Example sentences of "he [vb -s] it [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I paid fi fifteen bleeding quid for that and I sai cos this year , I did n't know he 'd done this cos he sits it like that |
| 2 | Although agreeing that this approach raises value issues ( his first question ) , he thinks it of limited use in generating a range of curriculum alternatives ( second question ) , that it ignores the effects of choosing particular courses of action ( third question ) , and does not facilitate an examination of teacher 's common sense beliefs and opinions ( fourth question ) . |
| 3 | He covers it with both hands . |
| 4 | When the staff at Bloomfield criticize the Profitboss for cancelling a visit three times running , he accepts it as constructive advice . |
| 5 | Polo is a team game , hunting is a gregarious activity , and he uses it as such . |
| 6 | He kills it eventually , he shoots it with this like hypodermic pistol to try to put it to sleep and it just explodes ! |
| 7 | So he gets it at four quid but |
| 8 | He reduces it to this petty party political level and then he makes excuses for all the lowest-performing local authorities , which are Labour-controlled , and resists any idea that we should address the teaching methods that have so badly let down children in Newham , Bradford and all the other areas in the bottom 20 , almost all of which are Labour controlled . |
| 9 | A ruler is bound by the good old law ; if he breaks it in any serious way , his subjects can rebel , and by formal process compel him to obey the law . |
| 10 | He remembers it with considerable affection . |
| 11 | Indeed he makes it no secret that he feels he deserves it after all those struggling years . |
| 12 | Tithonus asked for immortality but he expresses it in such a way that one feels sad for him . |
| 13 | He repeats it in 4:13 , ‘ This is how we know that we remain in him , and he in us , because he has given us a portion of his Spirit . ’ |
| 14 | The figure is , precisely , that of the existence of a secret or an absent essence , and he traces it in various forms through a number of different tales . |
| 15 | He puts it at 370 curies ( the NRPB now guesses at 150 curies ) . |
| 16 | So Adam and Eve they go and hide , but it 's not just Adam and Eve , but it 's every one of us , they 're just pictures , they 're representatives of you and of me , they are the federal head of the human race , and Paul with his writing in Romans three , and verse twenty three reminds us , and J B Phillips in his translation , he puts it like this he says every one has sinned , every one falls short of the beauty of God 's plan , that plan , that purpose that God had , not just for creation , not just for humanity in general , but for you as an individual , that purpose that God had , that beautiful plan , far better than you can could work out , out for yourself falling short of it , we 've marred it , we have n't come up to it , if that circle represented just as a diagram as a picture , God 's plan God 's beautiful plan for you and for me still a circle , but dented here , bashed in there |
| 17 | If you want in Colossians chapter one in verse twenty seven , it 's , it 's given again very simply , again can I use J B Phillips , he puts it like this , he says the secret is simply this , Christ in you yes he says Christ in you , bringing with him the hope of all the glorious things to come , so what God does he comes in to this situation that 's marred that 's warped , that 's twisted and he comes in by himse , Jesus Christ comes into it , he becomes the central point , the focal point and that circle , it starts to get dealt with , that marred twisted like , it does n't happen being like that , we knew creation straight away , we do n't have to work at that , but he , as we allow him to dwell in us and to work out his purpose , he restores that relationship with God and God starts to fashion us , he starts to work on us and bring us back into how he originally created us . |
| 18 | If he moves it at all — the elbow , that is — it wo n't set properly , and he 'll be no good at football , ever . |
| 19 | Persuading others to accept the hard financial facts of life is not usually a very popular job , but he does it with great tact and skill , and under his guidance I do believe that our deficit is under control , and that it will be reduced . |
| 20 | If he does it without any help I shall be totally amazed and I think that it 's simply a facility to assume that there 're gon na be reductions in bureaucracy simply by centralising because the record from the past shows that the reverse is the case . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't think he does it at all , ’ said Betty . |
| 22 | And so , Pilate he tries to do this , he tries first of all to shift the responsibility , and he does it by different methods , first of all he sends into Herod , the king then he suggests that Barabbas should be released to the people , now however , both of these methods of shifting responsibility have failed and the ball is firmly back with Pilate . |
| 23 | Well he does it in such a knack |
| 24 | He does it in many different ways . |
| 25 | ‘ But he 's very clever at getting out of it — and if he manages it without one of us noticing he inflicts the most terrible injuries on himself . |