Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] it the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The frequent manifestation of a melancholy figure at Covent Garden Underground Station has earned it the unwanted title of the most haunted station on the London Transport system . |
| 2 | It has done it the old-fashioned way , with teamwork , better quality and new models that appeal to its customers . |
| 3 | This has been the practice in many countries internationally , but our sudden realisation of its effectiveness in creating bilingualism has made it the major discovery in language acquisition . |
| 4 | All of that suggests that the sheep industry is poised to make the most of the structural accident that has made it the biggest producer of lamb in the Northern Hemisphere . |
| 5 | In per capita terms , Venezuela 's long history as an oil exporter — between 1929 and 1969 it was the world 's leading exporter — has made it the richest country in South America . |
| 6 | Eliot told me that if he misses his tea he is no good for anything until he has had it the following day . ’ |
| 7 | The American golf historian Herb Warren Wind has called it the greatest bunker shot in all championship play . |
| 8 | Job cuts are almost certain to follow and a former Dowty director has called it the worst day of his life . |
| 9 | In this case , cerebral development has denied it the automatic response while defective social development has denied it the opportunity of learning the skill it lacks . |
| 10 | It would have been far better if he 'd done it the other way around — the rest of the set acoustic and then brought them on to play . |
| 11 | In fact if we 'd done it the proper way you 'd of had |
| 12 | mm , like every thing else you told me you 'd finished it the other day |
| 13 | Should have realised it the first time , but that 's what happens when you make assumptions . |
| 14 | I think you should have done it the other way . |
| 15 | if I 'd have fed it the first time I 'd have understood it , but I 've only fed it today ! |
| 16 | Its elasticity would have made it the ideal candidate for a trampoline-cover . |
| 17 | We , for our part , would have put it the other way , by expressing appreciation to the people from other churches both for their ready and effective response to our request for help and for the way they enlivened our company . |
| 18 | The company has moved fully into coachbuilding ; turned itself into a PLC and , late last year , opened a £500,000 repair facility in the capital city , having acquired it the previous year . |
| 19 | He had heard it the first time as a child , in his grandfather 's yurt on the Khirgiz , and going to Burun 's quarters had found him awake also . |
| 20 | Please note that you do not have to open the rings to put these markers over , though you should after you 've done it the first time , erm , it should become easier with practice , let me put it that way , okay . |
| 21 | that 's the wrong way , you 've done it the wrong way have n't you ? |
| 22 | He had felt it the greatest lunacy to dispatch men to crowded city parishes with nothing more sustaining than goodwill , a knowledge of the learned tongues and an unrefined familiarity with the Bible . |
| 23 | Chairman , if , if I may and it is just basically to look at the recommendation and wonder you know perhaps if we 've got it the right way round er that 's all , where we 're saying er there are certain things still outstanding wh which we would need to re-relate before er issuing er general conformity notices I understand b but we 're almost taking that they 're going to do that without any doubt , now I do n't know maybe there are things not said in this report which are well understood , but and members of are quite happy to accept erm er s some more more changes to , to the local plan so that it does conform with with the structure plan , but I just wondered whether round the wrong way . |
| 24 | we 've got a hundred grams divided by twenty eight pennies , the answer is whatever it comes to grams per divided by pennies , grams per penny , so that 's a good check that you 've got it the right way up , before you go and calculate it you just have a little look , what have I got here ? |
| 25 | erm Now , what you 've got there is a slightly later map of 1675 , which is exactly the same , the north is at the bottom , I 'm afraid the top is not very obvious , if I could just hold it up , you 've got the castle there , and you 've got it the right way up , and actually there 's some writing as well . |
| 26 | do n't forget to use the outside scale , and the other thing is , make sure you 've got it the right height , it 's not a precise |
| 27 | I 've got it the other way round look . |
| 28 | No , no , no you 've got it the wrong way round , I went , I brought you here and then I had to go back cos I was in the Royal Marine Police |
| 29 | ‘ No , Ace , you 've got it the wrong way round . |
| 30 | They had patronised it the previous night , taking to heart its motto ( in Latin ) , ‘ drink yourself to hell ’ . |