Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] it in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unable to stop the spell which has made the broom fetch water , the apprentice breaks it in two only to have both halves doing the job at twice the speed . |
| 2 | Whistle Down The Wind did it in 1961 and made Hayley Mills a child star . |
| 3 | On 13 October , the Leader of the Opposition described it in three different ways — which is typical of him . |
| 4 | So an unholy alliance of cow-keepers and slum-owners repeatedly elected the kind of corporation that would fight to the death ‘ the unsightly monster ’ of enclosure — as the mayor called it in 1825 . |
| 5 | Aspect 1 — the retention of propositional knowledge and the capacity to reproduce it in written form . |
| 6 | The guard examined it in close detail , checking off the listed physical peculiarities . |
| 7 | It is a virtual certainty that the developed world will have to set standards for itself , probably through commitments within the ECE or OECD framework , before attempting the infinitely difficult problem of persuading the South to join it in global agreements . |
| 8 | However , I would argue that it begs the question to phrase it in such a way . |
| 9 | If they wo n't , then it is good for the leader to discuss it in private with the individual . |
| 10 | If you wish to purchase a chunk of salame to slice yourself in the future , you should ask for the casing to be left on the meat to keep it in prime condition . |
| 11 | This meant both that the BBC itself was not to ‘ editorialize ’ about the news ( or ‘ matters of public policy ’ , as the Postmaster-General put it in 1927 ) and that it kept strict control over access to the airwaves . |
| 12 | Taking a proof of this or his own shaded drawing , the artist completed it in those light washes of colour that are so peculiarly his own ; and this tinted impression was handed as a copy to the trained staff of colourists , who , with years of practice under Ackermann 's personal supervision , had attained superlative skill . |
| 13 | The horseman was very particular about his harness and was as much concerned as the farmer to keep it in good order , making frequent visits to the saddler or harness-maker who had his shop in most of the larger villages . |
| 14 | Technically , an assault is either the application of force to the person of another , or the threat to apply it in such a way as to cause the other to fear or apprehend that he is about to be subjected to force . |
| 15 | The Foulis family who originally built the castle replaced it in 1806 with the Mansion House now a part of the school buildings . |
| 16 | Others counselled against introducing a general requirement of this kind , but suggested the Law Society should nevertheless have the power to impose it in appropriate cases . |