Example sentences of "[to-vb] it [art] [adj] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ And , as he said in his letter , it was all right for him to rough it a little while he was on his own , but he has Elise to think of now . ’ |
| 2 | Suppose , for example , that your most recent life had been a particularly horrifying and traumatic one : you would not really want to experience it the first time you were regressed , as you might not be able to cope . |
| 3 | ‘ Alec , ’ I said , a little desperately , ‘ I 've got to do it the only way I know how to . |
| 4 | He showed Horsley and Everett politely round the castle , explaining how parts dated back to the fifteenth century , and telling the preposterous , but true , story of how the building , formerly the family home of the Fenwicks , had been shifted stone by stone from the foot of the hill in the 1930s to give it the spectacular view it now enjoyed . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |