Example sentences of "it [det] [adv] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Springers have now decided to sell and do it all again on a plot not far away — but this time with an indoor pool for year-round use and half-doors so children can be kept within sight of the kitchen and gym . |
| 2 | Mm I think if you try and do it here , so you make it into a shoe shape , you curl it all up into a shoe shape , where do you think it 's going to go ? |
| 3 | The tapes are erased afterwards what they do is somebody types it all up and erm then they build it all up on a computer . |
| 4 | Do n't you agree that you never know what you are going to find there but on the other hand if you ignore the expiry date and crunch it all up with a lot of jam , or even a lot of Nivea , it all goes down the red lane and things start to brighten up ? |
| 5 | While it is unremarkable to observe that although some people eat three meals a day , and others miss out breakfast and lunch altogether , taking all their food in the evenings , there is no such parallel during sleep — no normal person has been found who , for instance , takes all his or her REM sleep in one session of ninety minutes at the beginning of the night , or saves it all up for a session in the early hours of the morning . |
| 6 | Over the past year , I 've come across a dozen or more men of my age who are with women who simply are n't willing to give it all up for a baby . |
| 7 | How else should a person look , while , in the course of a single ceremony , he kisses everything goodbye — just blows it all away in a prodigal storm of confetti and rice ? |
| 8 | I do n't suppose I 'll be able to take it all in for a while . |
| 9 | I was ready to chuck it all in after a decision that flew in the face of reason . |
| 10 | Indeed Bob Arum , the promoter , who put it all down to a conflict of styles , recently dismissed his ranked middleweight Michael Nunn for such a negative performance . |
| 11 | Erlich wrote it all down in a pocket notebook , longhand . |
| 12 | The cream stucco on the houses — the imposing pillared porches with their black-and-white tiled steps ; she felt as if she had seen it all before in a dream . |
| 13 | And then I could put it all back in a ponytail except for a bit at the front dripping down . |
| 14 | Tossing it all together in a heap in a pan , and then hoping for the best , would produce another totally inedible meal . |
| 15 | Round it all off with a pair of boots to suit your level of walking , some gaiters to protect your lower leg and stop debris getting into your boots , and you 're ready for anything ! |
| 16 | MODEL Lisa Butcher got away from it all yesterday with a mystery man . |