Example sentences of "it [verb] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Pentagon was interested in the role of certain Commonwealth countries as well as Britain herself , nor did it rule out separate arrangements with the more important of them if necessary . |
| 2 | This time warm air came from the south , hotting up as it passed over warm land . |
| 3 | I was really pleased to get so much in the way of useful comment and feedback — a lot of it bringing up incidental considerations that we clearly have n't yet given enough thought to . |
| 4 | before it goes out front page , and the fifteen promises will no doubt will be noted by all who have an interest in our service . |
| 5 | And , I 've just as a basic figure , I mean , they give up to a certain figure o before their hours you put a bit of tax and after that , but er we 've allocated him to work , in the afternoons when I 'm out , they allocate to her , the warehouse , because I ca n't afford any , er , as I say , they repairs a machine , it goes out faulty , and the onus is on me and the company |
| 6 | On page one seven five you 've got how to check the circulation , after you 've put the bandage on to make sure it 's not too tight , it 's not stopping all the blood supply , press a fingernail if there 's only a finger nail and the , it should go white of course if you press it , then the blood should go back and it goes back pink again or an area of er skin , always check your circulation after you 've put your bandage on . |
| 7 | It is peat-coloured , and its gills both camouflage it by breaking up its outline and enable it to breathe in still water . |
| 8 | The decree also declared that the union and republican governments should investigate ways of transforming inefficient collective and state farms into private or co-operative farms , although it ruled out compulsory dissolution . |
| 9 | it conked out other day |
| 10 | The new format will make it easier for the person receiving it to pass on relevant information to members of staff with particular subject interests . |
| 11 | The UK Parliament is certainly not widely regarded as being at all competent in the scrutiny which it exercises over public spending , and few people are under the illusion that it is difficult for government departments to deceive MPs and Select Committees about necessary levels of expenditure and unnecessary levels of waste . |
| 12 | It reported in early 1970 recommending a Scottish elected Assembly of some 125 members which would take all but the last or Third Reading stage of Scottish bills and would debate the Scottish estimates and general topics . |
| 13 | It fenced up security-wise and everything else so we 've been on it overtime and and painting and decorating and getting the |
| 14 | The well-remembered texture of it triggered off vivid flashes of memory , so that past and present blurred together , confusing her still further . |
| 15 | ‘ It strips off old wallpaper so that new paper can be hung . |
| 16 | So a black eye starts off red , and it starts off red because of the blood leaked into the skin . |
| 17 | It holds out worthwhile prospects in that lovely part of Shropshire . |
| 18 | We lit our fire , and whilst it burned down ready to cook our meal on , we sat and talked happily . |
| 19 | Isobel stepped out into the corridor , quiet except for the ever-present low murmur of the station 's output as it played over unobtrusive speakers . |
| 20 | It kills off lingering Tory hopes the economy is poised for recovery . |
| 21 | But when I got back to work the people that was in the observation post on the factory , they saw this aircraft , it came down low over the King George 's playing fields and they could see the markings on it and they 'd sounded the alarm but but course the aircraft went straight over . |
| 22 | Nobody would be wandering about with the sharpened shaft of a golf club , just in case it came in handy . |
| 23 | Gross , I know , but it came in handy . |
| 24 | It was a joy to be able to go and have a bath every night you know to just run the water and find it came out hot , it was absolutely marvellous |
| 25 | It came out squashed . |
| 26 | She tried to inject confidence into her voice , but it came out shaky and weak . |
| 27 | I turned to my nearest fellow browser , intending to ask her politely but firmly to lead me to the nearest padded cell , but it came out wrong . |
| 28 | I know alright it came out wrong . |
| 29 | It came out wrong . |
| 30 | He tried an expression of passionate commitment ; it came out indistinguishable from defensive surliness . |