Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] it [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he filled his cheap vacuum flask and took it back to the car where it completed a meal of dry crusty bread and cheese . |
| 2 | I do n't think it 's a er maybe it 's because the background , I think , I 'm just trying to make up my mind why it loses a bit of interest , and I think what happens is , that the background being , having all this foliage which is lots of light pouring on er , all this sort of twiggery round here is er picking up lots of highlights and that tends to detract from the fairly plain shapes and smooth surfaces of the gourds . |
| 3 | Our assumption is that if evaluation is directed towards problem solving then it presupposes a need for change , and most of the obstacles associated with other forms of educational innovation are likely to be encountered in the implementation of proposed ‘ remedies ’ . |
| 4 | And if a school feels that adding that fourth R to the old reading , writing , arithmetic routine then it seems a parent should n't expect more . |
| 5 | She positively reinforced this new behaviour making it more likely to be repeated to the point where it became a problem . |
| 6 | It was it was fun when we first started , because the weather was nice , you know it was er you c take a thermos up and have a picnic and sit in the chair and read a book or whatever if there was no one around , but after a while when it became a duty , yeah it was hard work getting up on a winter 's morning , knowing full well that you probably would n't see any cars if you down in until about ten in the morning , but you still had to be there at seven o'clock , and honking it down with rain or whatever . |
| 7 | Yeah more to sort of statements of principles rather than just a policy so it lasts a bit . |
| 8 | The society obviously accepted that the resigning secretary acted in good faith , for a month later it passed a vote of thanks to Huntingford for ‘ his unremitting zeal in extending the extra connection of the Society , and in soliciting the correspondence of other Agriculture Societies and Individuals , and his Diligence in forwarding the attendance of Committees , in preparing the business of all meetings and in arranging the correspondence and other Communications to the Society ’ . |
| 9 | BRITAIN is a small , overcrowded island yet it has a tradition of being a safe haven for refugees . |
| 10 | Since the egg can not enter the oviduct , the treatment consists of removing it from the ovary prior to ovulation , fertilizing it in the laboratory , and placing the proembryo into the uterus where it has a chance to implant . |
| 11 | The reason why it provides a nesting sanctuary for the kite , Hong Kong 's most spectacular bird of prey , is that it is a high-security site for the army . |
| 12 | They believe the court was mistaken last year when it granted a petition making the university authorities sole trustee , clearing the way for the proposed sale . |
| 13 | A short time later it had a change of heart , however , and indicted the publisher-cum-bookseller Edmund Curll for selling Venus in the Cloister , or the Nun in her Smock which was a spicy tale of lesbian nuns , first published in France in 1682 . |