Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [pron] [subord] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | More like a volcano erupting than a steam engine blowing its top , Nick always said , but he was touchy about it because it made him sick the first time . |
| 2 | Lecturing was now easier for him than it once had been — he had , after all , accumulated a great deal of experience — but the readings of his own poetry frequently left him exhausted . |
| 3 | ‘ I was just saying that it 's easier for me than it would be for your average Englishman . |
| 4 | I think life is easier for me than it would be for a lot of working women because of the university creche , which enables me to go to work and sort of see my daughter at lunch time , that sort of thing . |
| 5 | More than half of this plutonium is sitting in used fuel-rods from commercial reactors , unusable for anything until it is reprocessed . |
| 6 | You come and go with your offerings of help and affection , knowing that what they really need is a constant presence , and sometimes this knowledge can be as painful for you as it is for them . |
| 7 | Apart from anything else you ca n't trust half of them because it all goes into interviews . ’ |
| 8 | However , it is important for the designer to be aware of the nature and extent of the possibilities that are in principle available so that he may be able to exploit some of them when it seems appropriate . |
| 9 | The wiggly kind was found in wires in the walls and things , and somehow the Thing could steal some of it if it was close enough . |
| 10 | You might be able to some of it because it grows ever so easily you know . |
| 11 | have some of mine if it 's |
| 12 | Please discuss this with me if it seems confusing ! |
| 13 | Sometimes I think I grew interested in it because it was the only common ground we had . ’ |
| 14 | They 've already written to the Secretary of State and said dear Secretary of State we 're going to send this to you because it is a departure but please Secretary of State do not call it in do not exercise your powers . |
| 15 | It must have been as clear to him as it was to her that Jeff , most definitely , was n't acting . |
| 16 | Dredge tried to hog the credit , but it 's clear to me where it really belongs . |
| 17 | This additional space must be provided before the new PC can be legally installed , and it is not clear to me where it could be fitted in to the existing room layout without considerable reorganisation of the workspace . |
| 18 | ‘ Rid yourself of the notion , sir , ’ he said on a menacing note , ‘ that it is any more acceptable to me than it is to you ! ’ |
| 19 | London is different to me than it is to you . |
| 20 | That thorny subject , if he but knew it , was as painful to her as it was to him . |
| 21 | See here , they 're gon na get thirty six for it as it stands put it on the market as |
| 22 | This car would be perfect for me if it was a hatchback , as I need that for work . ’ |
| 23 | Speaking after BSAD 's national junior swimming championships , Mr O'Connor said : ‘ The Dolphin Centre is perfect for us because it has a top class pool and excellent facilities for disabled swimmers . ’ |
| 24 | Lydia woke early the following morning and went out to wash in the stream , feeling it was brave and somewhat magnanimous of her after it had treated her so ill on the previous night . |
| 25 | Your poor wife ca n't be seeing much of you as it is . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Ross — I do wish that … ’ she began , hoping even at this last moment for some word , some sign that the scorching , torrid passion that had exploded between them in the Hamptons had meant as much to him as it had to her . |
| 27 | This applies just as much to me as it may do to you . |
| 28 | That the cottage meant as much to her as it did to him was obvious , but it did n't occur to him that she might have been the intruder who had broken in . |
| 29 | He has also pointed out that the future did not loom so large for them as it did for the Roman historians , who were anxious about the fate of their empire . |
| 30 | A goal then could have changed the face of the battle , and Kerly said : ‘ I feel so sick about it because it was such a significant miss . |