Example sentences of "[to-vb] it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People were trying to pinch it all the time . |
| 2 | ‘ You ought to try it one day . ’ |
| 3 | Steven , 18 : ‘ It 's difficult to know why people become monks , I guess I 'd have to try it first ! |
| 4 | Want to try it all together |
| 5 | Yes yes of co of course I was , but i could n't get hold of Dr and I thought well we 're gon na have to try it this way anyway at some stage . |
| 6 | panel seeks to make that two million pounds , subject to the appropriate level of grants and borrow approvals and perhaps some assistance from within our own resources and elsewhere being budget , this is a , a firm intention to increase that figure , but we can not say it has been increased yet , to do so will be premature , but that I ask the committee to accept it this morning as a recommendation from the |
| 7 | He was still doing it over an hour later , frantically trying to remember everything and wishing he had somewhere to write it all down , when there was a sound of feet running up the stairs . |
| 8 | But it would take about ten times the age of the Universe to write it all . ’ |
| 9 | I ca n't begin to write it all down , it 's so lovely . |
| 10 | Laing decided to write it all down , from start to finish , to include copies of his printouts , which he knew to be genuine , and to send a copy to every member of the bank 's Board in New York . |
| 11 | But I forced myself to write it all down and , as I wrote it , it began to lose its power over me . |
| 12 | Shame we have n't got space in which to write it all down . |
| 13 | I 've got one friend who has written down in a diary every person he 's ever re arrested , I do n't do that , I just , I , I ca n't be bothered to write it all down . |
| 14 | I would have liked to write it all down . |
| 15 | you do not mind my taking this method of answering your letter and I hope that you , I did not put you to too much trouble to locate a recorder to listen to the tape , I am just too lazy to write it all down and think that what I have to say I can put it better in words than what I can on paper , I 'll let you do that part . |
| 16 | He read out her time of departure , time of arrival and flight number , advising her to write it all down as if she was a half-wit , and she was glad he was n't there to see her face as she scrabbled for a pen and paper . |
| 17 | I do n't wan na lose that table , cos I do n't want to have to write it all again . |
| 18 | Erm you could just , you do n't need to write , it 's very nice writing you do n't need to write it all out now you could put spending and a colon right and then , or I would spend colon |
| 19 | ‘ In fact , we actually learnt a lot recording the album the way we did because first and foremost Chris and Tina are band people , they know how to work it live . |
| 20 | I could n't bear to have the television on either — I just sat there in silence , trying to work it all out . |
| 21 | Benny 's head ached as she tried to work it all out . |
| 22 | We stayed at the Saint David 's Park Hotel , Ewloe , Clwyd , which boasts excellent food and an impressive sports complex to work it all off . |
| 23 | I 've had plenty of time to work it all out , there 's not much else for me to do . |
| 24 | Trying to work it all out was the fun of the thing . |
| 25 | And they 've got a machine to do it anyway to work it all out , print it all out . |
| 26 | If this happens he will change the angle of climb automatically as the glider starts to gain height , and he will continue to pull it higher for a few seconds even if a power failure has occurred . |
| 27 | Therapist : ‘ What we will do in this first session is an assessment of exactly what 's going on : first we will look at the problems at the moment ; second we will look at background factors such as your family and personal history ; and third we will try to pull it all together and formulate what is going on , and then decide on what the best course of action is . |
| 28 | Therapist : ‘ So let's try to pull it all together . |
| 29 | She reached for the .38 jammed into her waistband , trying to pull it free as Stark grabbed for her throat . |
| 30 | She reached for the door and started to pull it open , but Nicolo 's hand closed around her forearm . |