Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] it [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Its proximity to another , larger , Binns store in Middlesbrough only made it the obvious candidate for the axe .
2 He looks around for a moment , pleased as punch , then realizes that his fellow group members have all heard it a dozen times before .
3 They reckon the average French woman do n't change their knickers , they only change it every two days or something and all sorts they do n't shave .
4 But better make it a small one — If I 'm driving . ’
5 Well better make it a four then .
6 It is hoped to have another polo match here next year and perhaps make it an annual event .
7 We only make it a hundred miles or so before evening falls .
8 ‘ We 're going to hafta give a big coffee party for the auto buyer from Henderson and Company , so make it a nice one . ’
9 The lawful carrying of something like a car jack which is used to cause injury on the spur of the moment does not necessarily make it an offensive weapon ( R. v.
10 Picasso had abandoned the use of a consistent light source a year earlier only to reinstate it a few months later in the paintings done in Paris during the winter .
11 Most young people who try sniffing ( and remember , those who try sniffing are only a small minority ) will only do it a few times and stop without any help from adults .
12 He refused and Universal countered that they would merely give it a limited showing .
13 ‘ We 'd only had it a short time but it was very tame and friendly .
14 Now this P H test I 've only had it a few seconds and already look what it 's done to the paper .
15 It may be full of microbes and rotting vegetation , but these are natural and organic and only give it an attractive flavour .
16 While other newspapers were wrongly calling it a second honeymoon , TODAY revealed that virtually the only time the couple acknowledged each other was when Diana intercepted a phone call from Charles to Mrs Parker-Bowles and a screaming row erupted .
17 Normally I er put a banana and a strawberry together to give it a different taste .
18 Irishmen had long used it to denote ‘ complete ’ or ‘ permanent ’ , and Irish labourers brought it to Lancashire ; Turner did not invent the term , but merely gave it a new and more specialist application .
19 Erm before I sent , I only did it the other day , I regret to say any rate .
20 Still , and as they only do it every Good Friday it do n't .
21 Certainly ‘ Scarlet Ribbons ’ was one he used to sing to her ; here Sinead tremulously gives it an elegiac quality with tin whistle and uileann pipes and painful memories nearly overwhelm her halfway through .
22 This obviously gave it a competitive advantage .
23 erm , she made me bend my head and I could only bend it a little way and she could see the spasms
24 Although , ’ he added ruefully , ‘ I much prefer it the usual way . ’
25 He can be assured , if that is so , that even those who disagreed with his decision will work together to make it a great success .
26 This project aims to analyse the business and social composition of London at that crucial stage of its development , and so to make it a substantial contribution towards our understanding of the emergence of the modern British state and its economy .
27 Although it is always very tempting to think of taking on a dog from a rescue centre , so offering it a good home , this can prove problematic in the long term , unless you know the dog 's background .
28 Merely being together makes it a real treat .
29 She had just pressed it a second time when she heard a faint voice above the High Street traffic .
30 Take any components you want , design it however you want , just make it a real amplifier landmark like the bass amp is . ’
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