Example sentences of "it [adv] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It rather sounds that way to me . ’ |
| 2 | So is it badly smashed this car or is it just the bumper ? |
| 3 | But it rarely happens that way . |
| 4 | The feel was ‘ Get to Manchester and get signed ’ although it rarely worked that way . |
| 5 | And to women it rarely gave any opportunity at all . |
| 6 | That said , however , the decisive reason why we now think it right to determine this application on its substantive merits is that we have all three of us arrived at a very clear conclusion upon the case and , moreover , a conclusion reached with particular regard to the very special facts of the case . |
| 7 | BNFL , along with the electricity industry , have felt it right to contribute substantial support to this initiative . |
| 8 | The acquirer should not agree to a clause which states that if by completion it is aware of a breach of warranty and it still elects to proceed to completion it thereby waives any claim for damages . |
| 9 | It said nothing about educational or cultural co-operation , it did not do anything to bring EMU nearer ( that was left to the Delors Plan ) and it effectively left foreign policy co-operation in government hands . |
| 10 | It apparently sets great store by creating business and completing assignments relatively quickly . |
| 11 | And it only courses one year 's duration maximum one year . |
| 12 | The main thing to realise with trailer driving is that it only takes one mistake to wreck the trailer and a nice glider , as well as possibly writing off a new car . |
| 13 | Cable should n't be run under a carpet unless it 's suitably protected — it only takes one stiletto heel to bring your network down ! |
| 14 | Above The vulnerable beauty of Killary harbour : ‘ It only takes one fool to drop a barrel of chemicals , ’ Peter Mantle says , ‘ and we 're all wiped out . ’ |
| 15 | It only takes one lapse and a match can undergo a total transformation — there must be no slip-ups , ’ adds McGrath . |
| 16 | But , it only takes one car ! |
| 17 | ‘ It only takes one fanatic , ’ Harriet Shakespeare said heavily . |
| 18 | There 's an old saying : ‘ It only takes one spark to start a fire . ’ |
| 19 | On the evidence of its showing , SAS/EIS is certainly the kind of tool that will empower decision makers with the ability to study their companies and markets in new ways , with only minimum recall to the services of in-house software engineers — ‘ even a CEO can use this because it only takes one finger , ’ claims Jim Goodnight , SAS chief executive officer . |
| 20 | He pushed aside the civilian Junta using it only to give decent sanction to new promotions . |
| 21 | She puts it in , and you ask her all questions about , she tells you it about it , and it has to be , and it only drinks orange squash , cos that 's wh what only Marie only drinks . |
| 22 | She goes , it only drinks orange squash . |
| 23 | Oxford did all the attacking but Luton did all the scoring … it only took one goal to win it and that came from Ceri Hughes midway through the first half … |
| 24 | You go along thinking you know exactly what everything is , and then you stop and look at it and it does n't make any sense and you think maybe it only made any sense in the first place because everyone was pretending it did . |
| 25 | It only had one wing . |
| 26 | The mysterious disguise hid the identity of the figure , but could not conceal that it only had one arm . |
| 27 | Violence of any sort solves nothing — it only breeds more violence . |
| 28 | I used to find myself walking the landing bladed up and it only needed one word out of place and I 'd turn them into a Tetley Tea Bag and I 'd never get out . |
| 29 | They sent up a thick screen of flak between the Goshawk planes and the second balloon , damning anyone who tried to break through The usual haphazard spray of machine-gun fire sprinkled the air , inaccurate and half-spent at that height , but it only needed one bulletin the head to destroy a whole aircraft . |
| 30 | She is especially renowned for creating a long silk jersey halter-neck evening dress , which can be worn five different ways and is easy to make because it only has one seam . |