Example sentences of "[vb base] it [vb -s] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They say it delivers the kind of ride and first rate handling normally associated with larger cars .
2 They say it makes the experience less painful for them and less traumatic for the baby .
3 The police say it trivialises the rave drugs scene and should n't be on sale .
4 Dressed up or down it fits the fill for every occasion and will be one of the easiest things you have ever made — try it in linen , washed silk or a floral print
5 You hope it takes the pain out of it to talk about it , but it does n't .
6 The idea is to buy a stick , then drop it ; not throw it mind , but drop it on one side of the bridge and hope it beats the others past the finishing line .
7 Personally , I consider it echoes the atmosphere of the place . ’
8 He says our feeling is very much that that 's the right idea , beacuse it enables the place to be used for quiet enjoyment at a time of the week when most people are free .
9 Of course yes I know it encourages the pigeons and they make a mess but anything to beautify the inner city .
10 I know it says the car park 's full but I 'm going to try it .
11 you know it does the things you need to do .
12 How you do that , if you put a diversion on , of course we know it overwrites the call forwarding , how do you know you 've got the right diversion to the right extension ?
13 And , when I read it in the paper cos it , you know it has the details of the sale of new on the back
14 For all I know it stops the universe , or ends Time , or anything . ’
15 These I 've boiled again to , you know it brings the head down , and I think it does make th the flowers last longer .
16 Suppose it lowers the prices it is prepared to pay ; this will mean a capital loss to the discount house if it has just given a bank a price consistent with current yields .
17 Still , I suppose it keeps the brain cells ticking over .
18 So um it 's much I suppose it makes the world a slightly safer place if you can say it was to do with something that you did because it brings the world slightly back under your control , maybe .
19 On the contrary , we believe it offers the prospect of evolving a new and useful relationship ’ .
20 I find it rubs the point home .
21 On stage , using radio systems , I find it closes the sound down a lot , which I do n't like .
22 You can do what I always do , which is I just sort of casually throw mine away , erm , because I just find it clutters the binder up otherwise .
23 However , as a nuclear weapon state it has the right to withdraw any nuclear materials from safe guards ‘ for national security reasons ’ .
24 I feel it keeps the brain ticking over .
25 Supporters of this option claim it reinstates the spectacle of demo-cracy , while critics content themselves with pointing out that it is currently used in Iceland , Bosnia , and parts of Turkey .
26 I bet it keeps the filing easy . ’
27 ‘ I bet it moves the books around just to torment me but I 'll get it , do n't you worry .
28 By " doing " things I mean it alters the state of the world ; this is more or less what Engels had in mind with his references to production and reproduction .
29 And , I mean , reluctantly we have to accept that this is not an ideal world , but I mean , just now , we were actually looking at the number of food hygiene inspections that have been done over the last few months , which have increased enormously , it just means , I mean it emphasises the fact that food has changed , food , and the number of places that are actually serving food now I mean , the corner shop does sandwiches .
30 It is certainly easy to prepare , but I always think it lacks the flavour of some other types of rice .
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