Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " 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 . |
| 2 | The most curious thing is that we actually esteem this sort of thinking and consider it clever instead of facile . |
| 3 | Ca n't we build on the word partnership and make it mean what you want . |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Pamela had joined the youth club and found it enjoyable . |
| 8 | She closed the door ; she was going to close it completely , but she changed her mind and left it open a few inches . |
| 9 | Sitting cross legged place a towel behind your neck and hold it taut at each end . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Jim reached into her mouth and prised it open enough to pull the tongue forward . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Iraqis traditionally offer guests a small glass of very hot tea and drink it three or four times a day themselves . |
| 15 | Piece of board and fix in the doorway and fix it open . |
| 16 | Thus , Worrall and Pease ( 1996 : 196 ) , examining the steep rise in prison numbers in 1985 , found that the most plausible , if speculative explanation was that ‘ a general penal climate in Great Britain has permeated sentencing practice and made it harsher ’ . |
| 17 | Many litigation firms also suffer from the transactional " nature of their practice and find it difficult to build institutional , long-term relationships with clients even where this is possible , particularly where the practice is dependent on referrals from agencies such as Citizens ' Advice Bureaux and law centres where staff changes make relationships difficult to build and maintain . |
| 18 | A 23-year-old woman poured paraffin over her 38-year-old lover and set it alight as he lay bound hand and foot , and blindfolded , ‘ wearing a pair of her open-crotch panties and nylon stockings ’ on a mattress in their living-room . |
| 19 | Do you want to borrow the car and return it later ? ’ |
| 20 | They tied him into the car and set it alight . |
| 21 | The fully-laden truck careered through traffic lights at a crossroads in St Austell , Cornwall , crushed her Vauxhall car and pushed it 100 feet , before virtually demolishing a butchery and crashing into a florist 's shop . |
| 22 | However , whatever form the ‘ standard ’ takes , you must realize that the lofted shape increases the sail effect and makes it prone to wind damage and greenstick fracture . |
| 23 | The change is the result of the 1989 Water Act which privatised the water industry and make it illegal for water companies to continue using ratable value as the basis for charging for water after March 2000 . |
| 24 | Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and spread it level on top using a flat-bladed knife . |
| 25 | One player says he 's only had his cycle this term and finds it very diifficult and he falls off a lot and hurts himself . |
| 26 | Encouragement and real results are the essential ingredients required to nurture adequate supplies of willpower and to keep it growing . |
| 27 | I picked up the chant and repeated it many times . |
| 28 | He conceived the idea of artificial daylight and gave it practical reality by filtering the light of an Argand oil lamp through blue glass . |
| 29 | Karen Rigby , regional director of MacIntyres said ‘ She wanted to come and see the project in action and keep it all very informal . ’ |
| 30 | When turning completely it is always preferable to turn by leaning the sail over the back of the board ( a tack ) since this will turn the board into wind and make it easier to return from where you set out . |