry tomorrow . |
| 6 | Brush in the sand on a dry day to prevent it sticking . |
| 7 | This hotel is just off the main square of Sorrento , with a private lift linking it to Marina Piccola . |
| 8 | If the soup is too thick , add a little water to thin it down . |
| 9 | Formerly a private hotel , it has needed only a little work to convert it to its new use . |
| 10 | ‘ If so , give it a little milk to keep it quiet . ’ |
| 11 | This is a splendidly versatile way of patterning so spend a little time trying it out before you start on ‘ moon craters ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ Just give me a little time to take it in . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Can I have a little time to think it over ? ’ |
| 14 | With the help of System Three Scotland we have developed the questionnaire which is attached and we would be very grateful if you would take a little time to complete it . |
| 15 | I ask a simple question to which I know that there is a simple answer , but I still think that it is worth a little time to discover it : why are the Government in such a desperate hurry to get the Bill back to the House on 26 February ? |
| 16 | So it helps first of all when you 're setting up the spreadsheet I suppose you can create one formula then copy it instead of having to edit each one individually , erm but later on you might accidentally or maybe deliberately in some cases overtype a cell and er if you have to put it back again and what you probably do is copy it from the adjacent cell and then you have to study the formula to try and understand it , and then edit it if it was n't the copyable formula and , er it may take a little time to edit it but it could take you a lot longer to understand it . |
| 17 | A persistent tradition has it that ancestors of America 's second presidential family , the Adams , originally came from the village of FLORE . |
| 18 | This time it comes from God 's own lips , the crime of Hophni and Phinehas is declared to be blasphemy , Eli is condemned for not restraining them , and the speech ends with a divine oath making it irrevocably clear that there is nothing these three priests can do to ward off the coming disaster . |
| 19 | As a Spanish proverb puts it , ‘ Among the safest of courses , the safest of all is to doubt . ’ |
| 20 | The courts have consistently held that if a pecuniary interest exists it is not necessary to go on to consider reasonable suspicion or real likelihood of bias . |
| 21 | Pat had agreed and Anne and John spent a blissful leave fitting it up as their first home . |
| 22 | In this way , it ensures that every step of its outward journey leaves a pungent reminder to guide it back home . |
| 23 | We snap a toothpick and make a half-hearted attempt to stick it to our chin . |
| 24 | and that it was er er obviously going to be a cost-effective exercise to do it there and then , and er you both er canvassed as many councillors as you could at the time , all the committee Chairmen were , were involved , I do n't see that you could have done any more in the circumstances . |
| 25 | On the north side of this Paddock a low wall separates it from some buildings occasionally used for canine patients , but chiefly as a Storage … |
| 26 | We have a strong tendency to reject it — ‘ Go on , you say that to all your sales people ! ’ |
| 27 | It is likely to come about only as a consequence of a general election yielding a majority for no single party thus putting a minority party favouring change in a strong position to secure it as a price for joining or supporting another minority party in government . |
| 28 | This has been painted in a strong colour to make it look more aggressive . |
| 29 | Now that all the poll tax register computer equipment is installed , there is a strong case to let it be used to compile the electoral roll on the same basis . |
| 30 | There is a strong determination to put it right this time and not to let things slip . |