Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The nice thing about keeping it small and knowing each other well is that it 's very flexible ; if one of us has an emergency it does n't create problems or ill-feeling . ’ |
| 2 | It was from something on a thin silver chain around her neck , and after snapping it free he stood up to inspect his find in the available light . |
| 3 | Gould was charmed by these little parrots whose ‘ extreme cheerfulness of disposition and sprightliness of manner ’ he said ‘ render it an especial favourite with all who have had an opportunity of seeing it alive ’ . |
| 4 | If somebody says you do n't wan na be rushed , right , that 's what you 've got ta say to them that 's just what that old dear was saying the other day , right you certainly understand that , right , you agree with them , first thing you do you always agree with them , right and then you 've just got the same sequence as I want to think about it , but just sort of make it clear , I mean what is it they actually , you know , frightened of being rushed into ? |
| 5 | Erm , so it 's a way of bringing it alive . |
| 6 | Four years and two months ago or a few months but the gas man sort of found it dangerous . |
| 7 | Of the residents who voted 53.4 per cent were for closure and 46.6 per cent in favour of keeping it open . |
| 8 | After all , the content and potential benefits of such a product will be irrelevant if its users do not find the means of accessing it easy-to-use , powerful and compelling . |
| 9 | Well I 'm sure that we could of got it free through erm Suffolk Wild Life Trust and it |
| 10 | No , but he might of got it wrong you do n't know that . |
| 11 | Now it catches on something , and Walter 's round face tightens with the effort of pulling it free . |
| 12 | You have not only derived from it the means of raising your subterranean wealth , but those also of rendering it available to the public . ’ |
| 13 | The task is not one of excusing behaviour or of attributing condemnation to it — only one of rendering it explicable in terms of a revealed social order . |
| 14 | Another watch over , another day of getting it right . |
| 15 | Whatever their state of readiness and interest , each lesson is a constant stream of decision-making , and of matters of judgement , both large and small , about situations that are unprecedented , and for which there is insufficient time and usually not enough available information to be sure of getting it right . |
| 16 | We only learn and grow by trying out new experiences , new ways of being , by reaching for the future — yet many of us are terrified of getting it wrong . |
| 17 | The problem of generalization is a serious one in most of psychology but is particularly poignant in psychobiology because of the damaging consequences of getting it wrong . |
| 18 | And when we see these attempts as themselves social processes , we can continue the inquiry , instead of cutting it short . |
| 19 | The first little bit of time is spent just to sort of take it easy , take our time , get to know another , and for us to assess the drive . |
| 20 | Thought again about possibility of having it viewable equally from front and back . |
| 21 | I imagine they 'll be keen to start work as soon as possible in the hope of having it ready for next season , and with their resources you can be sure — ’ |
| 22 | One morning , Marie gets this letter and she sort of reads it quick . |
| 23 | The country is in such disorder that a successor may be unequal to the task of putting it right . |
| 24 | So I phoned her last Nancy phoned me last Friday afternoon before she went on holiday to tell me , and I phoned I was n't sure whether just to sort of play it low key or then I thought , Well I know I really should just give here a wee ring . |
| 25 | ‘ It was on the cards for ages , so it was really only a question of making it official , ’ he explained . |
| 26 | The hypothesis is that , when there is no formal communication structure to ensure that the symbols used trigger the same reaction everywhere , differentiations such as those above have the effect of making it probable that they will trigger quite different responses in different people . |
| 27 | In an effort to sharpen the ‘ business nose ’ , Heath has been shunted sideways , to become deputy chairman , while Don Seymour , a businessman , has been installed at the head of the company with the intention of making it profitable by 1984 . |
| 28 | The factory had lost £10m in five years and Timex despaired of making it profitable by world standards . |
| 29 | As he admits , the divisions are arbitrary , but they have the advantage of making it possible to refer easily to the level of grammatical complexity in a speech sample , and to group children on the basis of language complexity . |
| 30 | This year the Treasury slashed the group 's core budget in half , with the aim of making it self financing . |