Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] it [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It needs a powerful machine to run it at a reasonable speed but even if you do n't have such a machine you need to know about it as a sign of things to come . |
| 2 | In the cool light of this brighter day it was hard to conceive of it as a visitation of demons . |
| 3 | ‘ And so , ’ I continue , ‘ the suntan becomes fashionable and it 's no longer as necessary as it was — taking Robinson Crusoe by way of example — to hide from it under a parasol in order to conserve that fairness of skin threatened by the desert island climate . |
| 4 | So if four of us were to work on it as a group , |
| 5 | Now , for the first time … they are asked to look upon it as a question of human nature , of equal interest to men and women , as a question of the heart , the soul , the affections , the whole moral being . |
| 6 | Many people these days have a rather negative concept of health in that they tend to look on it as a state in which one does not feel ill or has no pain — in other words , a state of absence of illness . |
| 7 | The clarifying question is : " Is this really a problem or am I just choosing to look at it as a problem ? " |
| 8 | The simplest approach is to look at it as a device that moves your weight up and down the board . |
| 9 | Her scalp gleamed as if freshly oiled , and pornographic tattoos seemed to writhe across it with a life of their own . |
| 10 | With a bit of luck he wo n't be able to bear to part with it to a publisher . |
| 11 | We are continuing to invest in it at a rate of over £1 million for every working day . |
| 12 | That does n't mean I 'd want my dad to read about it in a newspaper . ’ |
| 13 | These tools should enable all children , not only to gain access to the curriculum but also to allow and encourage them to respond to it in a way which clearly expresses their understanding . |
| 14 | Saver Plus — the ideal combination if you are looking to make the most of your surplus cash but may need to call on it at a moment 's notice . |
| 15 | For any expense that would help them to get through it with a minimum of inconvenience and effort , they should be able to claim , subject to appropriate limits and verification , reimbursement from public funds . |
| 16 | It is tempting to think of it as a felt tendency , so that one is somehow aware of where the mind is going . |
| 17 | It 's more useful to think of it as a way of giving coherence and focus to the work of small groups . |
| 18 | The fact that he had written a large part of it after his marriage led him to think of it as a work quite different from the one he had originally envisaged.It was while engaged on it at Kensington Court Gardens that he added the more tender love scenes which provide its real poetry . |
| 19 | Although I know it 's a problem in the eyes of the public and the Health Service , I try not to think of it as a problem personally , y'know what I mean . |
| 20 | Every now and then Nora took such opportunities to remind Sarah of her fortune ; she tried not to think of it as a kind of hudsoning . |
| 21 | To follow a rule , e.g. the rule for use of the word ‘ pain ’ ( the rule embodied in the concept of pain ) , is not to check , as it were within oneself , on whether this new sensation resembles the original one and , if it does , to think of it as a pain . |
| 22 | Confronted with such vast heaps of material one had to think of it as a game . |
| 23 | On the question of religion , the Buddhist tends to think of it as a raft with which to cross the tempestuous seas of existence , and the Buddha once asked , " What would you say to someone who carried his raft around with him when he had arrived ? " |
| 24 | It is tempting to think of it as a number cruncher , but as Symphony itself demonstrates , a spreadsheet is equally capable of manipulating text as numbers and dates . |
| 25 | Although it is more usual to think of it as a place of rest , a great deal of work is performed within the household . |
| 26 | I used to tease Shaun a bit and I used to ask for it in a way . ’ |
| 27 | The accompaniment sounds very well when it is hummed , with perhaps a few words here and there while the solo part rests , or to join with it at a point of culmination . |
| 28 | He showed particular interest in that subsidence , it 's reasonable to assume that his object was to return to it at a time when there would be no one around to interfere with him . |