Example sentences of "[to-vb] it a " in BNC.
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| 1 | As though to tighten it a hand came to rest on hers . |
| 2 | Again she found herself responding to the fever of his passionate desire , and as her own need rose to meet it a small cry of yearning left her — a cry that was accompanied by a totally different cry that echoed from downstairs . |
| 3 | Picasso had abandoned the use of a consistent light source a year earlier only to reinstate it a few months later in the paintings done in Paris during the winter . |
| 4 | The subtitle is ‘ Making Feminist Sense of International Politics ’ , which itself should be striking enough to secure it a decent sale in alternative bookshops . |
| 5 | If you tell him to jump a jump twice , he does it ; but when you tell him to jump it a third time , he says , ‘ I 've had it , I 've done it twice and I 'm not going to do it again ! ’ |
| 6 | He is made to jump it a third time , even if you have to stand there all night . |
| 7 | Maybe he was still small enough to find it a novelty . |
| 8 | As he reached the spot where Josh Cornock was likewise occupied , he heaved the elver scoop from the water and was delighted to find it a quarter full of the writhing silver baby eels . |
| 9 | Researchers in this area are likely to find it a useful entry to the literature , and a source of ideas on research needs . |
| 10 | GLASS giant Pilkington continues to find it a hard grind . |
| 11 | And as for being fair , well , no one else ever seems to find it a problem . ’ |
| 12 | She seems to find it a slightly amusing object . |
| 13 | It 's pretty obvious that American producers , catering to a market which buys 950 million tickets a year , are going to find it a lot easier to raise money than British producers , who are , by comparison , making films for a tiny coterie . |
| 14 | Then the front door bell rang and while Rupert went to answer it a somewhat uneasy conversation started up between the two women and Everard Bone about his wife 's flu and the likelihood or not of his catching it from her . |
| 15 | A London speculator of great fortune , Sir Richard Hotham , began work in the 1780s , ‘ to render it a select and quiet abode , distinguished from all other places of a similar description ’ . |
| 16 | Then I went through the samples in my kitchen and realised that , rather than look at the non-mainstream areas , I could look at wines from perfectly accepted areas that broke the usual conventions ; or in one brilliant example , I could see what great traditional winemakers — in this case a pair of Burgundian grandees — could do when they decided to rough it a bit in France 's far south . |
| 17 | ‘ And , as he said in his letter , it was all right for him to rough it a little while he was on his own , but he has Elise to think of now . ’ |
| 18 | Well , if I erm said to one of my students something about that was a very good essay you wrote , in fact I 'd like to discuss it a little bit more down at the pub and down at the pub I put my hand on his knee perhaps in making a point about how good his essay was . |
| 19 | But there 's a lot of adulterated cockney in the home counties , I used to hear it a lot in Hertfordshire . |
| 20 | The beta copy of ClarisWorks is very promising but it 's too early to award it a best buy rosette . |
| 21 | Unfortunately , its plain white mount carrying its title offended the judge , but he still felt compelled to award it a Merit Certificate . |
| 22 | I enclose the Constitution of this Association , in the hope that The Prince of Wales Charities might , at some point this year or early next , be able to award it a small donation . |
| 23 | I enclose the Constitution of this Association , in the hope that The Roval Bank of Scotland might , at some point this year or early next , be able to award it a small donation . |
| 24 | I enclose the Constitution of this Association , in the hope that The Trust might , at some point this year or early next , be able to award it a small donation . |
| 25 | There can be little doubt that the survey since its modern inception has had a major impact on social research , and any history of social research has to award it a salient place . |
| 26 | But you have to help it a bit first ! |
| 27 | But in the long run , it 's bound to strengthen Germany 's economy tremendously , in fact some people think it 's going to strengthen it a bit too much , because it 's , it 's strong enough er already . |
| 28 | I 'd like to grow it a bit longer , but the ends are inclined to split and it looks dull . |
| 29 | By shutting this door to exclude fear , even if you have to do it a million times , you are making the statement that you decide not to let that thought feed on your life 's energy . |
| 30 | But I do n't really want to compete in that world ; I want to do it a bit differently , something a bit more personal . |