Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [subord] 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 | Termite fishing is not as simple or straightforward as it sounds . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | And the Crown can not be compelled to proceed under Case 4 or 5 if it prefers to proceed under Case 1 . |
| 8 | Water the plant well and keep warm and shaded for a day or two while it settles down . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It was a second or two before it opened and when it did her lips parted silently . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Cook for a minute or two until it begins to set , then stir gently to lightly scramble . |
| 13 | It would droop lower and lower until it rested on her knees , then she would clasp her knees with both hands and rock herself , backwards and forwards , backwards and forwards , moaning , her face hidden in her skid . |
| 14 | This , however , can not be correct since section 36A , inserted by the 1989 Act , provides that a company need not have a common seal and that whether it has or not ‘ a document signed by a director and the secretary of the company or by two directors and expressed ( in whatever form of words ) to be executed by the company has the same effect as if executed under the common seal of the company . ’ |
| 15 | Its head twisted this way and that as it tried to reach my fingers with its chopping teeth . |
| 16 | She continued to lean against the gravestone , sick and shaking , her teeth chattering , her stomach as knotted and tormented as it had been in childbirth . |
| 17 | The original outline for settlement looks both feudal and foolish — foolish because the men of importance were to be ranged in a tidy hierarchy with outlandish titles like cacique and landgrave , and feudal because it rested on the assumption that the proprietors would get a permanent rental income from politically loyal and economically co-operative tenants . |
| 18 | The offence this may cause is attributed to the fact that it ‘ crosses the line between private and public since it makes available … some sexual act of a private kind … for a voyeuristic interest ’ . |
| 19 | Alyssia blew some of the flyaway blonde strands away from her face and followed them to a small table at the back of the café , hoping that she would not have to endure half an hour of French conversation while she sat on the sidelines , wondering whether what they were discussing was really as animated and interesting as it appeared . |
| 20 | She 'd be polite and charming if it killed her ! |
| 21 | But like those marriages , it should at least be fast and exciting while it lasts . |
| 22 | Baffling because it is all so new and strange , and exciting because it brings the first hint , the first distant suggestion that for women an independent economic identity is possible . |
| 23 | But within this context , Wilkins ' elegant stuccoed facades will be retained , and an important landmark has been saved and will look far more handsome and dignified than it has for many years . |
| 24 | ‘ If we thought it had something genuinely good about it , yes , but a lot of stuff is catchy and commercial because it sounds enough like everything else to be unchallenging and throwaway . |
| 25 | For some reason , a pulse is given as the wire enters and another as it leaves ! |
| 26 | A kitchen-dining room is ideal for a family ; it 's cosy , convenient and economical since it saves heating another room . |
| 27 | The Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 , the sub committee bill of rights and seniority reform all helped to break the power of committee chairmen in the House of Representatives while other changes , including public and recorded voting , plus new rules decreeing open committee meetings , except in special circumstances , had the effect of making the House more open and accessible than it had ever been before . |
| 28 | The grass rolled in waves , glistening and gleaming as it undulated . |
| 29 | Golf is not privileged and much as it likes to think of itself as such , Augusta is not a cathedral . |
| 30 | His shaggy , walrus moustache was deeper coloured , streaky , with irony grey still in it and it was brown and sodden where it dipped into his own , special , pint-size mug which had the word ‘ Father ’ executed on it in rosebuds . |