Example sentences of "[verb] it [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ten teams took part in the first race in 1975 , and they all enjoyed themselves so they thought they would do it again the following year . |
| 2 | Oh Gabriel , Gabriel , you 've got it completely the wrong way rou … ’ |
| 3 | Secure the drive with at least four screws and make sure that if you mount it horizontally the printed circuit board is at the bottom . |
| 4 | Ca n't tell you how long a journey it was back in the fog from Liverpool that day , and then when we were relegated back again to the third division it was on the last match of the season against Charlton , and the heavens opened and a big thunder storm and it just flooded the pitch and the referee just called the match off and they had to play it again the following Friday and Charlton ran out two-one winners and Walsall finished with nine fit men and still that 's the football I suppose . |
| 5 | Interestingly , they use the same term for aggression as the Buid , but give it precisely the opposite moral evaluation : ‘ A maisug person is combative and not deterred by physical danger and risk , one who has strong feelings and is not afraid to express them … |
| 6 | The blame for syphilis was invariably ascribed to foreigners , with the result that the English called it the French disease , the French called it the Italian disease , the Italians , unable to make up their minds , called it both the French disease and the Spanish disease , while the Spanish called it the disease of Hispaniola ( Haiti ) . |
| 7 | That what the inspector 's been telling us year after year , that we are in serious danger of not coming up to the protection safety standards , is something that we ca n't push into the background any longer and I 'm very glad it 's come to the full council so that the whole council can take it seriously the public protection committee has taken it seriously for a very long time . |
| 8 | As someone who has to ask occasionally for a care package for an individual , do I take it then the penultimate paragraph that this is the planning , you know , how you 're going to produce a care package for an individual , this is what you refer to in the planning system , and that you 're getting together with Social Services to get this care package together ? |
| 9 | In debating it today the Labour Conference should focus not on its tactical advantages but on the kind of political system it wishes to see . |
| 10 | In fact subjects generally found it relatively easy to understand the rating required and found no difficulty in using it thus the general conclusion from this study is that drivers do report fluctuating levels of subjective risk . |
| 11 | As Ford himself put it later the imperial presidency had been replaced by an , ‘ imperilled presidency ’ . |
| 12 | If the client can not afford it then the sensible way to proceed would be to continue to press the insurers to form a view on liability . |
| 13 | My left arm was dripping with blood , and when I tried to raise it only the top part moved , the rest hung limply by my side . |