Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [vb base] it [verb] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 ‘ 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 .
3 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 .
4 But be clever and do it like Dad did ; arrange it so it looks like a burglary . ’
5 It has been argued that these divisions within the working class are unreconcilable and prevent it acting as a strong , united , radical force .
6 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 .
7 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 . ’
8 Stay on the left and let it come up close , jumping over its lightning bolts in the process .
9 But she did n't feel like giggling ; everywhere was so tidy and clean it made her despair .
10 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 .
11 It is interesting that , in sush cases , the Government still fine the airline concerned and expect it to pay .
12 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 .
13 This is — I suppose we ca n't do other than let it happen . ’
14 Round and round it goes .
15 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 .
16 Corporate entrepreneurs are people who envision something new and make it work .
17 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 .
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