Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] to it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | People got used to it in the war but now … well , time will soften the blow . |
| 2 | Blundering mechanics had got it mixed up with an identical model parked next to it in the workshop . |
| 3 | I fell into deceit quite easily , having got used to it over the past months . |
| 4 | It 's always a shock when summat 's different , but you get used to it in the end . |
| 5 | It was provided with a direct link to the London and North-Western 's Camden Station and so animals were driven direct to it from the trains . |
| 6 | In accordance with powers made available to it under the new Constitution enacted in July 1991 [ see p. 38332 ] , the government issued a decree on April 23 placing the entire country under a state of emergency for four days to combat a serious energy shortage . |
| 7 | Sceptics will no doubt dismiss Tito 's order ( even though it was issued down through the full chain of command ) and the assurances given pursuant to it by the Yugoslav negotiators at Bleiburg as mere window-dressing , and they may be right . |
| 8 | The phone was working again , the engineer had scribbled on the back of an envelope , and he was very sorry he had broken the table lamp standing next to it on the coffee table . |