Example sentences of "[verb] it [conj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A simple turn tightens the system — a turn in the opposite direction loosens it and firm pressure on the centre of the disc will release the foot completely . |
| 2 | Erm okay , do I need it or changed mind . |
| 3 | Third , though the agora certainly has a religious aspect — Kleisthenes probably purified it and banned burials there when he gave it new political importance — it also , and equally certainly , was a place where ordinary commerce was carried on , thus Demosthenes ( xviii.169 ) mentions the wicker booths set up for trading there . |
| 4 | John Rodwell , a specialist inspector from the Health and Safety Executive , said it appeared Mr Eaton had been using the burning torch to cut at the edge of the slot at one end of the pipe trying to open it and hot gases could have caused it to become dislodged and fall . |
| 5 | We will go ahead and do it and local people will own the problem and own the project and if they want to continue to have two separate administrations it would show in the budget and I do n't think Mr 's right . |
| 6 | You have to remember to unhook it when changing colour again or you will end up solving one problem and causing another . |
| 7 | He lifted it and red ants scurried and bustled , pulling and pushing their torpedo-shaped eggs to safety . |
| 8 | For example , if you have inserted a frame into your document when you select it and right click on the mouse you access the Modify Frame Layout dialog box . |
| 9 | And who would be more bitterly indignant if he risked it than young Harry himself , whose pride in his prince and jealousy of his rights had no match even among David 's own blood-kin ? |
| 10 | There , two reservoirs with a capacity of 4.6 million cu.m will store it when generating power is not needed . |
| 11 | He does n't like it when other people fail to live up to his own standards of professionalism . ’ |
| 12 | It helps with the flushing out of toxins from the body , cleansing it and restoring vitality . |
| 13 | Many scorned it but rapturous press reviews helped push the record up into the high altitudes of the independent chart . |
| 14 | The bigger UK companies , hardly enamoured with the charter themselves , might have the administrative capacity to handle it whereas independent operators did not . |
| 15 | Let's read the second part of this question cos it 's taken us er quite some time to do it but excellent question . |
| 16 | She was perfectly entitled to use it as working capital if that was the sum of money to which , taking into account her contribution and all other aspects of section 25 , she was entitled . |
| 17 | Mountbatten 's post-surrender tasks were first , to ensure that the Japanese were disarmed and repatriated ; second , to rescue the prisoners of war ; and third , to restore law and order and maintain it until civilian authority could be restored . |
| 18 | ‘ Now that the genie is out of the bottle , we have to face the fact that the monarchy as we have understood it since Victorian times is virtually over . |
| 19 | It was supposed to be a big secret when we heard it but Open Systems Today must have announced it internally by now — it 's killing off its stepchild , the Santa Cruz Magazine . |
| 20 | It was supposed to be a big secret when we heard it but Open Systems Today must have announced internally by now that it 's killing off its stepchild SCO Magazine . |
| 21 | Colourist Maria tinted it and added lowlights to give a natural-looking golden colour , which also had the effect of warming up her rather drained skin tone . |
| 22 | Yet if you can see it still protruding , you can retrieve it before serious harm is caused . |
| 23 | Benzoic acid doubled it and salicylic acid increased it five-fold . |
| 24 | A sheep had been eating it and poor Sir Thomas got the wrong one . ’ |
| 25 | Scientific rationality for the Frankfurt School involves the domination of experience by purporting to describe and explain it whereas critical theory engages in the dialectic between lived experience and the categories given to describe it . |
| 26 | Oh I hate it when white girl gets an |
| 27 | Now to put that into a phrase I found quite difficult to do er and but some people would n't question it but other people would say well what do you mean by that , what you know you plan for the future so that you can retire will be financially independent but it works and you your money work for you . |
| 28 | Do it when other people are around so that someone will see that you are upset and listen to you . |
| 29 | The courts do not appear to consider that legal representation is an absolute requirement of the rule although there is a readiness to imply it if procedural rules are silent . |
| 30 | I had intended to go to Downing Street , but then I thought I could n't bear it if old Chamberlain came out waving a bit of paper and smiling his death 's head smile , so I just lay down in the park instead . |