Example sentences of "it [verb] [verb] i [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has caused me a great deal of work , but it has resulted in an extraordinary discovery , one that I hope may prove satisfactory to you all . ’ |
| 2 | It has made me a lot tougher and a lot more businesswise . ’ |
| 3 | It has made me a lot tougher and a lot more businesswise . |
| 4 | There is very little actual fish catching to report this month , so with things being slow it has given me a chance to read up on fish nutrition , something I have a reasonable knowledge of due to once working in one of the then leading fish culture units at Aston University . |
| 5 | Now I 've had a few in succession , it has given me a lot more confidence . |
| 6 | OVER the summer months I have been attending a class to learn Irish sign language and it has given me a new understanding of what hearing people must feel when learning to talk to deaf people . |
| 7 | But I would hope , I mean it has given me the the wish to go on living in a similar kind of situation . |
| 8 | It has given me an insight into the way that I behave and that the way that I think definitely affects my actions . |
| 9 | That 's why it has taken me a long time to say ‘ I do work hard , so I need people to do this kind of stuff ’ . ’ |
| 10 | It has taken me a lifetime to learn that lesson . |
| 11 | It has taken me a while to be successful and I 've had a good time in arriving . |
| 12 | I 'm a slow learner and it has taken me a long time to get there . |
| 13 | " It has taken me a long time to get here , " said the jubilant Mancunian as he left the press centre to start his celebrations . |
| 14 | But that oil , it seemed to help me a lot . |
| 15 | But that oil , it seemed to help me a lot . |
| 16 | wardens and whatever , we do n't take the double yellow lines half seriously enough , erm and I think parking generally is , is something we 're very bad at and I 'm an occasional sinner in this respect too , but it , it did strike me the other day , erm paying a fifteen pound fine for parking on a single yellow line on a Sunday afternoon but I had n't noticed a sign that said I should n't , erm paying that fifteen pound fine in other words not having paid the six pound instant fine , I remember thinking that , really there 's , there was no way of talking back , and I had in fact attempted an explanation as to why I 'd done it , and explained the reasons why I thought this really was very overlookable on the side of the law , erm I do n't suppose they paid much attention to it , I do n't imagine giving it a moment 's thought at all . |
| 17 | So I explained to them , I said well that 's cos you changed over and I sort of never put it across through oh she said well do n't worry I 've done it now , she said you have n't got anything to worry about now , I said well it did bother me a bit to think that I did n't think you had my payment ! |
| 18 | It did sting me a bit the first time I used it but has n't since . |
| 19 | It had given me a world of wonder and time to draw it all in . |
| 20 | It had made me a coward as well as a lecher . |
| 21 | Just to add to what 's been said erm there , there have been some points raised er along the lines I 've mentioned and as a result of that erm it is felt that erm notification to members who are not on the application sub-committee of applications which affect their ward area could be improved and that is er I hope to be the subject of a report to the next meeting of the Application Sub-Committee , so that er matter i is something which is , which is being picked up and will be considered by that sub-committee but it does give me the opportunity to say that erm the definition of a complaint i is certainly not a precise one and I certainly would n't want members of this committee to feel that I was being complacent er as a result of there only being three complaints that we received . |
| 22 | ‘ It does worry me the longer it goes on without one . |
| 23 | We have done some work with your offices on that , and whilst on most of your activities are n't happy with er the scale of such that it does cause me a problem , there is one particular area that we are in discussion with the Chief Executive , and your offices relating to doing work for other bodies to and the contract vehicle hire service , and er , that 's something which we will and no doubt will be brought us in the very near future . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's given me a kick up the backside . |
| 25 | Erm but you will be in that position , you may be so dedicated about something that you want to do like I did , I thoroughly enjoyed it it 's given me a great deal of pleasure , I 've worked with about a hundred different people over the years that have been in my dance group , all ages all personalities , we 've worked with some fantastic music which er erm we 've had to interpret . |
| 26 | ‘ I want more than your body , ’ he said quietly , ‘ though lord knows it 's given me a few sleepless nights ! |
| 27 | It 's given me a new interest in life . |
| 28 | It 's given me an incredible new perspective on what life is , and what it 's worth . |
| 29 | ‘ On the contrary , sir , it 's given me an appetite . ’ |
| 30 | It 's given me the chance to look further into two books that I 've really enjoyed reading than I ever usually would . |