Example sentences of "[to-vb] on it [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mental strain of trying to concentrate on it with small children is considerable , and so is the physical strain of getting it all home . |
| 2 | Wiping the board clean , she began to write on it in bold letters something that would be comprehensible only to herself and Miss Harker : PLEASE HELP ME |
| 3 | I am so pleased with the Elna ; I began making my bedroom curtains some time ago , but had to steel myself and put them away , as the ‘ British Biographies ’ book was exerting great pressure to keep to its schedule and I had to work on it in much of my spare time . |
| 4 | Although I do not wish to dwell on it at this stage I feel I should say something regarding my understanding of Christianity . |
| 5 | But it was one thing to tell myself that and another to act on it with any conviction . |