Example sentences of "it usually [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | She cried fairly easily and it usually had some kind of effect . |
2 | The Girls smoked despite the fact that it usually meant instant dismissal if they were found out . |
3 | The crop must be cut before it is dead ripe to avoid shedding of grain , and because it does not stand in the sheaf to harden , it usually requires artificial drying . |
4 | It usually sells 10 barrels of beer a weekend . |
5 | EXCEPT where rocks are heavily cracked or fissured , it usually takes many years for water to find its way down through the soil and the unsaturated zone to the saturated zone of an aquifer . |
6 | It can take effect immediately , but it usually takes twenty minutes or so for the full effects to be felt . |
7 | It usually takes several days for the pain to subside , although it can linger for weeks . |
8 | It usually took four policemen to control her . |
9 | It usually took two men to hold the tyre and if the smith thought the fit was satisfactory — at this time it was half-an-inch larger than the wheel — the boy helping was ordered to throw buckets of cold water over the still very hot steel which would immediately contract and tightly hold the rim . |
10 | It usually has low priority in theological education , is disconnected from communication studies and lacks the rich theoretical input which modern rhetorical insight could provide . |
11 | It usually has more nails on its feet than the African species . |
12 | Thinking regarded as internal manipulation of events and ideas does not necessarily depend on language , but if it is not entirely ego orientated , that is not concentrated on the relationship of the person to the scheme of things , then it usually invokes iconic representation . |
13 | It usually investigates working-class subjects by testing them against norms obtained from middle-class samples . |
14 | It usually affects young women from all backgrounds , but tends to be more common in those engaged in employment or activities that emphasise leanness or fitness to improve performance or appearance . |
15 | It usually includes three items from the Commons and one from the Lords , with at least one interview or discussion . |