Example sentences of "it [verb] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is one of the most ancient of dye plants , its use being recorded 2,500 years ago , and it is such a strong dye that it will produce a deep pink-brown without a mordant — with alum and tin it supplies red and red-brown . |
| 2 | Why should it stay young while I grow old ? |
| 3 | Alternatively , rub the surface with lemon , which helps to keep it smelling fresh and reduces staining . |
| 4 | It turns blue and that 's that 's a good test for water . |
| 5 | And , in passing , it is worth noting that French ( I have not tried the Danish imitation ) Port-Salut makes an excellent cooking cheese with a low melting point , which means that it turns creamy but not rubbery . |
| 6 | Use hot or warm water and it turns bitter and unpleasant . |
| 7 | Continue removing the scum until it turns white and frothy : add a few tablespoons of cold water twice as you skim the surface . |
| 8 | The church 's spokesman , Bishop Joseph Duffy , said : ‘ We feel obliged to state that the wording proposed is basically flawed because it guarantees less than the total exclusion of deliberate abortion . ’ |
| 9 | He explained : ‘ It sleeps six and I let the other five beds to other pros . |
| 10 | Not big at all , just comfortable , so that it sleeps two or three . |
| 11 | In fact , it got worse and became embarrassing , ’ she says . |
| 12 | It got worse and worse . |
| 13 | So , it got worse and worse and |
| 14 | It happened like this : last Saturday , after the farewell party at Nanking University , I came back to the hotel , and packed my things ready to leave for Shanghai , then about 10.30 I started to feel sick , and it got worse and worse and went on and on until I had to wake up Comrade Wu at about 3.30 and ask her to get a doctor . |
| 15 | And it got worse as the day wore on , especially since it began to rain . |
| 16 | And it got worse when I realised I did n't know where they were going for their lune de miel . |
| 17 | And we went to one temple and it got dark whilst we were there , it was called the Monkey Temple , and it 's just so many monkeys around , and they just are allowed to run wild , but by the time we got back to our bikes it was dark and we had to cycle back in the dark without any lights on these unlit , unmade roads and that was quite frightening really . |
| 18 | It got dark as thunder . |
| 19 | I did n't get up all day till it got dark and Mr Jackson came . |
| 20 | Erm , we carried on , er , it got better as it went on . |
| 21 | went up there first and then so it got better and so it got better and , and Will was marvellous |
| 22 | went up there first and then so it got better and so it got better and , and Will was marvellous |
| 23 | Towards the end it got better and they worked , it was a bad start , but it got better towards the end . |
| 24 | Then it got slower and slower . |
| 25 | ‘ But it got louder and louder until I recognised it as Benny Hill 's voice . |
| 26 | ‘ It got predictable that we would argue with Shaun . |
| 27 | He 'd play a couple of quiet rounds and then when it got hectic and everyone else wanted to be playing , he 'd stay away from the course and just hit a few balls in practice . |
| 28 | and I think as a result of that it , it got disjointed and you , and you could n't follow it through . |
| 29 | But as we got older it got harder and harder to talk to him ; he seemed to withdraw . |
| 30 | It got broken when I dropped everything last night . |