Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] and [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Norlite is terribly sorry and knows it has to do things to the letter in future . ’ |
| 2 | She had a lot of hair , but it was so tangled and matted it was impossible to determine the colour . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | That 's you open the you know you put a layer of polish on so much and sandpapered it down . |
| 5 | But she did n't feel like giggling ; everywhere was so tidy and clean it made her despair . |
| 6 | A 1956 collector 's item — the first polythene road cone , a dud one so long and thin it could n't stay still and a Korean cone found floating in Swanage harbour . |
| 7 | Mr Maclean dismissed that as highly speculative and said it had no connection with the draft authorisation under consideration by HMIP . |
| 8 | But the great strength of whole group drama is precisely that it gives context and coherence to small group work ; it makes it easier for the teacher to monitor work , to make it highly dramatic and keep it tightly focused . |
| 9 | Press the arm down first and release it as you pick the note . |
| 10 | Heat it in a jug of hot water until it is just warm and check it 's not too hot by testing a drop on the inside of your wrist . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | A few members felt it was not necessary and argues it was up to each member to decide whether or not to receive this . |
| 13 | Like that and set it on Q. |
| 14 | The resource person is able to suggest a more precise and expressive use of vocabulary and structure to help him to make his speech more idiomatic and bring it closer to the native speaker 's use of the language . |
| 15 | I 'm trying to make it more beautiful and transform it into the language of clothes . |
| 16 | Willis was much more cheerful and said it reminded him of a boarding house in the old days . " |
| 17 | The family is still frightened and fear it may happen again . |
| 18 | While reporting strong inquiry levels , he said orders were still quiet and warned it would not be possible for the European automated systems business to sustain its 1991 performance this year . |
| 19 | Gradually vanishing , as governments grow more sensitive and put it down as summer diarrhoea . |
| 20 | Mr Kinnock 's election interviews were indescribably awful and had it not been for the polls one would have assumed that they had dished Labour 's chances irrecoverably . |
| 21 | ( ‘ Why not nip up top and grease it ? ’ ) |
| 22 | Jotan picked up one and ignited it across a striker embedded in the stonework . |
| 23 | All is a Labour activity by all people do things cost , unless of course special clothing and then awfully difficult and making it people 's education and general health . |
| 24 | Make the mix fairly dry and press it well down into the joints , filling them right to the top and finishing them flush . |
| 25 | As neither of us knew anything about it we tried to glean as much information on the technical side of sailing as possible and build it in to our globe-trotting plans . |
| 26 | ‘ After a few days I was n't half as hungry and found it easier to cut down . |
| 27 | You can sell a house by saying it 's near to the station , or the shops : or you can be really eccentric and say it 's a life giving spa centre with its own magic water source . |
| 28 | ‘ There is no reason in it , I am most unreasonable and know it . |
| 29 | There were only thirteen per cent more cattle theft cases in the Central Province during the height of the downturn than during the years immediately preceding and following it . |
| 30 | The cause of death is frequently ambiguous and pinning it down to occupational environments , which may have been experienced years or even decades ago , is clearly no easy matter . |