Example sentences of "it [vb -s] i [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She is too afraid of her reaction : ‘ To this day , it drives me crazy listening to her various hypotheses , the way religion and superstition all merge with her own beliefs .
2 Why does it cost me ten pounds fifty return from Darlington but if I take a single to Darlin to Darlington from York it costs me ten quid .
3 It takes me two hours to write a song .
4 Erm If I 've got sixty miles to do , and I do it at erm do it at sixty miles an hour , it takes me one hour .
5 I mean , when I get up in the morning , it takes me four hours before I come to , you 're always so jolly .
6 It takes me many minutes to sort it out , as each released dog shows marked enthusiasm for getting tangled up again .
7 ‘ If it takes me seven centuries , I shall do it . ’
8 This hardly tallies with the sentiments expressed in a letter in the possession of the College in which Coleman , writing on 24 February 1813 , gracefully declined an invitation to become President of the London Veterinary Society : ‘ Gentlemen , I received your letter , and it gives me great pleasure to see so much zeal for the improvement of the veterinary art in Gentlemen , whom any & every Teacher might well be proud to call his Pupils — I shall most willingly grant the use of the College Theatre for the examination and discussion of such points as may be considered by you most important for the advancement of the Veterinary Science … you rightly observe that a number of minds concentrated on one object can not fail to improve any art far beyond the reach of any individual and I have no doubt that the Public will ultimately derive great benefits from your united exertions .
9 And it gives me great pleasure to personally invite you and your guest , to spend a luxurious weekend on the Craigendarroch Country Estate , just a few miles from Balmoral in the heart of Royal Deeside .
10 " It gives me great pleasure , Madame Sherman , to welcome you and your son to the imperial court of Annam , " he said politely .
11 It gives me great pleasure to wish AEA Technology and their new journal Competitive Edge every success in their efforts to assist the technology transfer process .
12 Congress , it gives me great pleasure to declare congress open .
13 Thank you very much , er , conference , and indeed it gives me great pleasure to address you this morning .
14 It gives me great pleasure to commend to the House the fourth report by the Select Committee on Social Security .
15 And now let us proceed with the next business of the day , it gives me great pleasure your Royal Highness to er invite you to present several Save The Children awards this morning .
16 It gives me great pleasure because people are extremely kind and extremely generous .
17 But it gives me great pleasure to introduce Mark Lennox Boyd , the parliamentary under secretary of state , the foreign and commonwealth office , a position he 's held for some time .
18 Then it gives me great pleasure now to erm I always knew that John al , has had something different from the rest of us you know he has that kind of air does n't he , that that status in the pulpit which you know , ?
19 It gives me great pleasure to announce that that would mean Cherwell District Council would have to disappear as well , and that would be another blip off the horizon erm but that what would happen you would therefore have a smaller authority , who would then become the Education Authority , and that would be would have to be , I think , somewhere in between the current District Council size in Cherwell or the Vale , of what about a hundred thousand , and the present county , which is rather more than half a million .
20 It gives me great satisfaction but we are not shouting about being second for what might be a few hours . ’
21 It gives me little pleasure to agree with him , but I do so .
22 A lot of these breeds come from Britain ; they are mostly British , and when you think of seeing the mull , as we do around the countryside , coming back to their proper standard , it gives me considerable pleasure .
23 It gives me special pleasure to be present at the wedding of my good friends Annabelle and Steven , because I introduced them at the Dashing Disco/Royal Hotel/Country Club and because I have known both of them for many years at school/the tennis club .
24 It gives me some satisfaction to learn that 12 years later British Airways , privatised , efficient , and highly profitable , has become the biggest international airline in the world , while Lufthansa , struggling with high costs , has seen its reputation slip .
25 It gives me some satisfaction that those who laughed at me and poked fun at me now have evidence in front of their very eyes .
26 can I say that it gives me particular pleasure to introduce Steven not least , because Steven Hughes is one of our colleagues in parliament who does a fantastic job for the trade union movement .
27 Here , I 'd like to say that I , I do very much welcome the abandonment of the two wayside routes it gives me particular satisfaction because you recall earlier in the year there was some irresponsible press comments on the subject which greatly upset a lot of people
28 and Boots own cleansing lotion for my mascara and that 's it , only buy mascara , eye liner and lipstick and blusher and that 's it and it does me six months of the year
29 ‘ I know the age of everything in the garden , ’ he says , ‘ and it brings me great pleasure . ’
30 Because it brings me some comfort . ’
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