Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [verb] it [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | None of the subjects reported having expected a memory test and most reported finding it extremely difficult . |
| 2 | The slave will not work unless he is made , and therefore he does little ; he is no better , or little better , if he does his work well than if he does it ill , and therefore he rarely cares to do it very well . |
| 3 | It is worth recalling that even at the height of Britain 's imperial power we rarely tried to go it alone . |
| 4 | Much of the machinery is in working order and I was so fascinated to see it actually in operation that I was late getting back to the bus ; driver sitting with engine running , and the eyes of every accusing fellow passenger upon me . |
| 5 | No one was more eager for life , and none better equipped to live it fully . |
| 6 | I 'm only going to say it once . |
| 7 | Trouble is , I only remember to do it every-so-often , and find my ageing mind has forgotten the details . |
| 8 | We had a brilliant time and it 's a pity you only get to do it once : Maybe we 'll split up and reform under a different name — so we can have a crack at it next year . |
| 9 | It seems impossible that they could not have known where they were ; they can only have ignored it deliberately , and therefore perhaps for political reasons of their own . |
| 10 | Is the contractor entitled to be relieved of responsibility on the basis that if the variation was going to be made in any event at that time , to have been further advanced in the contract programme would only have made it more expensive for the client ? |
| 11 | ‘ I think we 'd better try to get it home , Mrs Lomax , ’ said Tina . |
| 12 | There has been a great improvement in the range of goods and cards , I 'm sure you 'll all have noticed it too . |
| 13 | In moving towards a satisfying identification of some entity , the mind of a speaker will naturally tend to describe it initially by matching its roughly perceived whole against those properties that are most common in use and perceptually basic . |
| 14 | Enemy artillery will probably be better than your own , so try to counter it early on . |
| 15 | But looking after the stock does n't only mean handling it carefully ; it also means planning stock levels , ordering goods and storing them . |
| 16 | Some teenage mothers get on fine at the usual antenatal classes , but others , like Sara and her friends , obviously do find it much more helpful to go somewhere with people in a similar situation so they can share experiences and gain a sense of friendship and solidarity . |
| 17 | The inside is a mess , even though he 's come to look on it as his only home and so tries to keep it straight . |
| 18 | The man below had heard it too . |
| 19 | Not if you only had to do it once . |
| 20 | With Ark , explains Mr Round , you only have to hold it once . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've never bothered to check the mpg , but I only have to fill it once every two weeks . ’ |
| 22 | But I I that way I only have to hear it once . |
| 23 | I laughed sometimes when he chased intruders from the garden , but I wished he had n't been aware of the little cat , although I think he only wanted to frighten it away , not kill it . |
| 24 | Try to coach the item in the correct order as it can confuse the class members if they suddenly have to put it together differently . |
| 25 | I 'm just phoning to make it quite clear that our discussion the other night is no longer relevant . |
| 26 | I just tried to make it really versatile . ’ |
| 27 | But if you just want to take it easy , the three-star camp site offers a swimming pool , a good restaurant and local folk dancing on a Saturday night . |
| 28 | that 's why I was asking them for , I just want to make it plain my Lord |
| 29 | He just seemed to find it so infuriatingly easy ! |
| 30 | It just says throw it away do not eat it , well what 's the object of it ? |