Example sentences of "[vb base] it [prep] the [adj -est] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had watched her apply a smear of eye-black below her lower lashes , then dust it with the palest face-powder until her eyes appeared extra large and dark-rimmed . |
| 2 | If you have a call for someone , transfer it to the nearest phone or go over to them to tell them you have a call . |
| 3 | From seven in the morning he 'd sit there with the thing pressed to his ear ; to preserve the batteries and to avoid alarming the guards , we always set it at the lowest volume . |
| 4 | You approach it along the narrowest road which creeps warily on the side of a steep chalk plateau , one step up from the flat farm land which , after a mile or so , tumbles to West Fleet and over Chesil Beach into the sea . |
| 5 | If you want to grill fast , for instance , turn the control to the large flame symbol ; slow , then turn it to the lowest flame symbol . |
| 6 | Ask it about the Highest Science . ’ |
| 7 | Take it to the nearest station and get the Hell out of here before I change my mind about carting you . |
| 8 | You see it in the best maitre d'or concierge . |