Example sentences of "[adv] it [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | When he was jilted after five years together it had a devastating effect . |
2 | Well it 's not the grate , it 's the I think when we 've cemented it together it wants a bigger fireplace for that |
3 | Apparently it goes a long way . |
4 | Naturally it prefers a muddy tank bottom . |
5 | I 'm Emma with her silly little clever-clever theories of love and marriage , and love is something that comes in different clothes , with a different way and different face , and perhaps it takes a long time for you to accept it , to be able to call it love . |
6 | The zeal does not always survive the pedestrian management structures of local government , and perhaps it takes a more than ordinary enthusiasm to persist after the efforts of economizing councillors under pressure to do something about the rates . |
7 | I 'm not sure perhaps it has a thin catheter or wire I do n't know wire I 'm not sure . |
8 | " Well , " Graham said slowly , deciding he had better say something nice , " it 's good , but perhaps it needs a little work . " |
9 | For country to break out and realign the industry as some in Nashville think it can , perhaps it needs a vital new ingredient . |
10 | Only it seems a long way to go ! |
11 | I do speak German , only it needs a major overhaul to set it right . ’ |
12 | And so it took a great deal of time erm , in the nineteen thirties , for farmers to cease production . |
13 | So it takes a long time think more egalitarian . |
14 | So it received a full pharmacological and toxicological examination . |
15 | I think David had one or two of the songs off ‘ Ziggy Stardust ’ way before and so it became a natural progression to do that . |
16 | So it became a twice-yearly event by necessity , rather than design . |
17 | It ignores the real history of the press in Britain and so it paints a naïve picture of a conservative and debased medium which offers little real choice . |
18 | So it makes a refreshing change to able to write about something nice . |
19 | Erm so it makes a common basis of communication . |
20 | so it makes a lovely little toy . |
21 | Soon he was joined by other Europeans and henceforth it became a common sight to see one or other of the ladies or gentlemen of the " confident " party slapping away at the trough where once the dhobi had slapped ( for on the day after the Collector 's appearance the dhobi had vanished from the enclave , either because he considered it too dangerous to remain any longer now that the commander of the garrison had assumed the caste of dhobi or , more likely , because he resented the competition ) . |
22 | At the moment it is closed but normally it displays a rich collection of textiles . |
23 | Thus it ensures a continuous process of review covering all permissions . |
24 | Too easily it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy : ‘ We ca n't expect the majority of students to do very well — so do n't blame us for the failures . ’ |
25 | Elsewhere it proved a negative variable , even in areas with a sizeable Jewish presence such as Leeds or Manchester . |
26 | This discovery gave fresh impetus to research aimed at developing new drugs which , like aspirin , would relieve pain and control inflammation , and also it provided a new basis for testing candidate compounds . |
27 | Germany now had its separate peace with Russia , and three weeks later it launched a new Western offensive . |
28 | Clearly it involves a mass narcissism which is supported by the social structures within which they work and play . |
29 | Well clearly it serves a different function from the from the A fifty nine erm in terms of er its role , then er it is a different role , I would accept that in that there are other parallel routes er more closely at hand , clearly the A one which is to be improved to motorway standard . |
30 | Inevitably it takes a great deal of time to go into these cases . |