Example sentences of "[vb infin] it [adv] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Still , it provided the Gray family with regular exercise , so often did we pursue it over large tracts of Scotland as the tent tried to escape home to warmer climes in the south , flapping its PVC accessories like the wings of a large , wounded goose trying to take off .
2 Crawford was again in a small role that commanded little attention and he could count it as more experience on the ladder to success .
3 This guy just said , ‘ I can bring it here first thing in the morning in a carrier bag , and do n't be clever by saying that you do n't want it . ’
4 Letting the children do it under mild supervision for safety reasons is probably the better idea .
5 You would n't expect much speed out of it , but then you could confidentially run it over any terrain without adverse effect .
6 That 's alright , I 'll go and stick it out one night outside the window .
7 Occasionally an English translation is given , as of " A Fair Day " and in Thomas Pattison 's " The Gaelic Bards , " published in 1864 , we find — " But hark , a note of music touched mine ear , Come , we will trace it up this flight of steps , Built to an outer wall with clumsy flags , Whose rough ascent conducts us to the door now open wide , inviting customers .
8 Occasionally an English translation is given , as of " A Fair Day " and in Thomas Pattison 's " The Gaelic Bards , " published in 1864 , we find — " But hark , a note of music touched mine ear , Come , we will trace it up this flight of steps , Built to an outer wall with clumsy flags , Whose rough ascent conducts us to the door now open wide , inviting customers .
9 Take in every little movement they make , watch how they immediately gulp down some items of food , when at other times they will suck and blow it out several times before consuming it .
10 One could almost characterise it as Tippett-like dancing over Sibelian pedals , but that 's a very inadequate summation of a very rich and multi-faceted work .
11 Of course you ca n't ride it up trackless slopes of heather , peat hags and boulder fields — in fact you have to carry it on your shoulder as soon as you leave any kind of track at all — but it performed brilliantly on the rocky Land-Rover track back down from the hill .
12 I wanted the Colonel to hear that ; he could n't hear it too many times for my liking .
13 Er I I would think it very little advantage in actually reading all of this aloud now , unless you feel it is going to be some great advantage .
14 you can make make it right next time with Tracey 's and Linda 's anyway , if they had n't done it in office because I can put two pound what Tracey paid onto Linda 's anyway , it 'll still balance it out wo n't it ?
15 That people will , will deliberately put it down half way through the term ?
16 What are you gon na wear it round all town in the shops and that ?
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