Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [prep] it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he is in one sense or another occupied with it for the rest of the book as he directs the recluse in understanding her experience in terms of a pattern established by the Incarnation , and anchors his teaching to Scripture . |
| 2 | And while the rewards in terms of job satisfaction have not reached the dizzy heights of the 1980s , Mr Wilson stresses : ‘ You have to have a thick skin and be prepared to stick with it through the bad times as well as the good . ’ |
| 3 | Although Tory Euro-rebels support the Government in opposing the social chapter , they are prepared to vote for it in the hope of wrecking the whole treaty . |
| 4 | When the Second World War broke out in Europe , it was difficult to get supplies of helpful books , and when the Japanese came into it after the disaster of Pearl Harbour , I myself , as well as the clergy and students for whom I had a pastoral responsibility , felt the need of prayers to meet the threatening danger , as well as the provision of prayers which would express a Christ-like spirit about war , enemies in war , dangers in war and sufferers in war . |
| 5 | The filling mechanism is broken and there was much sighing over it in the pen shop . |
| 6 | Though she was passing through what has been called her first industrial revolution , there was as yet little to show for it in the landscape . |
| 7 | If this is to be the structure , it is good to go with it from the outset : once groups are established and running , you may find it difficult for group members to ‘ own ’ such a threatening idea ! |
| 8 | . The damage done to industry by any of these three methods would probably be more than the good done to it by the direct help and , anyway I am not clear on the sort of direct help that might be intended . ’ |
| 9 | Well , we 're all looking at it at the moment of , of course , but some of our first impressions are that for example on global warming , there 's no commitment to , to a carbon taxation . |
| 10 | Have to be able to talk about it to the owners tonight . |
| 11 | I try any watch the production at some time during the week in order to be able to talk about it to the Press . |
| 12 | you might be able to do it off that , you wo n't be able to listen to it at the same time |
| 13 | It will be important to incorporate into it from the beginning an agreed policy for the recording of achievement , along the lines of the national steering group report . |
| 14 | It was looked on as not advisable to deal with it under the Liverpool Corporation Act . |
| 15 | The swing-door dividing the buffet from the kitchen contains a central , circular pink-tinted window and , as I gaze through it at the catering staff , my eyes fall on a cross between Fassbinder 's Querelle and one of Hieronymus Bosch 's more frightening paintings . |
| 16 | I first heard about it after the game at Liverpool last Saturday and I stormed in and said I do n't want to get away . |
| 17 | The smash hit from the soundtrack of The Bodyguard was written by Dolly , who had Number One hits with it in the States in 1974 and 1982 . |
| 18 | The French army included in the middle of the century over 50,000 foreigners , and still had over 40,000 serving in it on the eve of the Revolution . |
| 19 | To ease a headache , lie down and place three of these crystals on your forehead — one pointing up to the crown and two pointing towards it from the left and right sides . |
| 20 | The position regarding the supply of arms to Syria remains as it was when Ministers were last questioned about it in the House . |