Example sentences of "[verb] it [verb] [adv] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The richness all around unsettled him , for he had expected to find it accompanied elsewhere in the Khanate by signs of extreme poverty . |
| 2 | With life expectancy now 73.9 years for men and 80.0 years for women , Australia has regained the favourable longevity ranking it enjoyed early in the century . |
| 3 | We must n't keep it locked away in the closet lest it turn to dust . |
| 4 | From where he looked it glistened whitely in the afternoon sunlight , a crystalline growth come to within a dozen li of where they were . |
| 5 | He will have the support not only of Labour Members but of all Scottish Members who are genuinely concerned about Scottish education and keen to see it debated properly in the House . |
| 6 | ‘ Do you think I 've lost a fortune only to see it salted away in the same nip-cheese fashion as before ? |
| 7 | By s.21(1) of the 1968 Theft Act : [ a ] person is guilty of blackmail if , with a view to gain for himself or another or with intent to cause loss to another , he makes any unwarranted demand with menaces ; and for this purpose a demand with menaces is unwarranted unless the person making it does so in the belief — ( a ) that he had reasonable grounds for making the demand ; and ( b ) that the use of the menaces is a proper means of reinforcing the demand . |
| 8 | Every part of the business is expected to perform henceforward — no longer will the investment of more money be relied upon as making it work better in the future . |
| 9 | I think it says somewhere in the in the writing you 've got to have done at least two days . |
| 10 | There is no question that there is an increasing need for a complex organization in today 's world to change its shape to accommodate changing demands ; an organization faces a heavy responsibility in attempting to determine the shape , in terms of both size and complexity , that will allow it to function effectively in the dynamic world in which it operates . |