Example sentences of "be [verb] it with [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 X owned an ox which , while his servants were driving it with due care through a town , entered the shop of Y , an ironmonger , through an open door .
2 It had to be abolished , for the peasants were resisting it with increasing militancy and a mass uprising was entirely conceivable .
3 The problem is to provide it with updated forecast data ’ .
4 ‘ The trick is to cover it with black pepper , and when that 's gone , cover it again . ’
5 So that is how Virginia became friends with the witch of Wardle Wood and discovered for herself that the best way of dealing with fear is to face it with brave unselfishness and prove it to be false .
6 Mr Clarke told the Commons he was doing it with great reluctance .
7 Mr Clarke told the Commons he was doing it with great reluctance .
8 Mr Clarke told the House of Commons that he was doing it with great reluctance .
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