Example sentences of "it [prep] a real [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , I think we have to take any situation like this , not just the major ones like war , but any situation that we come across and use it as a real opportunity for learning , and maybe for adults to be able to do the things that they did n't do when they were children , which is why now we often respond as child in these situations . |
| 2 | As soon as voters came to see it as a real choice between Labour and the Conservatives , thousands of waverers who had told the polls they were going to vote Labour or Liberal Democrats , clearly decamped . |
| 3 | So next time someone copies what you are wearing , or wants to know how you got into shape — take it as a real compliment . |
| 4 | Or C , take it as a real compliment and you are on the same wavelength ? |
| 5 | I always think you get a much better perspective on it as a real castle from up here . ’ |
| 6 | McDonald outlines it thus : ‘ A : find the best artists you can ; B : keep them in a creative mood so that they make the best records they can , and C : maximise the sales of the records everywhere without turning it into a real form of drudgery for them . ’ |
| 7 | Angie Bowie : ‘ I never realized and had never been involved in who did what , but I suppose that amounts to , if one wants to look at it from Ken 's point of view , being the fly in the ointment , or of one wants to look at it from a real point of view as , in terms of property settlement and management , that I was being David 's manager at that particular time , because it was possible for me to advise him to do something about the things that really troubled him artistically . |
| 8 | Makes a change to be giving it to a real postman . |