Example sentences of "[adv prt] [adv] [conj] it [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first sight it is a pretty enough spectacle to see a matchbox made ; one motion of the hands bends into shape the notched frame of the case , another surrounds it with the ready-pasted strip of painted wrapper , which , by long practice is fitted instinctively without a wrinkle , then the sandpaper or phosphorous paper , pasted ready beforehand , is applied and pressed on so that it sticks fast . |
| 2 | Although he has not been able to cure it , he has found it possible to slow the disease down so that it stabilises , banishing the symptoms to allow the fish to grow and feed . |
| 3 | If no sand filter is installed , then for pump-fed filters it should be plumbed in so that it intercepts water before it enters the chamber(s) . |
| 4 | I usually follow fashion very slowly and creep in just as it starts to look dated , but then I think that 's the way I should do it . |
| 5 | and so you could pull it in just until it stops flapping and then you 'd be able to sail away and we 'd never see you again . |
| 6 | Draw in slightly so it fits snugly on your finger . |
| 7 | The job analysts are in the position of actually making sure that a job description is filled in correctly before it goes to the jury on which Phil sits . |
| 8 | No you 're looking at the wrong one , this eight down here where it says eight and then there 's an O and a Z , that 's eight ounces which is about two and something grams , we 're not worried about grams today , in ounces , oh , think that will be enough ? |
| 9 | But , I 'll do the order and then you can get all the stuff down there and it 's finished with . |
| 10 | There are soft , flat miaows to be let out of the house and pitiful , drawn-out miaows to be let in again when it starts raining . |
| 11 | For example , Uranus , which is much more massive than the Earth , seems to have been tipped over so that it lies on its side . |
| 12 | Drop front bed and turn garment over so that it hangs , wrong side facing you , over the front bed . |
| 13 | The classes are on Tuesday evenings from 7.15 to 9.15 pm , a two-hour session which seems to be over almost before it has started , such is the enjoyment . |
| 14 | I have followed it through closely because it shows the kind of diplomacy which , though no comparable evidence survives , has to be assumed for subsequent relations between Charles and his brothers ( and later his nephews ) throughout his reign . |
| 15 | Well no I did it last week and one of the references I could n't remember the name of the woman , so I just put Mrs blank and I just left it so I thought I 'd do it again cos there were a couple of bits I did wrong and a bit dodgy , so I though save me writing it I 'll just do it all over again but it looks like I 'm not gon na be able to now because we 've brought out here for a piddling stupid fire drill ! |
| 16 | You know yeah may be may be and it is difficult situations do it but I think some of the problem comes in that it 's very difficult for us to stick with the point and hear ourselves say the same thing over and over again because it does n't feel right how many how many of you did n't feel right doing doing what you were doing ? |
| 17 | Most of them do all they can for the elderly with their limited resources , but if your parent is badly in need of a telephone and there is no way of your managing to install it for her , you should bring every possible pressure to bear to produce some speedy action on his or her behalf ; for sudden illness , and the need for medical attention , does not wait for lengthy negotiations and committee work to rumble on indefinitely before it puts in an appearance.With very few exceptions , blaming individual social workers for delay in providing any particular service is usually an unfair and useless exercise , for they are only part of a large organisation and if things go wrong an approach to the local Director of Social Services is the best course of action . |
| 18 | The film itself should not be written off just because it uses unsophisticated material . |
| 19 | ‘ You 'd better set off now before it gets dark , ’ he told the driver . |
| 20 | Third World elites , as a rule , get off lightly when it comes to paying tax — certainly in comparison with their counterparts in the developed world . |
| 21 | The tremolo would probably need setting up properly because it feels stiff and uneven in use . |
| 22 | The problem in part is ( or ought to be ) one of generalising successful practice , shaping it up so that it encompasses the whole school and motivates all the teachers , not just those who are keen , or authoritatively skilled , in transacting bits and pieces . |
| 23 | and what we actually do when we 're standing up so that it becomes more effective yeah ? |
| 24 | Yeah , but you 're not pointing the pen down , hold the pen up so that it makes the line |
| 25 | This makes the hollow stem go rubbery for a few seconds , but then it just stiffens up straight as it cools . |
| 26 | JustText can read text files from any word processor , it even tidies them up slightly as it does it , and there is a utility to read MacWrite files but within limits . |
| 27 | When you get angry you pump all sorts of different chemicals around your body and they do n't do your body any good that 's for sure , you know you get the adrenalin that starts making everything well making the blood move faster heart beat faster you get other chemicals ready and if those chemicals are n't used properly or if something does n't happen and it uses those particular chemicals and they 're left inside the body then that causes eventually physical illness in some sort of physical wearing of some sort or another , so gradually just the opposite of this where you 're you 're not internalising your throwing it out , but there 's a hell of a lot in there that 's been stored up there and bottled up there before it throws out , and when you do tend to be aggressive it 's not because you 're being aggressive on purpose it 's because it 's just something that just happens and wells up when you get to a particular point and whoosh out it comes . |
| 28 | Just turn right up there and it takes you up to the bottom of the M10 . |
| 29 | We 've got that up there and it tells you cos he 's in trouble . |
| 30 | First the spiral opens out as it does in a shell , but then closes up again as it approaches the other pole of the cell . |