Example sentences of "[vb pp] it [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The company had expected it to show a quantifiable benefit by reducing absenteeism and labour turnover , and by easing the production control difficulties caused by the inflexibilities of the line system . |
| 2 | Although the affair was soon forgotten it took a long time for Phil to live down that one ! |
| 3 | Where the relationship between theory and practice is more dialectical than applied it allows a fruitful interaction between the two , although this does not always happen . |
| 4 | So what they had done it had a big slab there and it had got on it er The World 's Largest Slate Mine , and perhaps you 've seen it yourself they 've rubbed the T off and they put V and somebody 's done a very good job of it er in the same paint and everything . |
| 5 | The recession has made it take a hard look at the cost of law and at the attitude of big London firms that it 's used for more than fifty years . |
| 6 | SPORT 'S role as a major employer and contributor to government coffers has helped it to discover a latent power and a voice of its own , discarding its traditionally apolitical posture in the process . |
| 7 | But when mastered it gives a great feeling of exhilaration and achievement , in other words your ego 's going to get built if you 're good on that . |
| 8 | Each time it is called it snaps a new picture , since the position of the test card is presumed to have changed , and outputs some messages . |
| 9 | In its composition the bakers are not sparing of fresh butter , milk and eggs ; but though it be raised it has a burned taste , and is too much like cake . |
| 10 | For her , there were the children growing up , for both of us there was work , and for me that Egypt for which many of us who have known it feel a perpetual nostalgia . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , we have attempted to derive a better index of fetal adiposity than simple birth weight and have found it to have a significant bearing on results of regression analysis , suggesting that maternal glycaemia does have an impact on fetal size independent of maternal weight . |
| 12 | If it is fixed it gives a limited picture only but is less intrusive . |
| 13 | Now the authority of the community was carried by the Sanhedrin they brought him to what is what they accepted as a trial erm they 'd assessed that something was going against their structures , and as I 've already said religious life was the most important thing he 'd broken it seems a religious law and the council the court the gathering together of the seventy members of the Sanhedrin were going to in a serious sort of way check this out , check this accusation out . |
| 14 | As soon as a key was inserted it rang a loud alarm bell and palace guards would rush in with drawn swords . |
| 15 | The cuckoo flies out to attack — a tiny opponent , but it has a savage peck and if wounded without being destroyed it becomes a frenzied killing machine . |
| 16 | Later , when Invercargill was extended it adopted a classical form . |
| 17 | Thus when the glider is launched it takes a second cable and parachute up with it . |
| 18 | Network SouthEast will be the only European commuter rail operation not supported by public money , and Mr Parkinson has ordered it to earn a commercial rate of return by 1995/96 , a move which implies further fare increases . |