Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] it [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( When you 're not eating it with other meats , try melon , fresh figs or avocado . ) |
| 2 | Remember opportunity costs : in coughing up the money for one project , investors are still comparing it with other possible projects . |
| 3 | I 'm not doing it for monetary reward or because I 'm asked to ; I 'm doing it because I feel I have to do it . |
| 4 | I 'm not doing it for monetary reward or because I 'm asked to ; I 'm doing it because I feel I have to do it . |
| 5 | And you 'll say well there must be a catch in it somewhere they obviously are n't doing it for free . |
| 6 | In 1923 he began to study economic theory and became convinced that government objectives , far from ensuring a return to prosperity , were actively discouraging it through deflationary policies and obsession with the return to the gold standard at pre-war parity . |
| 7 | I was just keeping it for wee Jonathan . |
| 8 | At A level , I toyed with the idea of doing physics , maths and English , and if I was just doing it for pure enjoyment I would have done it at that stage . |
| 9 | When Sara awoke and looked outside at the deep cloudless blue sky , she guessed that her hostess was also scanning it with equal pleasure . |
| 10 | Tim Waterstone declined to expound on the decision , beyond saying that Waterstones had withdrawn from the concession for commercial reasons and was now re-entering it for commercial reasons . |
| 11 | The Cold War was reaching a point where , having reactivated the Anglo-American relationship , it was about to expose it to new strains and tensions . |