Example sentences of "[verb] it [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sally tried to talk to the boy 's mother , but she dismissed it all as harmless pranks . |
| 2 | Rather , the tradition includes and is aware of its primitive origins : this reminds the tradition of its vulnerability and need to look for higher guidance , while keeping it aware of crude root emotions which can not be avoided . |
| 3 | The UK supplier , Ambrit Ltd ( tel : 0442 866294 ) ships it complete with 12-page User 's Guide and Limited Unwarranty : ‘ We do offer a 90-minute warranty . |
| 4 | Having discovered which it is , say it up-to-time at normal speed . |
| 5 | He bore it all with bright spirits and was never anything less than an exemplary prisoner . |
| 6 | Harrington at once leapt into a slit trench in great haste , only to find it full of barbed wire which inflicted severe lacerations on him . |
| 7 | I 'm basing it all on past experience . |
| 8 | This hangar was all closed up apart from one door , so he drove in in the semi-dark and reversed rapidly into what he thought was an empty corner without checking it first for parked vehicles . |
| 9 | Organisers said the display was amusing but warned that some people might consider it unsuitable for young children . |
| 10 | These workers have designed primers to the organism , and found it present in extraintestinal tissue from unrelated cases of Whipple 's disease . |
| 11 | ‘ I knew all about calories , but I really enjoyed food and found it difficult to lost weight ! |
| 12 | For obvious reasons , many of the Dutch settlers in Cape Town found it expedient under English rule to become anglicized , although those who had moved inland maintained their national identity . |
| 13 | It is safe unless you have a horse that needs it soft like Soft Day , ’ Meade said . |
| 14 | See we 've done it all without decimal point on the calculator , and we never done . |
| 15 | The three judges each scored it 100–86 for Panamanian Duran who was stopped in the sixth round by Pat Lawler in his last fight in March , 1991 . |
| 16 | Once a Squig has been provoked from its lair the Night Goblins throw nets over it then bash it senseless with large clubs so it can be safely dragged away . |
| 17 | Ah , well , yes , Phyllis blames it all to Central Government . |
| 18 | He had worked so long on it and filled it full of malicious remarks at Gina 's expense . |
| 19 | The Labour government of 74–79 had made it compulsory for local education authorities to reorganise secondary schools along comprehensive lines in the 1976 Education Act , but one of the first acts of the Conservative government of 1979 was to repeal this . |
| 20 | But the loss of military independence , industrial capacity , employment and markets that such a policy would involve has always made it unacceptable to Western European governments and electorates , including our own . |
| 21 | The low level of the aircraft on entering the Harbour and its speed , would have made it impossible for heavy anti-aircraft guns to depress and traverse to follow the aircraft and even difficult for 30mm cannon such as Bofors , even when the aircraft climbed to sixty feet to drop its torpedo . |
| 22 | Handover of the building only took place a couple of days earlier so many hands had made it possible for Mass to be celebrated in a beautiful setting . |
| 23 | Etruria had been the world 's most up-to-date factory in the eighteenth century and mining subsidence and the encroachment of other industry had made it unsuitable for modern development . |
| 24 | In Vietnam the loss of a small intelligence network to the Japanese had made it essential for operational purposes that it should be replaced and it is at this point that Ho Chi Minh and the American OSS found each other . |
| 25 | Recent changes in legislation have made it easier for local authorities to promote traffic calming schemes and a significant programme for their provision has been approved by the Regional Council . |
| 26 | However , the fires of the Rising and exposure to the weather in the years immediately after contributed to the decay of the stonework of the facade in a way that has made it hazardous in recent years . |
| 27 | I have made it clear over recent months , and am happy to repeat today , that we are seeking an agreement at Maastricht that will be acceptable to the House and will enable Europe to move forward together . |
| 28 | In Egypt , the growing reliance on huge imports of cheap grain from the United States has made it uneconomical for local farmers to grow grain , and large tracts of land that once grew food for local consumption now grow strawberries , luxury vegetables and other cash crops for export ( see Steif , 1989 ) . |
| 29 | The failure of the DUP to endorse the illegality of working-class loyalists , which stems from a general reluctance to break the law and an evaluation of the present situation which argues that such extreme acts are not yet justified , should have made it unpopular with working-class loyalists and to an extent it has . |
| 30 | Health regulations are subject to change , and you should check with your own doctor prior to departure as to which inoculations the Department of Health consider it necessary for specific areas . |