Example sentences of "be [verb] it a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been feeding it a goodly amount of quinine and aspirin in the night to keep it from going hungry . " |
| 2 | The cumulative effect of the language of the British inner city has been to give it a contradictory definition , as a conceptual space both inside and outside of society . |
| 3 | this boy who 'd been doing it a few years . |
| 4 | I 've been giving it a great deal of thought myself in recent weeks . |
| 5 | To make the assumption that JustText was only capable of producing text would be to do it a grave disservice . |
| 6 | That shoulder obviously still him a problem he seems to be holding it a little bit awkwardly as it comes in to Speedy now . |
| 7 | Naturally I do n't want to risk a recurrence of the trouble , but equally , I hate missing any Ireland match and I 'll be giving it a full blast in the final training session to make sure I 'm 100 per cent . |
| 8 | I 'm doing it a funny way this time . |
| 9 | Diane is a DesignaKnit dealer and she will be demonstrating it a various events , including the Webbington Show at the end of October . |
| 10 | Oh yes been making it a long time . |
| 11 | All day long you will work and you will slave , Allowing wheelchairs to go where you pave , Just look at the kids to keep tiredness at bay , Because for them you are making it a better day . |
| 12 | It 's the Independence Day celebrations in the United States next Monday , and , from what Liz said , it seems that most people in America are making it a long holiday weekend . ’ |
| 13 | The Russians are certainly trying to bring the two sides together for talks and end the fighting , but , so far , they are finding it a hard row . |
| 14 | Right , correction , one lady does n't , but those who do go back to the Property Committee and I would say that erm if this were to happen , and the County Council were to make it a permanent site in that particular position , we could lay a charge of gross negligence , or even mis-appropriation of assets . |
| 15 | It 's give it a new lease of life . |
| 16 | Engineers know that the way to make something that resists damage is to give it a modular structure . |
| 17 | A good thriller , and Corgi is giving it a major campaign . |
| 18 | Whether it was give it a better flavour or no , I do n't know but we never used the saltpetre . |
| 19 | Although unladen with any climbing gear — even the daysack was being carried by Singi — I was finding it a hard struggle to make upward progress in the thin , cold air ; surprisingly more so than on Mera Peak when ice-axe , crampons and heavy climbing boots had been used . |
| 20 | It was leaving it a little bit late , even if there was the possibility of serious trouble in the summer , not to be talking about it . |