Example sentences of "[vb pp] it the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The frequent manifestation of a melancholy figure at Covent Garden Underground Station has earned it the unwanted title of the most haunted station on the London Transport system . |
| 2 | It 's turned it the other way round . |
| 3 | It would have been far better if he 'd done it the other way around — the rest of the set acoustic and then brought them on to play . |
| 4 | The Hungarians have put privatisation and foreign-trade liberalisation before currency convertibility ; the Poles have done it the other way round . |
| 5 | I think you should have done it the other way . |
| 6 | It has done it the old-fashioned way , with teamwork , better quality and new models that appeal to its customers . |
| 7 | In fact if we 'd done it the proper way you 'd of had |
| 8 | that 's the wrong way , you 've done it the wrong way have n't you ? |
| 9 | Yeah I know I fou seen it the other day Mary . |
| 10 | This has been the practice in many countries internationally , but our sudden realisation of its effectiveness in creating bilingualism has made it the major discovery in language acquisition . |
| 11 | Its elasticity would have made it the ideal candidate for a trampoline-cover . |
| 12 | Eliot told me that if he misses his tea he is no good for anything until he has had it the following day . ’ |
| 13 | Chairman , if , if I may and it is just basically to look at the recommendation and wonder you know perhaps if we 've got it the right way round er that 's all , where we 're saying er there are certain things still outstanding wh which we would need to re-relate before er issuing er general conformity notices I understand b but we 're almost taking that they 're going to do that without any doubt , now I do n't know maybe there are things not said in this report which are well understood , but and members of are quite happy to accept erm er s some more more changes to , to the local plan so that it does conform with with the structure plan , but I just wondered whether round the wrong way . |
| 14 | do n't forget to use the outside scale , and the other thing is , make sure you 've got it the right height , it 's not a precise |
| 15 | we 've got a hundred grams divided by twenty eight pennies , the answer is whatever it comes to grams per divided by pennies , grams per penny , so that 's a good check that you 've got it the right way up , before you go and calculate it you just have a little look , what have I got here ? |
| 16 | erm Now , what you 've got there is a slightly later map of 1675 , which is exactly the same , the north is at the bottom , I 'm afraid the top is not very obvious , if I could just hold it up , you 've got the castle there , and you 've got it the right way up , and actually there 's some writing as well . |
| 17 | I 've got it the other way round look . |
| 18 | Now she 's got it the other way about |
| 19 | No , no , no you 've got it the wrong way round , I went , I brought you here and then I had to go back cos I was in the Royal Marine Police |
| 20 | ‘ No , Ace , you 've got it the wrong way round . |
| 21 | got it the wrong way round . |
| 22 | They had patronised it the previous night , taking to heart its motto ( in Latin ) , ‘ drink yourself to hell ’ . |
| 23 | First on the scene , a showy horse , a Palomino — the locals called it the cardboard horse . |
| 24 | The blame for syphilis was invariably ascribed to foreigners , with the result that the English called it the French disease , the French called it the Italian disease , the Italians , unable to make up their minds , called it both the French disease and the Spanish disease , while the Spanish called it the disease of Hispaniola ( Haiti ) . |
| 25 | We have looked upon it almost as convertible with thought , of which we have called it the very stuff and process . |
| 26 | The called it the Silly Women Running Idle , but that was just for fun . |
| 27 | The blame for syphilis was invariably ascribed to foreigners , with the result that the English called it the French disease , the French called it the Italian disease , the Italians , unable to make up their minds , called it both the French disease and the Spanish disease , while the Spanish called it the disease of Hispaniola ( Haiti ) . |
| 28 | Pertwee had already employed it the previous morning effectively to terminate interrogation . |
| 29 | The reason I have given it the temporary title referred to above is because I have witnessed at least two name exchanges at the station in recent months . |
| 30 | She had learned it the hard way and she never let her guard slip at all . |