Example sentences of "it [verb] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The skin of an otter , in common with that of all mammals , contains a substance known as L-serine , and fish are so acutely sensitive to this chemical that they can sense it diluted one thousand million times . |
| 2 | With a membership of 100,000 in 1914 its numbers had doubled by 1924 and again by 1931 ; it waged vigorous self-interested campaigns on such matters as the petrol tax , the Road Fund , speed limits and compulsory insurance . |
| 3 | In about May 1977 he formed a company called Yash Pal Kansal & Co. , which flourished until by 1983 it operated some 20 chemist shops . |
| 4 | It is important to remember the liturgical context of these meditations for it supplies other expressed structures of meaning only latent within them but crucial to their full impact . |
| 5 | Sometimes it associates this biological femininity with sexuality . |
| 6 | As it crosses each small tent of sky . |
| 7 | It crosses computerised electro rhythms with the mental thrash guitar and vocal elements of Flu , and unlike Frontline Assembly spin-off Noise Unit 's recent LP ‘ Response Frequency ’ , the noises on this Hilt album are surprisingly approachable . |
| 8 | It crosses computerised electro rhythms with the mental thrash guitar and vocal elements of Flu , and unlike Frontline Assembly spin-off Noise Unit 's recent LP ‘ Response Frequency ’ , the noises on this Hilt album are surprisingly approachable . |
| 9 | It got real heavy , man . |
| 10 | It got colder each day , and rained nonstop . |
| 11 | er , it got that bad that I thought she was taking the piss out of me . |
| 12 | I , things keep going through my head every time my head 's like it got this little what do you call it in , one of those erm like a live wire , just keeps going up and down and all the time . |
| 13 | Pound peg The second option was obviously the more attractive , for it pegged this latest rise to 15 per cent base rates firmly on the exchange rate . |
| 14 | It revealed 10,000 chemical bombs , as well as 50 Scud missiles , including at least 30 with chemical warheads for long-range missiles . |
| 15 | The opposition Semangat " 46 party retained two Kelantan State Assembly seats on Aug. 24 in by-elections called after two of its Assembly members defected to the United Malays National Organization and were then disqualified from the Assembly when it passed retroactive anti-defection legislation . |
| 16 | It tackles this small set of problems and issues by addressing them in two localities — the old port of North Shields and the new town of Cramlington . |
| 17 | Den Bosch , Netherlands-based Tulip Computers NV reported a loss — the first in its history — of about $8m for 1992 , and said it is cutting out the dividend , but the shares improved about 8% after the company said that it expected better 1993 results — and the loss was not as bad as had been feared : analysts had seen a loss of as much as $13m . |
| 18 | so I said , she 's the same age as me , she said god , she looked much older than you I said yeah I know , I says it cheers you up doing surgery do n't it seeing all these people that look terrible for their age , so she says well I though she looked older than me , I says yes she does look older , I do n't have , I do n't know how old Sue is , I think she 's forty , I think she 's forty , but this woman she 's got long hair |
| 19 | When the Iranian government abrogated its CENTO membership it branded any neighbouring country that remained in CENTO as a lackey of imperialism and as hostile to Iran . |
| 20 | I was only three-and-a-half when I saw the Zeppelin , although I can not claim that it kindled any positive interest in flying . |
| 21 | It goes fourteen fifteen |
| 22 | It goes all watery . |
| 23 | And it goes all black then does n't it ? |
| 24 | Yeah but if you put it in the dark it goes all starry . |
| 25 | Because if you start messing your duvet up at night times it means that you do n't want to sleep underneath it cos it goes all scrunchy and horrible , and all the duvet bit comes out of the cover . |
| 26 | So you know , in time of crisis , I mean if it goes any cheaper , they 'll get less and less money . |
| 27 | What 's it called the , they bought this pig medicine pig retained there trotters and every thing and then it goes any more of the erm dialysis put it , make a pig rock and roll . |
| 28 | Our experience of electronic technology prepares us to accept the idea that unconscious machinery can behave as if it understands complex mathematical ideas . |
| 29 | Although it might be objected that Skocpol 's analysis courts the danger of falling into another version of functionalism , since it postulates some inherent functions of the state , it has the benefit of drawing attention to processes within the state and the specific logic which guides them . |
| 30 | It is kept alone due to its aggressive behaviour — it attacked two large Pacus and a 1½″ long Arrowana and had to be swiftly moved . |