Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [art] [noun sg] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | I came here today to have a look but I did n't think it would affect me the way it has . |
| 2 | but I mean you send the package out and you get a phone call er it 's Mr Davies , and then you get card out and then you send him the questionnaire it 's merely a record duplicated on the form but |
| 3 | Erm it does n't give you a headache it helps to maybe cure a headache , and it 's just nice smelling and I think if you were just to even with your partners or with friends even just massage somebody 's hands or massage somebody 's feet if you do n't make them scream while you 're doing it . |
| 4 | He must seek the advice of the wisest money-brokers and buy a pension scheme if he be self-employed ; he must see to it that he does not over-extend himself on the mortgage front ; he must run a motor car that does n't drink petrol like tapwater and wo n't break him every time it needs a service from a franchised dealer ; above all , he must abstain from vicious pleasures — or if he needs must indulge , then he must do so only in moderation . |
| 5 | When he told her the truth it sounded like cruelty . |
| 6 | It might be a bit awkward when you start off but once you 've done it a bit it gets easier . |
| 7 | I told it the way it felt , not as it actually was . |
| 8 | ‘ They 'll bring it the way it is anyway . |
| 9 | Joining the Visa network would give it the leg-up it needs . |
| 10 | But it 's given you a spreadsheet it takes ages to load it |
| 11 | Give you a blooming it 's a blue something or other and this is the number . |
| 12 | Erm n I as I say I could n't see her the bed it was it was a duvet and . |
| 13 | I 've grown up liking it the way it is , with the English art constantly juxtaposed with that from other places . |
| 14 | We do n't like it the way it is . |
| 15 | Give it a flick it 'll go for a long way because there 's no , there 's very little friction on the ice and erm the second one is the , the awkward one . |
| 16 | A teaching profession with a better understanding and a wider knowledge of educational research would be more able to question those who indulge in ‘ jargon ’ and also have a solid base from which to put forward their views which , whether rightly or wrongly , still rely too heavily on intuitive feel for what is happening , and I feel confident that the STRN can help bring this about if Scottish teachers give it the support it deserves . |
| 17 | I do n't want to give you the impression it 's buoyant there , it is n't . |
| 18 | ‘ Listen , we like it the way it is . |
| 19 | And they told it without on-screen questioning , though the programme is skilfully structured to give it a coherence it might have lacked . |
| 20 | El Pais , Madrid 's leading newspaper , says that the Reina Sofía was born and has developed ‘ without a clear museographic plan , lacking in international credibility ’ and exploiting ‘ Guernica ’ to give it a prestige it would otherwise lack . |
| 21 | This award will , I trust , help dispel the old perception of Rentokil as merely a woodworm and pest control company , and to help to give it the recognition it deserves — for what it is today — a major multi-national company with a broad base of services of wide-ranging benefits ’ . |
| 22 | Afterwards , it can be tidied around with heavier and more direct pastel to give it the definition it would otherwise lack . |
| 23 | If you spell it the way it is pronounced you 'll |
| 24 | ‘ Just tell it the way it happened and try not to get sidetracked , ’ said Melissa , thinking that this could take a long time . |
| 25 | I sometimes wish I did n't think so much about what I do , and just pottered along doing it the way it 's always been done ( like the bloke in the next-door room does ! ) . |
| 26 | Many of these boil down to the simultaneous call to go back to doing it the way it was , to keep on doing it the way it is , and to move forward to doing it differently . |
| 27 | Many of these boil down to the simultaneous call to go back to doing it the way it was , to keep on doing it the way it is , and to move forward to doing it differently . |
| 28 | Despite this fact , the Principality itself is still reluctant fully to recognize the importance of the Polytechnic 's contribution to advanced vocational education and to accord it the status it merits . |
| 29 | It does n't bother me the way it did the first time . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've been an Overseas ’ Corporation Executive for the last ten years and I 've always been told that the reason the Corporation could n't pay me the salary it paid to Americans doing similar work was because my salary had to be related to British salary scales . ’ |