Example sentences of "[conj] it [verb] [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It contained four sheets of paper closely covered in unfamiliar handwriting , and it was a measure of how relaxed he was that it took him the best part of a minute to realise that he was holding a copy of the letter written by Ruggerio Miletti to his family three days previously . |
| 2 | Try a recording in which the camera looks at the class the whole time so that it gives you the teacher's-eye view . |
| 3 | A moment later , I spotted the young Mr Cardinal not far away , still standing on his own , and it struck me the young gentleman might be feeling somewhat overawed in the present company . |
| 4 | And it tells you the normal plug rating for a particular appliance . |
| 5 | It was sweet revenge for Flintshire , who lost out in the corresponding fixture last season , and it gave them the perfect start as they bid to recapture the North Wales county crown . |
| 6 | And it gave him the halfway lead of 132 , 12 under par . |
| 7 | And it gives us the right answers . |
| 8 | He could hit it as far as a 3-wood — and it won him the 1973 Open . |
| 9 | ( If it upset you the first time , please move on to the next paragraph . ) |
| 10 | Well if it if it gives you the required amount or |
| 11 | Cos it helped me the last time . |
| 12 | Quite unwittingly you played right into my hands that night , Aurora — I knew you had n't been taking drugs , but it gave me the perfect excuse for sticking around . |
| 13 | Tenderness is just something that women like because it gives them the upper hand . |
| 14 | Er , but I want you to start with this one , because it gives you the most flexibility . |
| 15 | If he could relive that shot I 'm sure he 'd never take a driver there off the tee ( Azinger has said just that in print ) because it lost him the Open . |
| 16 | And that we have an obligation to listen to noise because it shows us the grim truth of reality . |