Example sentences of "[vb past] it a " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm and it 's malleable , you can hammer it , you can hammer it into shapes and panel beat it a car or bits of lead you could dress it , you can tap it with a . |
| 2 | When the Z variables were included in the equation , Merrick called it a test of conditional ‘ causality ’ , while if the current values of X ( and Z ) were included in the equation , Merrick termed it a test of instantaneous ‘ causality ’ . |
| 3 | He jerked it a couple of times , and somewhere inside the cavernous depths a bell jangled loudly . |
| 4 | The old tiger himself pronounced it a good idea , even if his friends had to listen in a state of uncharacteristic sobriety . |
| 5 | Health physics monitor Steven Crozier , a fitness enthusiast who was one of the group who visited Peel Park to collect the 1993 award , tried out the new multi-gym and pronounced it a real asset ( below ) . |
| 6 | Grimma took another step forward and caught it a backward thump across the muzzle . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm rather lame people in the village say you 've caught arthritis , and I caught it a year or two ago but my brain has n't entirely given out . |
| 8 | I moved it a little way away . |
| 9 | okay Right you mentioned it a few minutes ago you suggested that this thing was formed . |
| 10 | Yes , you mentioned it a couple of times , put there was no-one really keeping a watch on the clock . |
| 11 | She drummed her fingers and each beat whiplashed it a little further back , snarling , but at bay . |
| 12 | I weighed it a few minutes later and was delighted , to say the least , when it pulled the needle round to 10lb 3oz . |
| 13 | I used it a lot mixed with transoxide yellow when painting in rock outcrops . |
| 14 | I 'm glad I did n't buy a sling because I only used it a couple of times . |
| 15 | The phrase gave him satisfaction ; he used it a lot . |
| 16 | They certainly used it a lot . |
| 17 | Harrington and Lewis both said they found it a pleasant change from their usual routine . |
| 18 | But he found it a very happy time . |
| 19 | In the farmhouse he practised putting on the gaiters and found it a struggle . |
| 20 | Visitors found it a lovely house , full of air and hospitality . |
| 21 | They behaved towards me as they would to anyone else and I found it a very valuable exposure . |
| 22 | The older women found it a terrible strain . |
| 23 | I found it a rather disgusting product of a self-admitted drug damaged brain . |
| 24 | In 1983 he took over the captaincy of Jamaica when Rowe went to South Africa but found it a difficult business , perhaps because he is too quiet and introspective for cricket leadership . |
| 25 | The drinks machine was in the passage leading to the library and sometimes one or other of them would sit down for a break , and she found it a relief to talk to a real human being . |
| 26 | Some of the nurses found it a nice little earner on top of their poor weekly pay . |
| 27 | My townie taxi-driver also found it a bewildering one , for the village of Eyam , tucked away behind the hills that form Middleton Dale , is still a pretty remote and isolated spot . |
| 28 | One couple ( an ex-diplomat and his wife ) , who wanted to come to Italy without having to drive , found it a strain to be polite and conversational all day . |
| 29 | When I first visited Yad Vashem in 1978 , I found it a place of unanswerable accusation . |
| 30 | Sandison found it a little difficult to figure out exactly what Maidstone did . |