Example sentences of "[verb] it [verb] a large [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was interested to hear Derek remark how much more difficult he found it to cull a larger fry , like the inch plus Angel that had slipped through his quality control . |
| 2 | On one of their visits , there was an uncanny , if hilarious , echo of the kind of political and religious turmoil experienced by Olive 's family in years gone by One day they were boarding a boat and noticed it contained a large number of sticks , shaped like rifles . |
| 3 | Suppose it offers a large reward for someone 's arrest . |
| 4 | It is less clear whether it can be used to measure plant area though a possible technique is to redesign its optical system to focus on a small area and then use it to scan a larger area , agreeing that a reading above some pre-determined level is ON , below it is OFF . |
| 5 | This is because the increased size and strength of the heart muscle enables it to pump a larger volume of blood into the arteries with each beat . |