Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] it [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm doing it tomorrow cos I want to leave it a little bit |
| 2 | But I do n't really want to compete in that world ; I want to do it a bit differently , something a bit more personal . |
| 3 | Or maybe maybe that is n't the first thing you want to do , if you want to do it a different way , do it whichever makes more sense to you . |
| 4 | ‘ If we can prove this works , ’ Mr Dowding said , ‘ I am sure there are a lot of other farmers who want to give it a try and are just waiting . |
| 5 | I want to give it a bit of a rest now and I 'm trying to leave it as long as possible before I have it permed again . |
| 6 | ‘ When talent comes through you want to give it a chance , ’ said Gooch . |
| 7 | ‘ Want to give it a parking ticket ? ’ said Jimmy from his chair . |
| 8 | We ca n't let you know yet where exactly you will have your wonderful week , because we want to keep it a surprise . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've never understood why you want to keep it a secret — I wish I did , ’ Miranda said , returning to their perennial source of disagreement . |
| 10 | I started paying for this myself two years ago — and I want to keep it a secret from him — but now I find I ca n't continue the payments . |
| 11 | The chairman , Martin Jay , told me they were always looking for new ideas to raise money but they want to keep it an event for the family , a rural event based on the race . |
| 12 | You want to warm it a bit , though . ’ |
| 13 | What happens if he says well I want to alter it a little bit ? |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , but we want to get it the right way about , ’ said Pumlumon . |
| 15 | I want to take it a step further and say , do n't behave like that , you idiots — it 's destroying people 's lives . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It 's our bicentenary here at Grindlewood and we want to make it a year to remember , ’ she said , measuring the floor with her brogues . |
| 17 | They want to rip all the trees down as well they want to make it a little piazza thing do n't they ? |
| 18 | and they want to make it an elected module for people doing other things |
| 19 | ‘ So stop calling it the Cages . |
| 20 | You seem to like it a lot . |
| 21 | The study of tone languages is less important for native speakers of non-tone languages , but most students seem to find it an interesting subject . |
| 22 | and you know we could , in those days because of the number of people employed being Electric Supply and Transport , we could erm , manage to keep it a viable proposition for an evening 's entertainment then and erm , you probably can turn this up in the , the Star they 're showing erm as he was then , one of the drivers swimming from erm Stoke Bathing Place to Felixstowe . |
| 23 | Critics seem to have it the other way round , so there 's a lot of stuff talked about me using different styles , but there does n't seem to be much said about whether it works , or whether it 's done with taste , or whether the end result is worth having . |
| 24 | ‘ I intend to give it a really good go , because I have the opportunity this year which I did n't have last season . ’ |
| 25 | I tend to do it the weekend before the month starts . |
| 26 | When I 'm not working , I tend to give it a break from putting anything on it . |
| 27 | I mean he 's , he 's not got the reading tend to give it a sort of late |
| 28 | ‘ That means I get to do it the way I think best . ’ |
| 29 | They like to do it a bit but they really ca n't sustain it because ultimately there 's a , there 's a call for action , a demand for action . |
| 30 | The Appendix needs another eight feet to be climbable , so I decide to leave it a week . |