Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , thanks for explaining it all to me , but I 'll have to be going too , I 'm afraid . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ The nice thing about keeping it small and knowing each other well is that it 's very flexible ; if one of us has an emergency it does n't create problems or ill-feeling . ’ |
| 3 | I was surprised when Newsround came and we had to sing Ding dong merrily on high again after singing it three times before . |
| 4 | Yesterday , the Newcastle-upon-Tyne-based house-builder reported first-half profits nearly doubled , from £2.5 million at £4.8 million , and the restoration of the interim dividend at 1p , after passing it last time . |
| 5 | It was from something on a thin silver chain around her neck , and after snapping it free he stood up to inspect his find in the available light . |
| 6 | I was very pleased with the finished result , but I must confess , after wearing it several times , a few of the cut floats have worked through to the front . |
| 7 | He seemed keen to try the jelly and oranges for pudding , but ended up choosing to give me a cuddle after fingering it all . |
| 8 | Most children reject new foods the first time they are offered , but if your child clearly finds the food disagreeable , even after trying it three or four times , then do n't serve it up again . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm sure Meg and all the ladies are very anxious to take possession of their fine new footwear , but I shall have the privilege of seeing it first . ’ |
| 10 | Gould was charmed by these little parrots whose ‘ extreme cheerfulness of disposition and sprightliness of manner ’ he said ‘ render it an especial favourite with all who have had an opportunity of seeing it alive ’ . |
| 11 | If somebody says you do n't wan na be rushed , right , that 's what you 've got ta say to them that 's just what that old dear was saying the other day , right you certainly understand that , right , you agree with them , first thing you do you always agree with them , right and then you 've just got the same sequence as I want to think about it , but just sort of make it clear , I mean what is it they actually , you know , frightened of being rushed into ? |
| 12 | The usual way of coping with their father had been to make no reference to anything untoward that might have happened , for fear of bringing it all upon them again . |
| 13 | Erm , so it 's a way of bringing it alive . |
| 14 | Four years and two months ago or a few months but the gas man sort of found it dangerous . |
| 15 | I chopped up the chicken itself and I put it and what I could rescue of the rice and a bit more rice which was in the cupboard into a frying pan with a stock cube and some water and I sort of poached it all together . ’ |
| 16 | Their political passivity about these communal services ca n't be understood without taking into account the benefit of keeping it all in the family — for men it secured their surveillance over the time and labour of women . |
| 17 | Of the residents who voted 53.4 per cent were for closure and 46.6 per cent in favour of keeping it open . |
| 18 | Yeah , should of picked it all up . |
| 19 | Mm , it banks up the other side banks up the other side you see and then once the pond 's all in you sort of landscape it all down and you use it as a rockery , I want the |
| 20 | Well no , you , you sort of mix it all up and it 's like a , a piece of dough , it 's like , it 's like a pastry |
| 21 | After all , the content and potential benefits of such a product will be irrelevant if its users do not find the means of accessing it easy-to-use , powerful and compelling . |
| 22 | Should n't of done it that way . |
| 23 | Should of done it last night when it was empty then . |
| 24 | I 've been mean I 've been , I would of done it last weekend , but , I do n't , I had a load of washing and it depends |
| 25 | Well I 'm sure that we could of got it free through erm Suffolk Wild Life Trust and it |
| 26 | No , but he might of got it wrong you do n't know that . |
| 27 | Well she could n't of had it colder than when dad was in hospital ! |
| 28 | The new album is unbelievable ; they 're so adventurous and they have a habit of pulling it all off , whichever area they go into . ’ |
| 29 | Now it catches on something , and Walter 's round face tightens with the effort of pulling it free . |
| 30 | You have not only derived from it the means of raising your subterranean wealth , but those also of rendering it available to the public . ’ |