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Example sentences of "[adv] it [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	When he was jilted after five years together it had a devastating effect .
2	Well it 's not the grate , it 's the I think when we 've cemented it together it wants a bigger fireplace for that
3	Apparently it goes a long way .
4	Naturally it prefers a muddy tank bottom .
5	I 'm Emma with her silly little clever-clever theories of love and marriage , and love is something that comes in different clothes , with a different way and different face , and perhaps it takes a long time for you to accept it , to be able to call it love .
6	I 'm not sure perhaps it has a thin catheter or wire I do n't know wire I 'm not sure .
7	" Well , " Graham said slowly , deciding he had better say something nice , " it 's good , but perhaps it needs a little work . "
8	And obviously it reaches an awful lot of people , because Community Centres cater for all ages .
9	A bird kept in captivity is fed all year round , so obviously it has an easier time than one in the wild which has to feed itself whatever the season , but it still has the hunting instinct .
10	Only it seems a long way to go !
11	I do speak German , only it needs a major overhaul to set it right . ’
12	And so it took a great deal of time erm , in the nineteen thirties , for farmers to cease production .
13	It was in front of 72,000 people in the Stadium , half a billion people around the world and so it took an incredible amount of getting hold of myself to do it .
14	So it takes a long time think more egalitarian .
15	So it produces an odd sensation to learn , again from Anna , that this superstition was in fact Dostoevsky 's .
16	I think David had one or two of the songs off ‘ Ziggy Stardust ’ way before and so it became a natural progression to do that .
17	So it became a twice-yearly event by necessity , rather than design .
18	It ignores the real history of the press in Britain and so it paints a naïve picture of a conservative and debased medium which offers little real choice .
19	So it makes a refreshing change to able to write about something nice .
20	Erm so it makes a common basis of communication .
21	Soon he was joined by other Europeans and henceforth it became a common sight to see one or other of the ladies or gentlemen of the " confident " party slapping away at the trough where once the dhobi had slapped ( for on the day after the Collector 's appearance the dhobi had vanished from the enclave , either because he considered it too dangerous to remain any longer now that the commander of the garrison had assumed the caste of dhobi or , more likely , because he resented the competition ) .
22	Nevertheless it remains an excellent opening strike because , even more than the snap punch , it cocks the hips for a powerful reverse punch .
23	At the moment it is closed but normally it displays a rich collection of textiles .
24	Thus it ensures a continuous process of review covering all permissions .
25	Too easily it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy : ‘ We ca n't expect the majority of students to do very well — so do n't blame us for the failures . ’
26	Elsewhere it proved a negative variable , even in areas with a sizeable Jewish presence such as Leeds or Manchester .
27	Finally it suggests an alternative approach to the standard studies of ‘ white collar crime ’ and the limits of legal regulation .
28	An inquest jury at Buckingham was told that a 3 year old boy may have dropped the baby on the floor , but yesterday it returned an open verdict after the Coroner Rodney Corner warned that the evidence was contradictory .
29	An inquest jury at Buckingham was told that a 3 year old boy may have dropped the baby on the floor , but yesterday it returned an open verdict after the Coroner Rodney Corner warned that the evidence was contradictory .
30	This discovery gave fresh impetus to research aimed at developing new drugs which , like aspirin , would relieve pain and control inflammation , and also it provided a new basis for testing candidate compounds .