Example sentences of "[vb infin] it [adj] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | take something along there and they will value it free of charge providing you 've got a copy of the Express ! |
| 2 | I read everything I could find about France ( since France was my dream country , where I felt I 'd been meant to be born and grow up … ) and developed a particular passion for the French Revolution , reading all the Scarlet Pimpernel books , the story of the first Madame Tussaud , forced to model the guillotined heads , and everything that I could find that would bring it all to life . |
| 3 | See I 'm I 'm only allowed to take fifty pounds worth of rand into the country so I 've got ta do it all in travellers cheques . |
| 4 | Several companies offer this facility and some will even do it free of charge . |
| 5 | ‘ I have done it thousands of times before and will do it thousands of times again . ’ |
| 6 | He 'd repeat it all for Godolphin 's edification , especially the cross-questioning about the absentee 's whereabouts . |
| 7 | Moreover , failure on the part of an undertaking being investigated to produce relevant documents to the Commission can render it liable to fines on a daily basis . |
| 8 | I thought why spend it all on chocolate because usually I buy about six or seven quid 's worth of eggs , a mixture of eggs |
| 9 | Terrestrial amphibians respire through their skin and to do this must keep it moist with mucus . |
| 10 | The Gardeners ' Manual has been designed to pull out and collect , so you can always keep it close at hand with your other gardening reference books . |
| 11 | The Gardeners ' Manual has bee designed to pull out and collect , so you can always keep it close at hand with your other gardening reference books . |
| 12 | She took in the bloated rage of the Captain , the eager faces of the card players who were savouring every minute , the dry Insurance man with his cool uncaring manner , the old harridan who 'd set it all in motion . |
| 13 | If you have a disability which makes it difficult to use your slot meter , electricity companies will usually move it free of charge . |
| 14 | Cook it so as we can have it cold with salad or something . |
| 15 | And then — that I should hear it first from Nan-Nan . |
| 16 | you know plenty of other little girls that would want to look after him , and I said it 's no good relying on Vicky because she , the little sister , she 's nine , she was too young to do things by herself , you know , I said there 's no way you can let , leave it all to Vicky , so that if you do n't want him any more you must tell me and I said there 'll be no hard feelings but that 's it , cos he comes first at the end of the day , so she said oh I , oh I have been naughty have you been ? |
| 17 | This is a heady wine and has intoxicated palaeontologists since the days when they could blame it all on Noah 's flood . |
| 18 | Feminists ca n't blame it all on men — since time began , men have delighted in our wobbly bits , thank heaven . |
| 19 | I did n't think it appropriate in front of Sarah . ’ |
| 20 | The Home Office may think it necessary on security grounds to make regular changes , perhaps believing that it would be undesirable for the routines of governors to be known to the general public . |
| 21 | The Smoke Detectors Act 1991 has recently been added to the list of statutes which will make it compulsory for builders to fit a smoke detector ( or detectors ) in all new dwellings . |
| 22 | Conservative MP Peter Ainsworth has introduced a bill which would make it compulsory for farmers to notify the planning authority of any plans to destroy hedgerows . |
| 23 | The National Consumer Council ( NCC ) is pressing for legislation that would make it compulsory for home-sellers to reveal property faults and potential problems to buyers , and make estate agents liable for the accuracy of the details they publish . |
| 24 | Whether we can make it compulsory for cars to be fitted with such devices is a matter for the European Commission . |
| 25 | The German Environment Minister , Klaus Töpfer , has presented draft regulations which will make it compulsory for car manufacturers to take back their old cars for recycling or disposal . |
| 26 | Extension of electrification to Blackpool would make it economic for BR to restore the London — Blackpool Intercity link , withdrawn in 1992 because of the cost of changing traction at Preston . |
| 27 | The enforcement of the Food Safety Act ( 1990 ) will make it illegal for farmers to submit such animals for slaughter . |
| 28 | As well as setting up a register the Act will eventually make it illegal for people to handle food until they have taken a basic food hygiene certificate . |
| 29 | Design faults at the Susquehanna nuclear power station in Pennsylvania would make it impossible for operators to control a nuclear accident , according to engineers who worked on the plant 's construction . |
| 30 | Shortly after his appointment as Minister of Housing in October 1964 , he telephoned me on a Sunday morning to say that he was having great trouble with his civil servants because he wished to promote an anti-eviction Bill , which would make it impossible for people to be evicted from their premises without special precautions . |