Example sentences of "[adj] of it " in BNC.
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| 1 | To Clair George ( who had been involved in managing the contra operation before the congressional restrictions , and was keeping well clear of it ) , ‘ he kept saying I have got to get out of this thing , I have got to get out of this thing . |
| 2 | Then they were over the coral , clear of it . |
| 3 | The ash fall became heavier , piling up around them , so that they had periodically to shake themselves clear of it , to prevent themselves being buried . |
| 4 | In order to make that pattern more obvious , the statistician then draws through the points a ‘ best line ’ — that is , a line which represents the general trend , even though some of the points lie well clear of it . |
| 5 | Beneath the point lies Krander 's whirlpool , a notorious navigational hazard , powerful enough at times to drag down the smaller prahus , so most sailors steer well clear of it . |
| 6 | A Muse sits on a rock , and Apollo before her stands not on the base-line but on an irregular indication of ground just clear of it . |
| 7 | Si Wu Ya breathed slowly , deeply , trying not to cry out again , letting the pain wash past her , over her ; trying to keep her mind clear of it . |
| 8 | Machinery can also be dangerous , so stay well clear of it . |
| 9 | I wo n't come back till I 'm quite clear of it . |
| 10 | And if I handle all with my own hands , and keep the prince clear of it — though he knows my mind , and it is his mind , too — I do so to preserve him from harassment by those who will hear of nothing less than Owen 's head on London Bridge . |
| 11 | Well … come o' … someone 's got to take ‘ old of it . |
| 12 | They are apologetic or resentful of it . |
| 13 | A good thing I was free of it , as both sides in the dispute applied to me for further information in the course of the afternoon . |
| 14 | The snow was driving down so thickly that the windscreen-wiper could n't keep the glass free of it . |
| 15 | ‘ But I have conquered this disease before and been free of it for two years . |
| 16 | ‘ You 're free of it . |
| 17 | I could not shake free of it . |
| 18 | The poet felt indifferent toward it ; the poet 's wife felt suddenly free of it . |
| 19 | It was as though she had spent the past twenty-two years imprisoned in a shell , and had now broken free of it , and was tasting sensations which she had never dreamed possible . |
| 20 | All this time , all these years , I 've been lugging this weight around with me , for so long now that I 've forgotten what it 's like to be free of it . |
| 21 | What was this spell he was casting — and how could she ever hope to be free of it ? |
| 22 | perhaps been a little bit dismissive of it because |
| 23 | Con seemed oblivious of it but in the enclosed space I found it overpowering . |
| 24 | Thus the ego is distorted and disturbed by ambivalence , while the id is oblivious of it . |
| 25 | Women leaning over balconies looked and tossed down flowers , younger women openly showed their approval with a strange clicking sound and Fernando walked on , oblivious of it all . |
| 26 | It is partly the very fact that Faith saved and disposed of it without a word to us , but more , it is the jewellery , what little there was . |
| 27 | ‘ If you are so careful of it , ’ said Allen , ‘ why not take it with you ? ’ |
| 28 | She was so fond of it . |
| 29 | Dick Turpin used the moor , but was said not to be fond of it , possibly because of the competition . |
| 30 | I had become fond of Longfellow 's Saga of King Olaf : fond of it in a casual , shallow way for its story and its vigorous rhythms . |