Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | A major recession makes innovation risky and discourages it , but in such a period the more adventurous entrepreneurs see the opportunity to profit by investing in new innovations . |
| 2 | She lifted off a heavy daily and brought it to me . |
| 3 | The secret is to keep it varied , keep it interesting and enjoy it . |
| 4 | In solid-state solar cells the junction between two materials of different electronic properties absorbs light and converts it into electricity . |
| 5 | I generally work from dark to light and bring it out from the dark . |
| 6 | I generally work from dark to light and bring it out from the dark . |
| 7 | Indeed , Hamilton suggested crisply that they had got it wrong and left it at that . |
| 8 | Chairman I think I have to offer an apology to members and Mr in particular and the town of Bungay with a rather erm over which sentence expressing the press release , I mean we are continually trying to issue news items , press releases , progress reports and anything we 're doing and usually the press are very good and quoted for a basis , sometimes they get it wrong and mangle it up with some bits of disaster , on this occasion that is not the case , the , the actual press report did determine the phraseology used in my in lease them so I have to accept the responsibility for the phrase to act of your recommended this morning so it down sake , could abandon ideas which they can buy it , of course those crazy ideas used in and out of the court is what matters . |
| 9 | Wexford grasped it in both his hands , raised it high and brought it down hard to meet the empty air . |
| 10 | TODAY 'S subtly-lit supermarkets , where loganberries nestle against kiwi-fruit , are a world away from Jack Cohen 's ‘ pile it high and sell it cheap ’ Tesco 's . |
| 11 | It has opened a dozen shops with an intriguing new concept — pile it high and sell it cheap — and plans a chain of 200 . |
| 12 | They seem to equate marketing with the ‘ stack it high and sell it cheap ’ philosophy of the discount supermarket . |
| 13 | Many of those taking part in the poll also believed DIY stores still ‘ stack it high and sell it cheap ’ . |
| 14 | Laker took on the airlines ' cartel which held ticket prices high and broke it singlehanded . |
| 15 | Then lift the front foot high and hook it back into the opponent 's head . |
| 16 | But in reality this is precisely the approach that is most likely to set Europe aflame and leave it a burning ruin . |
| 17 | In the letter , Mr Lilley says : ‘ I propose a three-pronged course of action which would focus the benefit more closely on the long-term sick , make it less generous and make it taxable . ’ |
| 18 | His eyes went to her head and he snatched her hat free and flung it into the back of the car . |
| 19 | He pulled the drawer free and carried it outside for her , setting it on the desk . |
| 20 | She wriggled one hand free and stretched it out , searching . |
| 21 | The next morning Lorne filmed me cutting the model free and lashing it down again , facing forwards . |
| 22 | He pulled the small plastic box free and laid it on top of the crate , fumbling in his jacket pocket for something . |
| 23 | She stopped briefly , pulled her sash free and put it over her head , tucking her hair under it . |
| 24 | Bishop pulled the crystal that the Doctor had left in the simularity reader free and turned it over and over in his hands . |
| 25 | Scott reached slowly inside his jacket then pulled the Beretta free and handed it to Hitch , who gripped the automatic in his fist and checked that the magazine was full , slipping it from the butt . |
| 26 | The sentence trailed off as Hitch pulled the Beretta free and aimed it at the crewman . |
| 27 | I pulled it free and found it to be sand-frosted and pear-shaped , like the one Nicky had shown me . |
| 28 | Meredith pulled it free and opened it up . |
| 29 | The copper map had evidently been fastened to the concrete plinth through the medium of some nineteen-thirties metallurgical technology which is sadly lost to us today , because it ruggedly defied even the most enterprising attempts to prise it free and bear it off to the smelting pot . |
| 30 | He pulled the pistol free and shoved it against Hitch 's cheek . |