Example sentences of "it [adv] and [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was an old house there and that 's what she said , it was derelict , they knocked it down and rebuilt the new one . |
| 2 | She lifted it down and read the brief note inside . |
| 3 | Even when she had turned it over and seen the franked stamps she was childishly afraid . |
| 4 | The Danish star failed to hang on to a shot from Steve Clarke and the ball ran away from him for Gavin Peacock to sweep it home and stun the United fans . |
| 5 | He pulled it off and felt the cold air bite into his hot skin , his scanty hair standing up and waving gently in the breeze . |
| 6 | I 'm not turn it off and re-wind the fucking thing . |
| 7 | He picked it up and tapped the old tobacco out onto the range . |
| 8 | ‘ She covers it up and tells the little girl it 's full of fairies and pretty make-believe so she must n't be scared , and she tells the boy it 's really there , dead , under the shawl . ’ |
| 9 | Er and they 're very sensitive to that and they pick it up and make the most of it . |
| 10 | In the chip shop we bought some fish out the fryer and put in the top and straight away got them bloody tongs picked it up and poured the bloody grease off it and put it in the bloody bag thought it was terrible . |
| 11 | When I get his report , I shall , of course , examine it carefully and examine the full details of the case . |
| 12 | She pulled her jumper off and handed it to him , then watched as he spread it out and laid the dead animal on it . |
| 13 | We might have to , we might be able to get away without having to take the board out , if I if I use the old de- solderer might be able to just hook it out and put the next one in . |
| 14 | It was on display for the day and was being steamed so that the boiler inspectors could check it out and issue the necessary documents confirming that it was tested and available to work . |
| 15 | Lucille plucked it out and tickled the sleeping baby with its tip . |
| 16 | It erm security are actually carrying it out and clearing the best positions to , to do so . |
| 17 | A bit of judicious trimming will keep it flowering generously all summer : a careful haircut for the lower half of the plant will hold back the flowers while the top half is in bloom , then when that has finished cut it back and let the lower half flower . |
| 18 | The technique of panning , therefore , is to cause the gold to sink in the pan by jiggling it about and washing the gold-free surface gravel out over the rim of the pan . |
| 19 | It goes on there , well done , let's turn it round and see the whole , whole thing , there you are , there 's a great big picture of with his tail falling off , there we go . |