Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] it [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its proximity to another , larger , Binns store in Middlesbrough only made it the obvious candidate for the axe . |
| 2 | He looks around for a moment , pleased as punch , then realizes that his fellow group members have all heard it a dozen times before . |
| 3 | They reckon the average French woman do n't change their knickers , they only change it every two days or something and all sorts they do n't shave . |
| 4 | It is hoped to have another polo match here next year and perhaps make it an annual event . |
| 5 | We only make it a hundred miles or so before evening falls . |
| 6 | The lawful carrying of something like a car jack which is used to cause injury on the spur of the moment does not necessarily make it an offensive weapon ( R. v. |
| 7 | Picasso had abandoned the use of a consistent light source a year earlier only to reinstate it a few months later in the paintings done in Paris during the winter . |
| 8 | Most young people who try sniffing ( and remember , those who try sniffing are only a small minority ) will only do it a few times and stop without any help from adults . |
| 9 | He refused and Universal countered that they would merely give it a limited showing . |
| 10 | ‘ We 'd only had it a short time but it was very tame and friendly . |
| 11 | Now this P H test I 've only had it a few seconds and already look what it 's done to the paper . |
| 12 | It may be full of microbes and rotting vegetation , but these are natural and organic and only give it an attractive flavour . |
| 13 | While other newspapers were wrongly calling it a second honeymoon , TODAY revealed that virtually the only time the couple acknowledged each other was when Diana intercepted a phone call from Charles to Mrs Parker-Bowles and a screaming row erupted . |
| 14 | Normally I er put a banana and a strawberry together to give it a different taste . |
| 15 | Erm before I sent , I only did it the other day , I regret to say any rate . |
| 16 | Still , and as they only do it every Good Friday it do n't . |
| 17 | Certainly ‘ Scarlet Ribbons ’ was one he used to sing to her ; here Sinead tremulously gives it an elegiac quality with tin whistle and uileann pipes and painful memories nearly overwhelm her halfway through . |
| 18 | This obviously gave it a competitive advantage . |
| 19 | erm , she made me bend my head and I could only bend it a little way and she could see the spasms |
| 20 | Although , ’ he added ruefully , ‘ I much prefer it the usual way . ’ |
| 21 | He can be assured , if that is so , that even those who disagreed with his decision will work together to make it a great success . |
| 22 | This project aims to analyse the business and social composition of London at that crucial stage of its development , and so to make it a substantial contribution towards our understanding of the emergence of the modern British state and its economy . |
| 23 | Although it is always very tempting to think of taking on a dog from a rescue centre , so offering it a good home , this can prove problematic in the long term , unless you know the dog 's background . |
| 24 | Merely being together makes it a real treat . |
| 25 | She had just pressed it a second time when she heard a faint voice above the High Street traffic . |
| 26 | I did not think it a good book , but I shall always be grateful to it . |
| 27 | I know and you know that Hardy did not think it a sad poem — just a comment and a summing up . |
| 28 | This birth was so quick and easy , Wilson could not think it the same process as Oreste 's . |
| 29 | Take any components you want , design it however you want , just make it a real amplifier landmark like the bass amp is . ’ |
| 30 | Personally , I reject the Oxford claim that English Literature begins with Anglo-Saxon , and would not make it a required subject . |