Example sentences of "[be] [verb] it to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those Israelis whom this behaviour most appals have long been likening it to the earlier stages of Nazism , an analogy that found startling vindication with the recent disclosure that some units in the occupied territories draw on Nazi precedents for their own self-image , one calling itself the ‘ Mengele detachment ’ and another ‘ the Auschwitz company ’ . |
| 2 | The key seems to be shaping it to the particular client . |
| 3 | The man who ushered in a golden age of middle-distance running , Brendan Foster , was at the peak of his powers and the two men who were to carry it to the greatest heights , Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe , were just beginning to emerge . |
| 4 | Now , after a month of nervously transferring it from place to place as the situation worsened , the French government were giving it to the British . |
| 5 | The second way of considering the tending of the fire is to compare it to the feminine ability to create and sustain atmosphere . |
| 6 | The way I approach anything is to do it to the best of my ability , whatever . |