Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] it [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why was it you only got it at places like fairs and the seaside ? |
| 2 | When the true meaning of the custom had been forgotten , and the maypole had become merely a part of the holiday festivities , people saw no reason for felling a new tree every year and began to leave one erected permanently , merely decking it with flowers and fresh greenery on Mayday . |
| 3 | I do n't want to stifle discussion , but had n't we better confine it to matters within the competence of this committee ? |
| 4 | They only want it for games do they ? |
| 5 | Celeriac has a rough , thick exterior , so cut it into pieces before peeling and drop into acidulated water to prevent browning . |
| 6 | The original American legislation was only for women , and they made in fact some very erm convoluted and not very satisfactory arguments about why they should only do it for women . |
| 7 | So we are going to give it a lot of coverage , and obviously put it in places like the information centre . |
| 8 | As with so many poisonous animals , the tarantula prefers to keep its venom for feeding time and only employs it against enemies as a last resort . |
| 9 | I decided it was a good idea to write things down rather than depending on the tape because erm I 'm not actually going to get round to transcribing the tape quickly enough to use it as minutes . |
| 10 | It did n't had n't got they did n't have four posts at this time , they hung the top part of the bed , literally hung it from cords wrapped round rafters . |
| 11 | And only letting it to friends and I suggest |
| 12 | Then it turns to the effect of the ‘ managerial revolution ’ ; that is , it says , to concentrate power in the hands of directors and to withdraw power from ineffective and acquiescent shareholders who only exercise it at times of crisis . |
| 13 | He determined to hide it away in his special tin and only use it on Sundays , and in secret , to keep his head free of the nits . |
| 14 | ‘ I much prefer it without subtitles . ’ |
| 15 | This not only hides it from predators but ensures that its soft body does not dry out . |
| 16 | They must drink because they are so dry yet cold water disagrees with their stomach so they only take it in sips . |
| 17 | ‘ He 'd just rather do it with men . |
| 18 | A special light-weight tripod was sent out from the UK ( and after much greasing of palms , finally made it through customs ) . |
| 19 | At the beginning of the play Angelo , the deputy judge who rules over Vienna in the Duke 's absence , is a man of severe habits , whose austerity suppresses desire in himself and would utterly eradicate it in others . |
| 20 | Many hospitals including those at Oxford , where some of the research took place , do not normally use it with patients who display no symptoms . |
| 21 | So they were just surrounding it in places . |
| 22 | Eventually this plan was abandoned in favour of a completely new church and , in Mr Dwyer 's own words : ‘ — while God was pouring out His Spirit and building His spiritual house , a spacious and attractive sanctuary was rising for the accommodation of worshippers who were soon to fill it with songs of praise . ’ |
| 23 | It 's really easy just to do it with Windows . |
| 24 | ‘ The national interest ’ was also a rebuff to congressmen , who could not afford to be critical of it , even when they already knew it as grounds to keep them in the dark . |
| 25 | Just smash the lock , what they do , what , what that cop told us , oh that looks nice Joyce , they just erm get her things , put it on wall like that and then they just start it with wires , but it , that 's what they trying to do with ours , but er they 've either , either been disturbed or erm they , they took theirs , Monday night in all that fog |
| 26 | This is one of the reasons for the reluctance of many ‘ serious ’ Roman Catholic composers to write for the new Liturgy , thus leaving it to others , especially those in the folk tradition . |
| 27 | She 's given up now , she just does it for friends now the you |
| 28 | Often sounding like there 's no one driving , Mark 's recipe for recording involves bringing the barest bones of a song into the studio , letting the musicians bend it , stretch it , squash it , cook it and generally rip it to shreds , before setting about trying to sort out the sparks from the farts . |
| 29 | Going over to the little cupboard above an old porcelain sink , she promptly emptied it of glasses , filled each one with water and pulled a tray out from underneath the sink . |
| 30 | Nobody 's ever done it with arblasts and trebuchets , let alone bows . ’ |