Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] it the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You could look at it the other way , I suppose , ’ replied the radiant Morse . |
| 2 | Shades of my father , I thought , but replied amicably : ‘ Because I enjoy it , and remember that I do n't work at it the whole year , so I do n't get bored . ’ |
| 3 | You must not touch this curtain with your hand , but must lay on it the milk-white feather which the hen will give you , and the curtain will be opened silently , by unseen hands , and the doors beyond it will lie open , and you may come into the hall where you shall find what you shall find . ’ |
| 4 | I really I really do wish it was that simple and I wish that when I pick up The Star on a Thursday or one of the other local papers that I did n't read in it the twenty cars that 's broken into and and all the other problems and I say to myself now why did that happen . |
| 5 | Whatever its original purpose may have been , as with any ruin , we must hack from it the thick vegetation which threatens to cut it off from us : to find in it something of significance for ourselves . |
| 6 | There was no short cut : farming was an art and few men had it unless they 'd come by it the hard way . |
| 7 | Now what happened , and it was a good procedure because what happened was that if anyone say on a Friday had found himself in a difficult situation , we would then discuss it on the Monday afternoon , er bearing in mind that he had taken it to the foreman and had got no response from the foreman , we could discuss it on a Monday afternoon , the convenor and the secretary would deal with it the following day , and in all probability , without having recourse to take it any further , reply to the man that the matter had been resolved and , and to his liking . |