Example sentences of "it [adj] and [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We we should discuss a bit about this document and I too have had the er dubious honour of reading John Major 's speech and it 's nice to see that both Tory speakers have actually managed to take half of it each and paraphrase it . |
| 2 | ‘ I just want to get it right and make sure I do the best for each of the students in my charge . ’ |
| 3 | The Government wanted to get it right and ensure genuine competition . |
| 4 | I tried very hard to get it right and satisfy her . |
| 5 | Some tribes in Polynesia believe that soaking the penis in pepper and vinegar keeps it strong and alert . |
| 6 | Ah but what it means , I 've got to walk around and look at it this and look at it that ! |
| 7 | The secret is to keep it varied , keep it interesting and enjoy it . |
| 8 | Old Jane had n't take enough trouble to make it proper and wash all the buttermilk out . |
| 9 | Chairman I think I have to offer an apology to members and Mr in particular and the town of Bungay with a rather erm over which sentence expressing the press release , I mean we are continually trying to issue news items , press releases , progress reports and anything we 're doing and usually the press are very good and quoted for a basis , sometimes they get it wrong and mangle it up with some bits of disaster , on this occasion that is not the case , the , the actual press report did determine the phraseology used in my in lease them so I have to accept the responsibility for the phrase to act of your recommended this morning so it down sake , could abandon ideas which they can buy it , of course those crazy ideas used in and out of the court is what matters . |
| 10 | The copper map had evidently been fastened to the concrete plinth through the medium of some nineteen-thirties metallurgical technology which is sadly lost to us today , because it ruggedly defied even the most enterprising attempts to prise it free and bear it off to the smelting pot . |
| 11 | Gorbachev , in his own contribution to the discussion , spoke of a ‘ civil society of free men and women ’ which would replace the ‘ Stalinist model ’ of the past ; continuing the work of the 20th Congress of 1956 , its purpose was to ‘ profoundly democratise and humanise society , to make it free and create living conditions worthy of a human being ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ The idea is to make it easier and try to get a good picture of how they feel about their own health . |
| 13 | Sard Harker cherishes the vision of the flower-encompassed house for ten years before , in 1897 , he revisits it , to find it empty and shut up , and resolves to forget the distant figure of the girl he has always hoped to find . |
| 14 | It was safer for them to have one old woman occupying part of the place than to leave it empty and risk a group of drifters moving in . |
| 15 | TODAY 'S subtly-lit supermarkets , where loganberries nestle against kiwi-fruit , are a world away from Jack Cohen 's ‘ pile it high and sell it cheap ’ Tesco 's . |
| 16 | It has opened a dozen shops with an intriguing new concept — pile it high and sell it cheap — and plans a chain of 200 . |
| 17 | They seem to equate marketing with the ‘ stack it high and sell it cheap ’ philosophy of the discount supermarket . |
| 18 | Many of those taking part in the poll also believed DIY stores still ‘ stack it high and sell it cheap ’ . |
| 19 | Cut it half and count the rings . |
| 20 | So you might think why do n't I make it easy and make it one square . |
| 21 | You wo n't be feeling totally ticketty-boo so take it easy and get as much rest and relaxation as possible . |
| 22 | I would take it easy and avoid a repetition of the day before . |
| 23 | If you 're thinking of getting into shape , take it easy and build up slowly — a frantic training programme greatly increases risk of over-use injury . |
| 24 | ‘ Now then , Chris , you take it easy and have an early night . |
| 25 | Either way , keep it simple and get the client to tell you what he thinks . |
| 26 | In that case we firmly say make it simple and do n't aim for the moon at first try . |
| 27 | Keep it simple and build up on it |
| 28 | ‘ So why do n't you sell it down-Level and solve all your problems ? ’ |
| 29 | If possible it is probably helpful to leave the draft for a time , so that the drafter can return to it later and view it from a more detached position . |
| 30 | Deep Ecology became fashionable among those affluent enough to Get Away From It All and pursue every kind of mystical belief . |