Example sentences of "[verb] it [verb] [adj] to " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I expect it sounds silly to you . ’ |
| 2 | Say it rotates left to right about the vertical axis , as a line segment reaches the right extreme , it is removed . |
| 3 | This stage of training an owl is much more difficult than doing the same stage with a falcon , because with a falcon you just stick a hood over its head and let it get used to all the different noises . |
| 4 | " You mean — is it Dom João ? " she asked , and when he confirmed it added half to herself , " So he is — quite important . " |
| 5 | I know it sounds crazy to you , but that 's the convention . |
| 6 | I suppose it seems wrong to be so afraid . |
| 7 | A step-by-step approach is required : first to entice the dog into the car , then allow it to become used to resting here without being driven off . |
| 8 | He undid the buttons of his shirt and shrugged it from his shoulders , letting it fall unheeded to the floor . |
| 9 | As the days passed it became clear to Ned 's family that he was drifting away from them and his strange affair with the stone was fast turning into a deep and meaningful relationship ! |
| 10 | Alternatively the higher mobility of the shift produced by this protein ( Figure 2b ) suggests that it may be smaller in size than Oct-1 allowing it to bind adjacent to bound NF1 and activate gene expression synergistically . |
| 11 | So , although the events leading up to the Civil War made it seem desirable to Hobbes to write De Cive before the completion of De Homine , his finding this possible was not inconsistent with his conception of a three-part ordered system of Elements of Philosophy . |
| 12 | Millwall on the other hand made it look all to easy … their sub Verveeay was a yard too quick for the Oxford defence … and his shot was spot on … |
| 13 | The company is claiming it offers five to six times the performance of a 66MHz 486DX , and is fully PC-compatible , meaning you can run your shareware utilities on it . |
| 14 | Nor did it seem apparent to all that the war fought at sea , the damage which might be inflicted upon enemy vessels and morale , and the consequences which victory at sea could have for those who lived in areas close to coasts , were all part of a wider war which could not be restricted to the fighting on land . |
| 15 | Only in retrospect , after our detailed research , did it become clear to anyone what had transpired in GPs ' surgeries throughout Wirral in 1982–4 . |
| 16 | Today , for example , I think it means next to nothing to simply state that blacks are working class when we are likely to be unemployed and may not recognize our experience and history in those areas of political life where an appeal to class is most prominent . |
| 17 | You just think it looks good to be seen with books that nobody can pronounce the name of . |
| 18 | For years he had preached it , he had believed it intellectually , but never had it become personal to him . |
| 19 | Therefore , a special change point had to be designed , incorporating a point blade in the conduit , which by the operation of a lever , could either deflect a plough onto the change point or permit it to pass unhindered to the old terminus . |
| 20 | Many women are unable to get beyond this sequence , finding It so graphic that the act of watching it becomes close to an act of violation in itself . |
| 21 | I said it 's no good asking my opinion I said it looks alright to me . |
| 22 | The central question , however , is : what does it feel like to be a humanities student ? |
| 23 | ‘ Mildred , ’ said Miss Hardbroom heavily , ‘ does it seem likely to you that I would be standing here in the middle of a raging inferno , casually rounding up all you girls ? ’ |
| 24 | Carl , at No. 38 with Does It Feel Good To You , only realised he was being spied on by the law when police pulled him up in his car . |
| 25 | is that a four to eight , O drive as well , does it say four to eight games ? |
| 26 | ‘ Well for one thing , does it sound likely to you that he 'd make up something so complicated ? ’ |
| 27 | A student of mine in a Spenser class which read A Present View suggested it seemed peculiar to be reading a piece by an author commonly hailed as one of the great writers of the English Renaissance putting forward views which makes him a type of war criminal within a twentieth-century perspective . |
| 28 | Sometimes you would find it wedged next to ‘ Witchcraft in Stuart Wimbledon ’ and , later , it would appear in the middle of ‘ The Impact of the Black Death on South West London ’ . |