Example sentences of "it [verb] [pers pn] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | So shall we change it make it a hundred miles an hour . |
2 | That is what will keep us head and shoulders above any of our competitors even if they do wave a BS5750 certificate around as though it guarantees them a divine right to business success . |
3 | Whatever , it got him a long , heartfelt , high-pitched ‘ Wooooooooooooooo ’ from about 20,000 people who 'd got little else to wooo about . |
4 | And it concerned him an awful lot and it it it irritated him and frustrated him and I think he set his sights on trying to do something about it in his his way . |
5 | Alright did that make it make it a little bit better ? |
6 | Now I understand that top level sailors welcome the one-design nature of the Grand Prix , not only because it is potentially inexpensive , but because it offers them an even platform from which to display their skills . |
7 | Firstly , I believe , it offers us an interesting way of interpreting images of seclusion and withdrawal . |
8 | And so that , it made me a tougher than I should have been . |
9 | As Gloucester 's power grew , it made him a better lord for the affinity as a whole . |
10 | As Gloucester 's power grew , it made him a better lord for the affinity as a whole . |
11 | After a full day of sightseeing , it made it a pleasant change not to see the ground . |
12 | It made it a cosy scene , an effect enhanced by the glow of several candles placed in tall sconces against the wall . |
13 | they were half price , erm , it cost them a hundred and twenty nine quid I think |
14 | well it cost them a hundred thousand to do it , but , I mean he 's never been able to afford the |
15 | ‘ No I bloody ent , ’ Yanto laughed , ‘ it cost me a hundred and fifty , and my next salmon . |
16 | It cost me a two-stroke penalty and £3,500 . |
17 | A new constraint came into his tone when he spoke of ‘ them ’ ; it cost him a giant effort now , as well as a convulsion of remembering pain , to look back towards Aber . |
18 | So I would have thought would be better to buy low sulphur contented diesel rather than analyse it , and in c thirteen , it worries me a little bit , because I believe that the district councils are the drainage authorities with the right about land drainage , and it was taken away from the county council several years ago . |
19 | Maybe it caused you a few problems , but you might be about to get your reward in heaven . |
20 | Glassfibre aggregate must be as hard-wearing as anything used now , and would n't it give you a warm glow to know that your old Saucy Sal was helping you speed to your new shining craft down the newly laid section of the motorway ? |
21 | Some organisations find that supporting libel actions on behalf of their members is politically convenient because it assures them a better or more polite press : the Police Federation is one example . |
22 | Based on average portions , it shows you a whole range of foods , from those which are enormously helpful to those which are virtually useless in boosting the fibre content of your diet . |
23 | He 's declaring that he 's using a taxi and it costs him a hundred and sixty pound a month , every day back and forwards to work , well everyone knows that 's a lie cos she takes him to work |
24 | and it costs us a bloody bomb ! |
25 | Two , our institute has its own hall and as this is now about seventy years old and was not particularly well built in the first place , you will understand that it costs us a good deal in money and effort to literally keep the roof over our heads . |
26 | Even if it costs us a few hundred quid , it 's been worth it . |
27 | The maverick maestro , who prefers life in scruffy clothes , was lent the gold-trimmed gown by Bath University when it awarded him an honorary degree for musical ability in June last year . |
28 | I am so angry it takes me a long time to find the words . |
29 | got a lot of cards and it takes me a long time to do it |
30 | It takes me a little time to get calm again . |