Example sentences of "[prep] it [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And in the middle of that , they thought that perhaps an ornamental lighting column with sort of , with lights coming out from the top of it just to make it a bit more fancy . |
| 2 | But I mean the main the main I mean in it in certain quarters we 've been down playing that aspect of it simply to get it through . |
| 3 | He felt too seriously about the watching of it ever to have played it . |
| 4 | All I would do with it just to fancy it up you know to buy some of that pink sheering stuff |
| 5 | He had toyed with the idea of marriage , flirted with it only to tease her before his godmother 's death . |
| 6 | She finally got involved for the oldest reason of all : ‘ I was n't getting as much attention as I wanted , so I kind of got into it just to get his attention , and to be around him more . ’ |
| 7 | He ‘ s had a couple of bumps , as well , one of which has left a long and jagged crease in the body almost from headlight to tail-light ; that one was n't his fault , but he drove away from it fast to avoid the questions that would certainly follow . |
| 8 | She foraged in it immediately to see if her young supporter had been able to smuggle through a twist of tobacco . |
| 9 | I remained in it only to pay off the debts left by our now failed business and needed every penny I could get . |
| 10 | Nor is it so regular that we can trust to it altogether to fix the exact date of any given work . |
| 11 | Page , as it is always known , remains enthralled by the country , returning to it frequently to photograph and document the Vietnamese struggle to return to normality . |
| 12 | I hope you have n't gone and done anything silly to it just to get your own back for me going away . |
| 13 | So what have you got to do to it now to make it into a ninety ? |
| 14 | He says it would be morally wrong to reduce spending at a time when millions depend on it just to survive . |
| 15 | A , it 's part of , it 's linked to the fact that erm , the Council 's quite erm concerned to get , you know , community groups active in the town and responding to things as well as just the Council , Council Officer 's , but it 's also linked to the fact that we as Council Officer 's ca n't be overtly political , it 's far to say , and you know , what happens is groups get set up to resist things like last year when the hospital lost the fifty million pounds , there 's enough people on it now to say that it 's you people here that formed the bulk of thos e groups . |
| 16 | Remember that bream , in order to grow big , live in waters rich in natural food , and pre-baiting is necessary to wean them off it enough to accept your offerings . |
| 17 | The result of all this can be likened to a vast ocean , teeming with fish of which only one in a million is edible , and just as this would present a monstrous task to fishermen entrusted with the responsibility of feeding a hungry populace , so does the almost unbelievable quantity of religious teaching and literature by its very size and complexity make it impossible for it ever to serve a serious purpose in satisfying the undoubted universal desire for a respected and well-beloved religion . |
| 18 | She asked him whether he would see the film and ‘ issue a statement about it both to encourage anxious parents and to ensure that the Church was seen to be caring about the matter ’ . |
| 19 | Banbury Lane , now in part a main motor road , is the oldest of the roads on the map , though there is little about it today to indicate its great antiquity . |
| 20 | I 'm glad I told you now … it 's worth it just to see the look on your face . ’ |
| 21 | It 'd be worth it just to see your face — ’ |
| 22 | The bruised genitals were almost worth it just to see the look on his enemy 's face . |
| 23 | It was worth it just to see the fun he had going round in circles on a toy fire engine . |
| 24 | It would be worth it just to get this whole silly mess sorted out . |
| 25 | B We 're going out at ten to have a look at it again to test see how high that fork lift |
| 26 | When selecting a design for weaving , look at it carefully to check that the floats will not be too long . |