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 ? |