Example sentences of "[n mass] [verb] it [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seventy-nine per cent felt that Banking World was informative and 63% found it particularly interesting . |
| 2 | The Wedding Present were given a budget of £30,000 to record the LP with the promise of up to £20,000 to promote it afterwards . |
| 3 | Within minutes Hannah was alongside the aircraft examining it closely , and touching it with her fingertips , as if to make sure it was real . |
| 4 | Irenaeus puts it so splendidly : ‘ He became human that we might become divine . ’ |
| 5 | A reader 's survey of 1,769 people was encouraging : 46% rated Banking World as good , with 14% thinking it very good and 34% fairly good . |
| 6 | erm debt was something debt is a major cause of homelessness and I think it will be increasingly so , especially as folk find it very hard to either pay their rents or mortgages . |
| 7 | It is essential to locate the dpc to ensure it really is at least 6in ( 15cm ) above ground level and has not been submerged below paving , flower beds , piles of rubbish or suchlike . |
| 8 | I have been to the Benefits Agency in my constituency , where the manager and staff made it plain to me that if staff were concerned about their safety they would not wear a name badge — but most of them want to because they want to be able to be identified by the public , so that if someone rings up a week later he can identify the person to whom he spoke a week before . |
| 9 | So often , people make it so easy for the criminal — it 's a gift ! |
| 10 | Quality control had become terribly sophisticated during the er war time era When i a people realized it actually took longer to inspect a bullet than it did to manufacture it . |
| 11 | ‘ Our people made it pretty clear there were enough guns still floating loose from the war and getting into the wrong hands . |
| 12 | The office was established because court staff found it extremely time-consuming to assist litigants in person with processing a claim , and , in particular , with providing help with summonses . |
| 13 | ‘ When people say it that fast , it always means they were thinking about something in particular . ’ |
| 14 | If people want it enough , they can do it . ’ |
| 15 | The male People drew it tight , as fishermen must have done when they hauled in a catch in olden times . |
| 16 | " German newspaper producers already use between 50 and 60 per cent recycled paper in production , and they do not have the technical means to increase it overnight . |
| 17 | And the revolution in the structure of services and management meant elderly frail people found it increasingly difficult to assert their rights . |
| 18 | I think it 's quite remarkable er that Councillor can come along and blindly say , well we 've had a report back to housing committee , housing committee 's considered this matter and the vast majority of people found it fairly unacceptable but we 'll ignore that , we 'll ignore that , fine , well I s'pose if you want to ignore it that 's fine but I think w we do face here a a key issue and the issue of capital receipts , as you rightly say , is an important one . |
| 19 | I bet you would n't get many people wanting it though . |
| 20 | I think people give it away too much ; I do n't think they take the time to sit down and think about all aspects of being a creative person . |
| 21 | I think people give it away too much ; I do n't think they take the time to sit down and think about all aspects of being a creative person |
| 22 | What a lot of stuff they 've got down there , I ca n't understand why people threw it away |
| 23 | And did some people use it like er almost like in a like a money lending scheme then ? |
| 24 | And usually the people enjoy it too . |
| 25 | Tonight , not an easy word to spell I mean you might think it is but a lot of people spell it incorrectly . |
| 26 | they have people stowed it so they keep it |
| 27 | Erm , because th , I 've never had a group anywhere , not just at Tarmac , where people get it completely right first time . |
| 28 | So many people get it now . |
| 29 | That 's right , I mean the thing is you train people to do it properly |
| 30 | And it 's very difficult to get other people to do it like you want it . |