Example sentences of "[verb] it [verb] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The title Duke of Cornwall and the estate to go with it dates back to 1337 , when Edward III created it to give his eldest son , the Black Prince , an income and somewhere to live ; it was he who decreed that it should always go to the eldest son . |
| 2 | City analysts expect it to pass its final dividend , or make only a token pay-out . |
| 3 | But they failed to reduce the size sufficiently and ended up with a prototype that could n't record anything — so the engineers used it to play their favourite music cassettes while they worked . |
| 4 | She found it eased her aching eyes . |
| 5 | This unit can become bound to others only by his own free choice , and his choice is rational only in so far as he can safely expect it to serve his own interests . |
| 6 | but with her being ill it , she says it gave him another sense of duty that |
| 7 | ADDS says it designed its xEasy software for ease of use . |
| 8 | Novell Inc says it expects its new NetWare 4.0 to represent 20% of total revenues in the first 12 months of shipment , matching previous releases : some analysts had questioned how quickly NetWare 4.0 will take off because of its complexity . |
| 9 | The bank says it expects its new purchase to break even in the first year and to be operating at a profit of $150m-200m a year over the following three years . |
| 10 | The problem appeared because Brutus tells Cassius of Portia 's death ( and uses it to explain his bad temper towards Cassius ) . |
| 11 | Elastic materials convert mechanical work into potential energy which is recoverable ; for example an ideal spring , if deformed by a stress , stores the energy and uses it to recover its original shape after removal of the stress . |
| 12 | Once you 've read all about the scheme , we 're confident you 'll feel it merits your careful consideration . |
| 13 | I hope it gives you some idea of what happened . |
| 14 | Let it have your sole attention when I am abroad , but when I am at home , so jealous am I of your affections , I shall permit no rival in them even a son and heir . |
| 15 | ( In contrast , the Coloured population of Cape Province regard Afrikaans as their language and have used it to express their radical sentiments . ) |
| 16 | Select the one that suits your fitness level , and , if necessary , modify it to suit your individual needs . |
| 17 | Witnesses said some of those killed had apparently blockaded the US embassy and were trying to storm it using their bare hands , stones and knives . |
| 18 | Witnesses said some of those killed had blockaded the US embassy and were trying to storm it using their bare hands , stones and knives . |
| 19 | The choice of prose can accompany a deliberate disguise , as with Julia in Two Gentlemen , who adopts it to support her new role as a boy in her search for Proteus ( 1V.ii.26ff . ) . |
| 20 | If you accept metaphysics — whether very tentatively , or from a deep sense of inner knowing — how can you use it to transform your everyday life ? |
| 21 | Luton will use it strengthen their central defence . |
| 22 | You may choose to go into a more expensive home , providing it meets your assessed needs and you and your family or friends ( or a charity or trust ) can meet the difference between the fee provided by the Department and the cost of the home . |
| 23 | A lot of them are not practical but it , you know it gives them creative ideas . |
| 24 | Part of our country is in a neo-colonial situation — you know it has its own government , but the government does n't have economic control and the northern part of our country is under direct rule from Britain , under direct colonial rule . |
| 25 | Having craned my neck in likely locations for a good many years , I finally discovered it displaying its gorgeous wings over an oil-stain beside my car . |
| 26 | He hauled a pillow out from under the bedspread and arranged it to ease his throbbing temples . |
| 27 | NOT every train station can boast it has its own ghost . |
| 28 | The new government decided it wanted its own paper and so bought the Mail , which became a bi-weekly in 1967 and went daily in 1969 . |
| 29 | He says we 've actually made it clear on our planning application that we 're prepared to look very carefully at the mix and size and type of housing to ensure it fits what local people need in the area . |
| 30 | But no compulsion can secure that it will proceed along those lines … it can only be supplied with the knowledge and training which may guide it to seek its own solution in the better state with higher ideals . |