Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [verb] it [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I w I was wondering myself did the watchmen make up the story or did it come ? |
| 2 | You also need to be inventive and prepared to look to untried and untested ways to earn money or to make it work for you . |
| 3 | Does it refer to territory already held by the Croatians or does it apply to old frontiers which are up for grabs ? |
| 4 | It also reduces the load on the tail-skid or wheel and makes it slip sideways more easily . |
| 5 | If she did n't know better she 'd have said he 'd sabotaged her jeep and made it rain this way , just so he could enjoy some amusement at her expense ! |
| 6 | Since there was no sign of a bell , Charles raised the enormous ring and let it fall . |
| 7 | Held against his heart , feeling the steady beat beneath her cheek , she closed her eyes and let it wash over her in soothing waves . |
| 8 | It was hard enough to stare at his photograph and make it come to life , but it was impossible to imagine the figure in the picture living in the sort of conditions which Normandin and others had described . |
| 9 | This is an attempt to loosen up your mind and let it accept alternative ideas . |
| 10 | After about five minutes you may need to change the blotters but , eventually , when it looks as if it is not going to curl , you can remove the weight and let it air dry . |
| 11 | Damp and stretch out your backing paper onto a drawing board , tape it round the edges with gummed tape and let it dry . |
| 12 | We shrugged our shoulders and let it go . |
| 13 | Most of his contemporaries would have shrugged their shoulders and let it remain as part of the natural order of things . |
| 14 | She came to the last button and , plucking up all her courage , slipped the dress off her shoulders and let it drop to the floor . |
| 15 | Alternatively when the display is switched off ( 2a ) the LC molecules are aligned with the light and let it pass . |
| 16 | I suppose you thought you 'd paint Paula in a bad light and make it seem as though she could n't be bothered to go . |
| 17 | ‘ He hath unpacked his carriage and made it run a mile or two up and down in River 's great room , making it carry the fire shovel , tongs and poker . |
| 18 | It did not so much reach a conclusion as slow down and dribble into silence , as though the players had got bored with the melody and let it slip through their fingers carelessly . |
| 19 | She tossed the blouse on to a chair , took the glass Culley was offering , sipped , set it down , then unzipped her skirt and let it drop . |
| 20 | Sucking the wool and making it damp enhances the lanolin odour , and this keeps the cats contented and fully absorbed in their sucking and chewing . |
| 21 | Christina could taste its salty tang and feel it settle stickily on her skin . |
| 22 | The funds made available through the Farm and Horticultural Development Scheme will be a sound national investment but does it make sense to embark on a programme with a possibility that perhaps after six years the land might be allocated to forestry ? |
| 23 | The Realpolitik of Berlin detached the definition of the new Germany from Germanism — it did not include all Germans nor did it exclude non-Germans . |
| 24 | Does ‘ the constitution ’ mean the make-up of the committee or does it mean the constitutionality of the committee ? |
| 25 | This state of affairs neither eliminates bureaucratic in-fighting nor does it rid the system of mid-ranking officials attached to interests and issues and skilled at maintaining their prerogatives . |
| 26 | He mounted it on his vehicle and made it work . |
| 27 | Ross unlocked the bar and let it swing down . |
| 28 | It was still raining , great drops spurted up whirlpools of dust , but the buildings cut off the sand and made it seem lighter . |
| 29 | Approaches that have tended to over-emphasise the cost aspects of RMI and to make it appear as a finance-driven system tend to alienate the service provider groups and often meet with resistance at clinician level . |
| 30 | It caught on the second try , and after a minute 's revving he switched off the ignition and let it die . |