Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How many people think this project ought to be stopped right now before it goes any further ? ’ |
| 2 | Now the illusion is well and truly shattered and the only reason the share price has not plunged much further than it has is the hope that some brave soul will put the group out of its misery with a takeover . |
| 3 | In recent years , it has been argued that the position and powers of the Prime Minister have altered so considerably that it makes sense to talk about the rise of prime ministerial government and the transformation of the Cabinet into yet another " dignified " part of the constitution . |
| 4 | She ate quickly , partly because she was so used to eating alone now that it seemed more a practicality than a pleasure , and partly so that the servants might have their own dinner at leisure in the kitchen . |
| 5 | In Jordan v. Burgoyne Lord Parker C.J. made the point that the expressions ‘ threatening , abusive or insulting ’ are all ‘ very strong words , ’ and Lord Reid in Brutus v. Cozens repeated the warning against too expansive a reading of the section , observing that ‘ vigorous and it may be distasteful or unmannerly speech or behaviour is permitted so long as it does not go beyond any of these limits . ’ |
| 6 | The blue component of incoming solar radiation is scattered so severely that it appears to our eyes to be coming from the entire sky . |
| 7 | Before it was halfway through its arc Hrun 's right hand moved so fast that it appeared to travel between two points in space without at any time occupying the intervening air . |
| 8 | A word or phrase used so often that it becomes a slogan . |
| 9 | Even if the weather is bad I 'll still be able to slip away there because it has a shelter which was included in the sale . |
| 10 | First , instead of the size of the pool being determined solely by the demands made upon it by the local authorities , the global sum to be spent on advanced further education would be determined by the AFEC in consultation with the DES after it received estimates of expenditure from the local authorities in respect of the provision of higher education within their boundaries , on the grounds that the local authority would behave more responsibly if it paid a proportion of the cost rather than reclaiming all of it from the pool . |
| 11 | Questioning allows the salesperson to communicate more effectively because it provides the information necessary for the seller to know how to vary his presentation to different buyers . |
| 12 | His was a hectic life , becoming more so as it went on . |
| 13 | However , as Ketamine lacks the euphoric and social properties that led o the widespread use of MDMA , the drug is likely to disappear as suddenly as it seems to have emerged . |
| 14 | Therefore it is the responsibility of the LIFESPAN Manager to ensure that the log file is deleted periodically so that it remains a sensible size . |
| 15 | It had been forgotten as quickly as it had begun . |
| 16 | The expression of good-humoured contempt had vanished as quickly as it had appeared , and suddenly Rostov realised that he had missed an opportunity to relax the tension which existed between them . |
| 17 | Robbie 's colour fled as rapidly as it had appeared , leaving her face ashen with anger . |
| 18 | His laughter stopped as quickly as it had begun . |
| 19 | I was buried alive , the pummelling stopped as suddenly as it had started , I heaved myself up and the earth and muck fell off me . |
| 20 | To light it at arms length and then to stand well away while it fires and never return to a firework if it does n't seem to go off . |
| 21 | Women 's history has yet to take root within our universities and so must wait even longer before it makes an impact in the classroom despite the availability of many histories of women produced in the last decade or so , which could provide starting points for a better balanced approach to history . |
| 22 | Duregar 's army moved steadily southwards until it reached the eastern entrance to Death Pass . |
| 23 | Things were happening too easily and it made her nervous , even though he was Mrs Bradford 's brother . |
| 24 | They continue to fall away alarmingly when it comes to formal examinations and so decrease their own chances of gaining stimulating and challenging employment . |
| 25 | Walk slowly away when it loses interest . ’ |
| 26 | It was all done so genteelly that it set McAllister 's teeth on edge . |
| 27 | The edition for 1605 , no longer extant , was said to have foretold the Gunpowder Plot so accurately that it brought him under suspicion of complicity . |
| 28 | ‘ You and Maria Luisa are living together now and it suggests you were involved before . ’ |
| 29 | The Scottish Seamen 's Union , originally claimed to have 1,000 members , lost support so rapidly that it survived for no more than two months . |
| 30 | But I was trembling so badly that it shook the knife out of my skin , and I could move again . |