Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [verb] it [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | you 're supposed to give it a good bees waxing once a year ! |
| 2 | The Thrills Nerve Centre has now been ‘ computer-ed up ’ for the '90s and that is precisely why they 're all calling it The Hi-Tech Capital Of Satire . |
| 3 | Researchers in this area are likely to find it a useful entry to the literature , and a source of ideas on research needs . |
| 4 | Only a handful of people , it had been established , had been near enough to the leading car of the funicular to have been able to give it the fatal extra push that had sent Woodleigh and Jilly Jonathan tumbling down the steep hillside . |
| 5 | She was lucky she 'd been able to keep it a secret all along . |
| 6 | In practice it should be easier to do it the standard way |
| 7 | I enclose the Constitution of this Association , in the hope that The Prince of Wales Charities might , at some point this year or early next , be able to award it a small donation . |
| 8 | I enclose the Constitution of this Association , in the hope that The Roval Bank of Scotland might , at some point this year or early next , be able to award it a small donation . |
| 9 | I enclose the Constitution of this Association , in the hope that The Trust might , at some point this year or early next , be able to award it a small donation . |
| 10 | Its heyday was round about the 1930s and not all that many pure examples of it are being published today , though there are enough to make it a possible type of book to write if you are strongly inclined this way . |
| 11 | The only problem is that to make it a meaningful rule it would be necessary to find a way of drawing a line between humour ( forbidden ) and wit ( encouraged ) . |
| 12 | No matter what container you use , it is advisable to give it a thorough scrubbing with clean water . |
| 13 | But insiders say he is keen to make it a national obsession . |
| 14 | Mr. Sturge in his argument has maintained that such a lease would be valid , and that , even if the term is uncertain at its beginning when the lease takes effect , the fact that at some future time it will be rendered certain is sufficient to make it a good lease . |
| 15 | Major 's reply suggested that , as an interested visitor from another solar system , he had heard about human personality but regretfully had no first-hand experience of this rare bird , though he was prepared to extend it every reasonable courtesy . |
| 16 | When the national selectors ' viewpoint was put to him , Watt took up the challenge : ‘ I was happy to give it a real bash . |