Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] it the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | This must make it the best value in multimedia ever offered to schools . |
2 | Oh hang on , let's let's let's do it the easy way . |
3 | Let's give it the same conditions , only this time we use that as the bait . ’ |
4 | He might think it the honourable thing to do . |
5 | Normally I do the computational modelling first then context but I might do it the other way round , right ? |
6 | ‘ Very well , we 'll do it the hard way . |
7 | We 're here to establish INCUBUS solid in Europe and we 'll do it the American way … ’ |
8 | It 's linen I think we 'll have it the other way round actually . |
9 | She might pull it the other way . ’ |
10 | and then you 'll regret it the next day |
11 | That 'd make it the three pints . |
12 | you could do it the long round , now I think you 're okay on those . |
13 | He gave a cool laugh , drawled , ‘ I guess you could call it the madonna-whore complex . ’ |
14 | If you said that maybe they 'd get it the next day would n't they ? |
15 | ‘ I would have thought you could ask it the other way round . |
16 | Let's face it the real shocker would be who IS N'T plotting behind the smoothie 's back . |
17 | Do you think being in love is let's call it the mating instinct , is being in love merely the mating instinct operating , button one for yes and button two for no , let's er , let's seal that little lust abate there , well forty seven say yes basically I suppose basically being in love is lust , fifty three say no and what about that , that other point , I mean should you marry for love ? , button one for yes and button two for no , should you marry for love ? well what very modern people you are , cos eighty two of you said yes , fifteen said no , who said no ? |
18 | ‘ We used to call it the Bitching Hour . |
19 | Oh yes at one time erm after the New Town got well started , after The Stow was built got to the , goes up to The Stow and be beyond er , well it 's just , going on into erm , er , towards the swimming bath , it was n't up there , swimming bath , erm and we used to call it the Shady Shop in , in adverts and er we used to have a lot of people used to come down because there was only The Stow then and er |
20 | And I think most women would prefer it the romantic way , rather than just in the kitchen , over the sink or whatever , like in Fatal Attraction , says a married 27-year-old estate agent . |
21 | The self-styled Scottish convention was self-appointed and is unrepresentative , and the introduction of tax-raising powers for Scotland would make it the highest-taxed part of the United Kingdom and would destroy and inward investment that has done so much for its standard of life . |
22 | Hewlett-Packard Co is crossing itself to ward off any demons that would give it the same misery Sun Microsystems Inc is going through moving from Solaris 1.0 to Solaris 2.0 . |
23 | I shall call it the normal justification thesis . |
24 | I shall call it the fact-presupposing explanation . |
25 | It is therefore particularly valuable for the self-employed person who , in the early years of trading , would find it the ideal vehicle for minimising costs or raising working capital at a low rate of interest . |
26 | Well , let's put it the other way . |
27 | Yesterday it said the issue would mature in 23 to 28 years ' time , which will make it the longest-dated gilt available in the market . |
28 | Will my right hon. Friend join me in congratulating the chairman , trustees and staff of the Aintree national health service hospital trust on the establishment of a new £7 million project that will give it the largest accident and emergency unit in Europe ? |
29 | BT hopes its new initiatives will give it the upper hand in the bitter battle with Mercury , which it accuses of ‘ cherry picking ’ business customers while ignoring the less profitable residential market . |
30 | A moist but well-drained fertile soil in a warm sheltered corner will give it the best chance , and even then only in the mildest areas — and do not forget the slugs ! |