Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [vb base] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was very common that the duty wag at the time would make a little paper boat , and probably get some fat or grease from some convenient part of the ship , He would then set light to this and let it sail down the waterway whilst there was a great row of people sitting attending to their needs of nature . |
| 2 | Teachers in schools where decision-making is ‘ closed ’ would do well to remember this and utilise it to help them ease their school towards a more ‘ open ’ system . |
| 3 | If you do a lot of entertaining and want it to look spectacular at night , then mirror tiles will gleam and sparkle and reflect candle-light beautifully . |
| 4 | ‘ I think you 'll have to , ’ said Fenella , who found the idea completely appalling , but who was trying to be practical and sensible and make it sound safe for them to go so that they could get Nuadu . |
| 5 | The Sun only just manages to keep alight and it tends to be those few protons that are moving faster than average that keep it going — which is just as well or it could have used all its fuel and expired before we arrived . |
| 6 | But be clever and do it like Dad did ; arrange it so it looks like a burglary . ’ |
| 7 | It has been argued that these divisions within the working class are unreconcilable and prevent it acting as a strong , united , radical force . |
| 8 | Look , when you 've finished eating I think you 'd better come up to cabin 10 and get it sorted out . |
| 9 | Now Saint Marcus had to put all that lot together to make it look right and make it make sense , with hindsight , bringing all the important pieces together . |
| 10 | When I come into get you dressed let's try and be friendly and get it done quickly without fighting , then we 'll both be happy . ’ |
| 11 | Well just leave it like that and let it stretch so the leather stays like that . |
| 12 | I 'll look into that and have it stopped . ’ |
| 13 | Stay on the left and let it come up close , jumping over its lightning bolts in the process . |
| 14 | But she did n't feel like giggling ; everywhere was so tidy and clean it made her despair . |
| 15 | Medical science mitigated suffering , but by preserving the diseased and degenerate it flew in the face of natural selection and the iron laws of heredity . |
| 16 | Amdahl Corp , Sunnyvale has launched a consulting service and data storage feature to facilitate the migration of customers to Escon Architecture : the company accompanies the new service with a new Serial Channel Feature for next quarter for use with its 6100 Storage Processor , which attaches to parallel channel adaptors on the 6100 and enable it to support serial Escon channel connections ; a 6100 with the feature will support up to 32 Escon serial channels or a mixture of serial and parallel channels ; native serial channels cost $62,560 for the first four and $32,280 for each additional pair ; the Serial Channel Feature start at $21,000 . |
| 17 | The benefit of all this is estimated to be a saving on annual costs of about $4,000m beginning in 1993 — but all the cost-cutting that the company already has under its belt has done no more than enable it to stand still , which is why several analysts question whether even the latest cuts will prove sufficient . |
| 18 | It is interesting that , in sush cases , the Government still fine the airline concerned and expect it to pay . |
| 19 | For just £30 a year for four years you can buy one of the 550 seats available and have it names after you or someone of your choice . |
| 20 | If it 's not pasteurised , you must boil it first and let it cool . |
| 21 | Accept one and make it last as long as possible . |
| 22 | ‘ We obviously want to continue to encourage young people to buy a home of their own and feel it makes a lot of sense . ’ |
| 23 | This is — I suppose we ca n't do other than let it happen . ’ |
| 24 | Round and round it goes . |
| 25 | Much as we might like to , we ca n't turn the clock back on these fundamental changes , we have no choice but to proceed with all faith in the new and make it work . |
| 26 | Corporate entrepreneurs are people who envision something new and make it work . |
| 27 | It is easier to presume the benefit and call the intervention a service activity than to remain agnostic and call it research together with the inconvenient implications . |