Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] it [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be easier to work it out from this would n't it ? |
| 2 | And when there is stress in other areas of life it is all too easy to take it out on those closest to you . |
| 3 | Think you 're supposed to fill it up to that mark Stephen says . |
| 4 | I 'm ashamed to put it down in these halting words . |
| 5 | Erm if you you will not be able to put it back after that date . |
| 6 | You wo n't be able to keep it up for more than a week . ’ |
| 7 | Claudia stared at him blankly , unable to take it in for several minutes , and when she did she cried out and launched herself at him , her hands raised . |
| 8 | The fact that IUD users are up to nine times more likely than non-users to contract a sterilising infection is enough to rule it out for large numbers of women , despite it 's reliability as a contraceptive device — if they are aware of the dangers , that is . |
| 9 | You say your life is too precious to give it up for any country and yet it 's not valuable enough for you to pay me two hundred pounds not to shoot you . |
| 10 | When the Orioles ' designated hitter lifts a three-run homer over the right field fence in the ninth to wrap it up at 9–3 , the resigned Sox faithful begin heading for the exits . |
| 11 | I think it is best to suck it off with one of those tiny battery-powered vacuum cleaners you can get for about a tenner these days , as I did in this case . |
| 12 | All that was necessary to bring it on in more or less its full force was the sight of the Bible , its cover or open page , or its mere name , or the sight of a church , or the sound of any bell ringing solemnly , from Big Ben down to the bell of the Sunday muffin men . |
| 13 | She had heard dark mutterings about him but after a few minutes of talking with him she was ready to put it down to common envy . |
| 14 | ‘ We 'll take a quick break for some tea and then we should be ready to run it up in another hour , ’ he briefs Captain Tuck-Brown , who has come across to check on progress before going home for the day . |