Example sentences of "[vb past] it clear " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeremi snatched it clear of the firing handle . |
| 2 | SUPERMAN Derek Kaye leapt into action when a trailer loaded with a car ran over his godson — and lifted it clear with ONE hand . |
| 3 | Carefully removing the long pane of glass they had loosened from the skylight frame , the two men lifted it clear and Larsen propped it against his knees . |
| 4 | Walking carefully he crossed the room and pulled it clear of what lay beneath it . |
| 5 | He reached down , gripped the limp corpse of the driver by the blood-sodden collar of its coat , and heaved it clear of the car one-handed . |
| 6 | When both the Minister for Justice , General McEoin , and the Attorney General , Mr Charles Casey , made it clear that they considered the legislation inopportune , pressure for an explanation eventually brought forward a response from Mr Casey . |
| 7 | Later the hierarchy made it clear that the basis for their objections was the increase in power by the state vis-à-vis the liberty and self-reliance of its citizens which such legislation would entail . |
| 8 | In a statement issued in Pretoria yesterday , President de Klerk made it clear that the South African government was not involved in the London talks , and disapproved of them . |
| 9 | Although he did not commit a future Labour government to taking the tunnel into public ownership , he made it clear that he believed it would require a public stake to complete the project . |
| 10 | He will be advising us on ways and means forward ’ , Haines subsequently made it clear that he will not be an impotent lackey . |
| 11 | They made it clear to all their colleagues who took part in that operation , and to the Press and observers at the briefing , that they will be supporting the community today , tomorrow and thereafter . |
| 12 | Mr Buchan is also a conoisseur of socialist folk-singing : he made it clear that he would find it hard to set the policy review to traditional music : ‘ I am a primeval socialist . ’ |
| 13 | However , Gerry Collins , the Irish minister for foreign affairs , later made it clear that progress had been made and he reaffirmed his Government 's commitment to the Anglo-Irish agreement . |
| 14 | White House officials insist this is a misunderstanding ; US interest in the coup evaporated rapidly when the rebels made it clear that they would not hand over Noriega . |
| 15 | The receiver has gone in at only the parent company , and Sharp yesterday made it clear that seven of its 15 operating subsidiaries were going concerns . |
| 16 | After the President 's UN speech on 25 September , the chief Soviet arms control adviser , Viktor Karpov , made it clear that Moscow would not join in making such reductions unless the US first ended its production of the new ‘ binary ’ weapons . |
| 17 | Mr Baker made it clear that the leadership was determined to use the conference — under the slogan ‘ The right team for Britain 's future ’ — to lift the flagging morale of supporters and raise the party in the opinion polls . |
| 18 | BOBBY CHARLTON , the former Manchester United and England forward , who is now a club director , made it clear yesterday that he would be willing to take over as chairman ‘ if the right person asked me ’ . |
| 19 | THE MANAGING director of Eurotunnel , Tony Ridley , made it clear yesterday that the Government is ultimately responsible for the Channel tunnel rail link and has a duty to see the project completed successfully . |
| 20 | He also made it clear that any thoughts of topping the 221 mark are being put firmly on the back burner , with the fastest 100 , set last year in mid-December , his next target . |
| 21 | They also made it clear that the party fears that New Forum and other opposition groups could turn into mass movements . |
| 22 | In the Labour party , as in the TUC , the policy to impose a 5 per cent norm had provoked much fury , and the party conference in October heavily rejected the policy , even though Callaghan and Healey made it clear that they would ignore the views of the delegates . |
| 23 | But he made it clear that , in these identifications , desire and politics were inseparable . |
| 24 | Mrs Thatcher had rebuffed suggestions that he resign and made it clear that he enjoyed her full confidence . |
| 25 | And they made it clear that I was extremely fortunate to be doing the job I do . |
| 26 | However , Mr Crozier made it clear that even if the code were adopted by every borough , EHOs could continue to interpret the law according to individual situations . |
| 27 | They agreed , although they made it clear that they were not prepared to involve William or Harry in the exercise . |
| 28 | In a step-by-step assault on the softly-softly approach to Europe being peddled by Downing Street , the former Conservative cabinet minister also made it clear that Mrs Thatcher 's hard-line opposition to the concept of monetary union with the other 11 EC nations was jeopardising the chances of London becoming the base for a European central bank . |
| 29 | He also made it clear that he will not be participating in the all-weather racing . |
| 30 | In the slow introduction Tennstedt made it clear that this was to be a reading of high , dramatic contrasts , and that led to an account of the Vivace which with its sprung rhythms kept relaxing into pastoral moments without loss of pace or power . |