Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or sorry because it embarrasses you to be with me because of it ? ’ |
| 2 | This is then forgotten or repressed when it seems to have vanished altogether and there 's a third period , what Freud calls the return of the repressed when the initial trauma comes back in the form of symptoms and er ideally in the form of an analysis that finally brings it to the surface of consciousness and dissolves it , and this is a typical pattern . |
| 3 | It is therefore in the artist 's interest to avoid using fixative on a finished drawing where possible because it tends to flatten the surface of the pastels . |
| 4 | Guar gum is a complex polysaccharide which can not be digested or absorbed and it appears to have two effects . |
| 5 | The coat colour can be all white , blue , blue roan or pied and it owes this variety to the Shorthorn ; the ‘ blue ’ is the equivalent of the Shorthorn 's roan . |
| 6 | Unlike many psychodynamic theories , this one is at least susceptible to proof or disproof and it has just been comprehensively disproved . |
| 7 | Our role is to propose a prudent council tax and that is what we 've done and at the end of the day I agree , the figures are juggled one way or another but it does show a net saving of one point three million and however you look at it Mr Mayor I 'm sure the leader of the council , if he adopted these proposals , could then find somewhere a sum for a stress control officer . |
| 8 | Termite fishing is not as simple or straightforward as it sounds . |
| 9 | There let your fish rest until you are ready to serve it : warm with a sauce of your own devising — variations on the hollandaise theme always go down well — or cold when it has cooled . |
| 10 | If you have a piece of pottery that you suspect is older or younger than it purports to be , you can have it tested by thermoluminescence for £80 . |
| 11 | Well it 's usually because the heart itself is getting either old or tired or it 's damaged in one way . |
| 12 | Völker ideally combines the lyrical and the heroic in his singing , phrases with authority , albeit with a certain freedom where note values are concerned , and puts other contenders in the shade , even though by 1942 the voice was n't quite as pliant or firm as it had been six or seven years earlier . |
| 13 | And the Crown can not be compelled to proceed under Case 4 or 5 if it prefers to proceed under Case 1 . |
| 14 | You can use petrol , but that 's not particularly safe or healthy and it tends to leave an oily film . |
| 15 | It is not dusky or mottled and it has no results of inflammation such as no suppuration , no thick green or yellow purulent discharges and no continued fever ; |
| 16 | ‘ It comes in red , yellow or green and it looks like plastic . ’ |
| 17 | We sat there and had two or three or four and it got to 11 o'clock and we had a few sandwiches and things like that , and we just sat there talking . |
| 18 | Water the plant well and keep warm and shaded for a day or two while it settles down . |
| 19 | There were some attempts at consultation , notably with Commonwealth finance ministers in 1947 and 1949 , but the relationship is perhaps symbolized by the fact that the RSA countries were not consulted on devaluation in 1949 , simply informed of the decision a day or two before it took place . |
| 20 | It was a second or two before it opened and when it did her lips parted silently . |
| 21 | And if it was just exhausted , it was simply a question of postponing his own ploughing and resting it up for a day or two until it had regained its appetite and its strength . |
| 22 | Cook for a minute or two until it begins to set , then stir gently to lightly scramble . |
| 23 | This is something more than a mere disturbance of the public calm or quiet but it appears that in the context of public order , the element of violence deemed essential in R. v. Howell ( C.A. , 1982 ) , in relation to powers of summary arrest , has not always been required . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's a bit more complicated than that as it happens . |
| 25 | I think the basic problem is erm it goes back further than that and it comes down to the organisation that my colleague here belongs to . |
| 26 | I found that interesting because it appears that the Minister does not know how many doctors made a claim that was above the amount of the reimbursement schedule or , if he did know , he was unwilling to tell me , so I must presume that he did not know . |
| 27 | from a distance it looks more black than brown and it has a most interesting tail which , when closed , looks like one of the flippers scuba divers wear . |
| 28 | Fabia was shaken , but was more intent then on finding out what she could do to help whatever the trouble was , than concerned that it looked as though she could say goodbye to her much looked forward to Czechoslovakian holiday . |
| 29 | The point is that although book knowledge is in itself a good thing , it is useless and worse than useless if it deflects your attention from the question that you are being asked . |
| 30 | I did longer than most and it had the advantage that , given there was much greater stability of employment then , I got to know a very large number of people . |