Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [verb] it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we got outside , I was n't sure whether to shut the door on the latch or leave it ajar for the nurse . |
| 2 | None of the new features take away control from the user or make it harder or more complex to use , a strategy which some other vendors would do well to emulate . |
| 3 | There is none of that apparently aimless wandering in short stretches , punctuated by frequent bends , going halfway round the compass to reach the next hamlet or village , which characterises the byroads in country that has never been in open field or left it several centuries ago . |
| 4 | You work lightly so as not to draw in the knitting or make it lumpy and you could also undo lightly worked stitches more easily . |
| 5 | But Christianity is the only religion that makes it clear that only one god exists . |
| 6 | She flashed me a glance that made it clear there was some backbone in there , it was just the training that made her act like a dipstick . |
| 7 | It was what was within the bird the force that gave it such power , such vitality . ’ |
| 8 | I provided the calm , the cleanliness , the order and nourish-ment that made it possible for him to work . |
| 9 | I abhor the poetry voie that makes it special , churchy — — though ’ , Beth interrupts , ‘ you have to be true to the rhythm in a poem , that 's vital , the lifeblood of the thing … ‘ |
| 10 | When the sun rises they shine with a brilliant light that makes it impossible to keep one 's eyes fixed upon it . |
| 11 | It is certainly amongst the oldest of the European herbs , and it was its very pungency that made it popular with the palates of our tougher ancestors . |
| 12 | It is safe unless you have a horse that needs it soft like Soft Day , ’ Meade said . |
| 13 | different type of horse that makes it different for shodding |
| 14 | That makes It 's the carbon that makes it brittle . |
| 15 | There is , therefore , a longitudinal dimension to the condition that makes it difficult to arrive at hard and fast diagnostic rules . |
| 16 | " Besides all this Tristan learned to ride nimbly with shield and lance , to spur his mount skilfully on either flank , put it to the gallop with dash , wheel and give it free rein and urge it on with his knees , in strict accordance with the chivalric art . |
| 17 | The most curious thing is that we actually esteem this sort of thinking and consider it clever instead of facile . |
| 18 | Ca n't we build on the word partnership and make it mean what you want . |
| 19 | You 'll have to get your stuff down and , you know what one we 'll have to get , you know those big cases that she get 's from Ikea , and bring it all down and get one of those for your bedroom and keep it all in Started your homework yet Lee ? |
| 20 | The success is the extent to which they understand it , read it with optimum speed and find it interesting ’ ( E. Dale and J. S. Chall , quoted in Gilliland , 1972 , pp. 12–13 ) . |
| 21 | It should be noted , however , that if one million of the three million were back at work and not receiving unemployment and/or supplementary benefits from the Exchequer , it would put less strain on the public purse and make it easier to meet the social security benefits for the expected one million over-85-year-olds . |
| 22 | Pamela had joined the youth club and found it enjoyable . |
| 23 | She closed the door ; she was going to close it completely , but she changed her mind and left it open a few inches . |
| 24 | Sitting cross legged place a towel behind your neck and hold it taut at each end . |
| 25 | After all those years in Paris he found the bright sunshine and the sparkling translucence of the air disturbed his concentration and made it difficult for him to work . |
| 26 | If I feel that a particular patient is suffering from extreme tension and finds it difficult to relax , then I may suggest that , during the two weeks following the regression session , he simply practises a basic relaxation exercise for a few minutes a day . |
| 27 | Jim reached into her mouth and prised it open enough to pull the tongue forward . |
| 28 | Er anyway the that was the cook 's job and that was my job , I used to sort of go across and fetch this tea and have it ready by the time the men gave up work at nine o'clock . |
| 29 | Iraqis traditionally offer guests a small glass of very hot tea and drink it three or four times a day themselves . |
| 30 | Piece of board and fix in the doorway and fix it open . |