Example sentences of "[verb] it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , as M. Dupin stresses more than once in his book , all types of genuine Gruyère cheese should be cut into little pieces for cooking , never on any account grated , a procedure which causes it to form sticky masses rather than the long creamy threads which constitute one of its essential characteristics — a characteristic considered especially important when it comes to the soupe au fromage of the eastern French provinces , that same soup which , transmogrified into the onion soup of the Paris all-night bistros , has now found its way into packets labelled la soupe au fromage instantanée . |
| 2 | So she told us the last time she was round she was going on a course for that sort of thing and she said now would you like to try it said fair enough . |
| 3 | She says has it turned gay or homosexual , has it changed sex , is it the micro-climate or did one of us fix it ? |
| 4 | Only within the last hundred years has it become evident that a sperm is in no way comparable to the seed of a plant , which is a multicellular reproductive structure containing the embryo of the plant . |
| 5 | Only since the general adoption of the policy of specialisation engendered by the Industrial Revolution has it become common to demolish and rebuild rather than to adapt and extend . |
| 6 | Nor has it drawn large crowds , apart from the 105,000 visitors who attended the inaugural exhibition featuring the work of Dubuffet 's latter years . |
| 7 | Well er as I say I think , er if if if the County Council are are insisting that any new settlement erm should be self contained , I think one would need to see what that definition is before we can be clear as to whether or not it has it has strategic implications . |
| 8 | Has it has it happened other times as well or |
| 9 | What has it got little things on the bottom ? |
| 10 | Has it got double doors that shop ? |
| 11 | I do n't know it looks different does n't it ? |
| 12 | This involves a different type of responsibility as well , and to accept it takes real courage . |
| 13 | If the CEMREL Research Project ( 1972 ) is any indication of what is expected it seems American teachers are looking for a child 's skill at ‘ showing ’ , and , in particular , ‘ showing ’ emotion . |
| 14 | Once the assumptions of the perfect market model are dropped it becomes clear that they have the capacity to safeguard these interests , manifested in a sluggishness of response , if not outright resistance , to changes in what consumers actually want , or might want if they were aware of the full range of possible alternatives . |
| 15 | The black furry coat with which it was born and which helped it to keep warm during its first days is now sloughed off , revealing the shorter shiny coat which is more suitable for a swimmer . |
| 16 | With only a small part of the model described it becomes clear that creativity must be backed by a high level of logical rigour to achieve a high level of success . |
| 17 | With continually varied climbing it proves interesting and improbable to the last . |
| 18 | And as the drama unfolds it reveals complex layers of corruption and influence-peddling . |
| 19 | Even when an expensive filtration plant was finally installed it proved inadequate . |
| 20 | There are a large number of living species that are predators , some species using the modified radula as a kind of poison dart , others employing it to bore neat , perfectly round holes through the shells of prey ( often bivalves ) in order to get at the nutritious interior . |
| 21 | I expect it sounds silly to you . ’ |
| 22 | If a government , using its majority in Parliament , passes appropriate laws empowering it to do specified acts , are its activities thereby rendered legitimate because they are done in accordance with the law , regardless of how oppressive or repugnant those laws might be ? |
| 23 | Then she let it fall open , and began to read immediately , as if she had known it , ‘ 'Why , [ Mrs Ramsay ] asked , pressing her chin on James ’ head , should they grow up so fast ? |
| 24 | He let it come erect , then looked at it , with Hannele in his mind 's eye simultaneously . |
| 25 | which there ca n't be can there , and say it gets lost in the post then you 're not gon na have it updated |
| 26 | They say it gets cold at those altitudes . |
| 27 | They say it likes chalky uplands … ’ |
| 28 | Say it rotates left to right about the vertical axis , as a line segment reaches the right extreme , it is removed . |
| 29 | Anyhow , they say it beats nose-picking and nail-biting — yes , you 're ahead of me — hands down ! |
| 30 | The film makers say it shows routine insensitivity to livestock , but experts say they 're wrong . |