Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] it [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 David heard about that , went along to see it one day , and that 's how the partnership with Lindsay started . ’
2 And they will actually keep your deeds , erm work out if it is cheap enough to do it that way .
3 The only thing I could do I mean at the same time I 'm saying O K I 'll go in to do it this way , would be to actually say , sod this for a lark , instead of doing erm totally private thing , gon na set up a private limited company to issue cheques .
4 So to put it another way you could say in a typical year we would receive about twenty thousand complaints and enquiries about shopping .
5 He lacked a driving force , though Constance was not sophisticated enough to put it that way .
6 ‘ The conventional way would be to see this movie as the rise and fall of a rock star ; I have chosen not to see it that way .
7 I chose not to buy it that day , so I was interested to see whether a longer look at it would change those initial impressions .
8 I 've got some candles just to give it some height .
9 Although they receive notification from education of the intention to assess a child , they are uncertain of their role , and so , with other pressing priorities , they tend not to give it high priority .
10 ‘ It suited me not to deny it last night , ’ Ruth blurted and stared beyond him to a young palm swaying gently in the breeze .
11 And try not to drop it this time , please .
12 Could I point out to members that we did have er written replies to try and speed up the question process , could I ask members both in asking the question and especially in answering , not to make it another speech occasion because otherwise it destroys the whole purpose of having the written replies .
13 These were wise words from a wise old bird , but Matilda was too steamed up to see it that way .
14 That 's when it jumped up cos the owner came out to give it some grub .
15 Some then leaned on the rope , hauling the boar through the water , while others stayed behind to guide it round rocks and counteract the drag of the current .
16 BRITISH featherweight champion Sean Murphy is out to make it third time lucky when he challenges for the WBO world title next month .
17 For this reason , he invited the previous speaker who had first referred to the lack of education of the people of the area to spend a day or two in the area sometime to experience it first hand .
18 So if you can try and explain to Sarah what you 're doing , she 'll know how to do it next time .
19 In this leaflet we want to explain the low risks that lesbians face from HIV and how to keep it that way by practising safer sex and safer drug use .
20 All concerned believe Gloucestershire has a good race relations record … the question mark hangs over how to keep it that way .
21 You know , perhaps if you straightened up on the side , or made it a bit more symmetrical , so that I know how to improve it next time .
22 The notion of converting the Dak to turbo-power has come about not primarily to give it better performance , better uplift , greater range — although all of these assets , and more , are by-products of the transformation — but to allow the aircraft to survive in a world where Avgas — fuel for piston engines — is becoming increasingly rare and Avtur — aviation turbine fuel — is the dominant motion lotion .
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