Example sentences of "[vb base] it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Our relationship is n't your secret , it 's our secret , and I want it kept secret , ’ Adam murmured , his voice smooth but determined . |
| 32 | I want it looking special in there . |
| 33 | Britain , France and West Germany have argued for a joint world turnover threshold of £3.5bn , while the majority want it set lower at £1.4bn . |
| 34 | The times I have heard : ‘ We want it to look nice , mind you , but not take a lot of time . |
| 35 | If you do a lot of entertaining and want it to look spectacular at night , then mirror tiles will gleam and sparkle and reflect candle-light beautifully . |
| 36 | And I want it to stay that way . |
| 37 | In it those who want it have some paid employment , probably on a part-time , possibly job-sharing basis , and not for an entire lifetime . |
| 38 | The society claims , however , that recent votes show it has 3-1 support in the House of Lords and more in the Commons . |
| 39 | These results show it has little discriminatory value . |
| 40 | Suffice it to say many important graphics and sound algorithms can take advantage of the design . |
| 41 | Suffice it to say that Labour 's internal opinion-polling , now being carried out by NOP , is being ‘ front-loaded ’ to give more information through this spring . |
| 42 | Suffice it to say that , in the absence of a sufficiently ‘ mature ’ , well-educated civil society in Siberia , Speranskii sought to design a structure of bureaucratic agencies and offices in which power was vested in institutions rather than personalities , which took full cognizance of individual regions ' peculiar human and material needs and circumstances ( both Russian and native ) , and which laid down proper codes of administrative procedures , legal practices and economic policies . |
| 43 | Suffice it to say that , after referring to the ‘ extraordinary , and perhaps unique , jurisdiction of the Visitors to the Inns of Court , ’ he found that the judges possessed a residual jurisdiction by which , in an exceptional case , they might remit a matter to an Inn and direct it to reconsider , with the Inns ' Council and the Bar Council , what ought to be the criteria by which they should judge the question before it determined the application afresh . |
| 44 | By 1911 , when Italy 's newly launched first Dreadnought battleship was significantly named the Dante Alighieri , it claimed 50,000 members ; but although it enjoyed considerable official support it had little influence on government policy . |
| 45 | Well stop it doing that . |
| 46 | " If the lad takes her then he must take her for passion and hope it stays hot : " |
| 47 | I hope it stays that way . |
| 48 | Well , I do n't care , thought Lydia ; I hope it stays fine for you . |
| 49 | I hope it keeps fine for them . ’ |
| 50 | ‘ I hope it tastes good . ’ |
| 51 | ‘ We hope it goes big , ’ said Photoplay of Street Scene , for ‘ big money on this would encourage more really excellent pictures ’ . |
| 52 | I hope it got better . ’ |
| 53 | Oh , I hope it lifts this fog today and we have a bit of sun . |
| 54 | ‘ I hope it gives other kids like me a chance — they deserve it . ’ |
| 55 | I hope my movie is better than that : I certainly hope it makes more money . |
| 56 | Sapped of all energy , Belinda fell listlessly through the door , let it drift shut behind her and slumped on the bed , utterly confused about what had just happened . |
| 57 | Let it stay that way . ’ |
| 58 | ‘ I let it go cheap . |
| 59 | I said , but other people let it go wrong and they got away with it . |
| 60 | Weaver had a Council flat , but let it go three months back . |