Example sentences of "[vb base] it [prep] a [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cook it for a few minutes longer than stated and eat it |
| 2 | That does not render it inedible if you cook it within a few hours — or freeze it immediately . |
| 3 | Halt it for a few minutes and it would die altogether . |
| 4 | ‘ Teach me to live , that I may dread/The grave as little as my bed ’ , he had written ; in this spirit he carried his shroud in a portmanteau and put it on a few days before his death at Longleat in 1711 , which his friends considered to have been advanced by his fasting and mortifications . |
| 5 | Hold it for a few seconds , maybe five , then release it . |
| 6 | Inside is a will , so read it for a few surprises . |
| 7 | I would say in employment yes , or people that want to get employment example would be yeah at M D secretary suddenly shot into the job of producing the company newspaper now I mean somebody like very quickly has to get to grips with this obviously can not give up six months to go and do it so you do it on a half day release basis . |
| 8 | So have a look through your book have a very quick glance at erm if you can just at an acid alkali one , at one side of an equation co try not to read it cover it up write it down and leave it for a few minutes till you 've forgotten if you did accidentally see what was on the other side till you 've forgotten it . |
| 9 | leave it for a few minutes , then start it up again . |
| 10 | Place the stem of a stick of celery in some dyed water and leave it for a few hours . |
| 11 | In this case , leave it for a few months and try going again later . |
| 12 | Glynn 's fax duly arrived and when it became apparent that the wiring was beyond the skills of a cack-handed caveman they promptly offered to collect the guitar ( I only live in Aberdeen ! ) , modify it and return it within a few working days . |
| 13 | " Take either currants , mulberries , raspberries or strawberries , sprinkle them with a little rose-water ; press out the juice , and draw the milk out of the cow 's udder into it ; sweeten it with a little sugar , and beat it well with birchen twigs , till it froth up ; then strew over it a little fine beaten cinamon , and it will be an excellent mess . |