Example sentences of "[to-vb] it [adv prt] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They had to write it out a hundred times to remember it .
2 To pump it out a new water-wheel was required , suggesting that the old Bonsor East Shaft wheel was too far decayed to repair , or missing altogether .
3 Yeah , just as a , as a side issue , I am interested that they 've been growing plum tomatoes because each year I hear of more and more people growing plum tomatoes successfully in this country and while we are just on the subject of diseases and things to control them , you may remember that a few weeks ago we were giving advice on how we should dispose of waste garden chemicals and , and we said you ought to pour it down an outside drain .
4 For reasons best known to himself Halzman , the senior sonar operator , preferred not to discuss it over an open line .
5 If it seems necessary to give it over a long period make sure you fully consider your risk before proceeding .
6 So in order to speed it up a little bit we might need need to heat it up .
7 They did n't drive around in their fathers ' cast-off Rollers ; they pooled their resources , picked up a MkII escort for a hundred notes at an auction and took it in turns to drive it round a disused airfield practising handbrake turns until the car cried enough .
8 You 'll have to have it up a little bit or the same thing 'll happen at
9 We 're going to have to heat it up a little bit .
10 The action around the fretboard 's upper regions is perhaps tougher than some would like , but there 's enough height at the bridge-saddle to bring it down a fair way .
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