Example sentences of "[prep] it and [vb base] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Yet when his campaign train reached McCarthy 's state of Wisconsin , where he planned to speak in defence of his old chief , he thought better of it and let that guy from the gutter stay on the train .
2 ‘ There has clearly been change in South Africa let's take advantage of it and get more work for the town 's companies and more jobs , ’ he said .
3 ‘ There has clearly been change in South Africa let's take advantage of it and get more work for the town 's companies and more jobs , ’ he said .
4 ‘ There has clearly been change in South Africa let's take advantage of it and get more work for the town 's companies and more jobs , ’ he added Coun. John Williams , the Labour group leader , said Coun. Richmond 's invitation was premature : ‘ He is being too hasty .
5 I love aspects of it and hate other aspects of it .
6 So when you remove a young child 's hand from an electric plug you tap the back of it and accompany this action with a firm NO .
7 Why do n't you get rid of it and give that customer a twenty four hour delivery service
8 The mania for forming industry consortia is getting so out of hand that a group of leading manufacturers , software developers and vendors are coming together to make some sense of it and eliminate duplicated effort by creating a single consortium to which everyone will be invited to belong : there is no confirmation of suggestions that the idea was the first initiative from new IBM Corp chief Louis Gerstner , who accedes to the top job today , but we hear that the army of companies is still bogged down arguing about what to call the thing — the best they 've dreamed up so far is the Consortium for Object-oriented Methods and Programming for the Unix Terminal and Enterprise-wide Recasting of Interactive Networked Database Undertakings with Software Transitioning and Revision for Y'all , but they ca n't find a snappy acronym to fit the words .
9 It is good practice to go through any document before parting with it and eliminate any word that is not essential to conveying the precise meaning intended .
10 That is stored in a database and any Staffs school with the right technical facilities may log into it and get up-to-date details of the farm .
11 Among the many ‘ thank-you ’ letters I wrote , I sent one to Alan Shell of the Humanist Association , who replied , ‘ We are very glad our letter was of help to you and you will be interested to know that I propose to send copies of your letter , with your name deleted , to our funeral officiants in the hope that they will take courage from it and help any others who might be in similar difficulties . ’
12 I think about the year that 's gone past , perhaps , people who 've passed out of my life , and think of it as a new beginning , and I wish as Scots that we would hold on to it and perpetuate that tradition and get away from gathering around the T V in Hogmanay .
13 It 's quite normal for a mum to feel like that and they can talk to each other about it and support each other .
14 You wo n't be allowed on Silbury Hill as it 's a Site of Special Scientific Interest but you can walk around it and get good views .
15 Asked why she thought Melmotte had spent such a lot of money , Lady Carbery said , ‘ because he thought he could conquer the world by it and obtain universal credit . ’
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