Example sentences of "[vb base] it [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They say it three times ? ’ |
| 2 | " Take a good piece of veal , about three pounds in weight , brown it both sides in butter . |
| 3 | Call up the design and place it two rows up from the bottom of the design area , leaving two empty rows of squares along the bottom of the screen . |
| 4 | they want it both sides of the coin do n't they ? |
| 5 | bash it five minutes down the road , bang bang |
| 6 | Flex your wrist up and down , and rotate it several times in both directions . |
| 7 | " We would not allow a farmer to stick something in a cow and chase it three times around five fields before it died " , Gummer said . |
| 8 | Give it fifty years and I 'll bet you that the baker and all the rest of the folks , it 'll be coming from a supermarket , but they 'll be delivering stuff that you 've put on your computer . |
| 9 | It is primarily this area of work which has prompted many supporting agencies to identify with WACC and give it financial resources . |
| 10 | We will restore public control of the National Grid and give it new duties and powers to ensure the long-term security of electricity supplies . |
| 11 | Go upstairs and paint that room in a minute , give it two coats today |
| 12 | I give it two nights . |
| 13 | Give it six months at least . |
| 14 | I 've got ta be catched I wo n't actually do it I 'll just come in run a mo just give it complete customers and and help |
| 15 | Would it , he was thinking , be like the ending of Forster 's as yet unpublished Maurice , a somewhat tame homo novel of which he was to say , commenting on the male lovers setting up house at the end , ‘ I give it three weeks ? ’ |
| 16 | so I give it these girls , them , let them have the worry |
| 17 | OK , give it ten years and perhaps only 20 per cent will be producing what 60 per cent or 70 per cent were twenty-five years ago . |
| 18 | If a dog wants food , for example when you are preparing a meal , then it may well start to whine until you give it some scraps . |
| 19 | If a suntan is top of that list give it top marks — after all , this is where the Spanish sun comes for its holiday . |
| 20 | I am to fingerstyle bass playing what Lemmy is to pick playing — we both give it fair amounts of welly ! |
| 21 | ‘ I know it all sounds good , ’ she says , ‘ but what I want most of all is to spend more time with my little girl — and that 's the one thing I ca n't do at the moment . ’ |
| 22 | hello , hi Matt , alright I did an absolute steamer , excellent , did it really well , it only took me an hour and ten minutes it took me an hour and ten minutes I have n't no I knew , I knew vaguely , knew vaguely enough I mean I have , perfect question came up just describe er the youths portrayed in the er book and there was only two , there was the main character who I got most of the stuff from , from what Katie told me and the rest was the other bloke was called Carston Corsalius and basically all we knew about him was he fancied this other one , the main character , and erm was a journalist , that was it ah put it in nine times , no , I , I do n't know what it means eh , er Matt did n't come in , er a bit of a shame could n't no yeah , what did you really want ? or was that it ? yeah yeah , fixed , flexible and managed yes fixed , flex , fixed , flexible and managed oh right yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah , do n't they and er advantages and disadvantages of indirect tax was , untax and direct was the other one , you know it indirect taxes yes yeah I ca n't remember , I really ca n't remember , like a colour yeah , you wan na know both of those , I 'd , I , I could n't remember all of demand pull , I put down the wage , price , wage spiral or the waged price spiral , that 's a stinker that is , that 's a beauty , I put that down , its ' a beaut , that 's my best diagram and I did three diagram' in four essays I hate doing diagram' yeah he 's here now , we 're about to go for a quick drink like , he says he 's been revising all day so erm , and I shall , I shall brief him , just as you would expect , I shall tell him all he needs I do n't , I do n't want to leave him in the lurch okay see you in French yeah , bye , bye , bye |
| 23 | Chew it many times before you swallow it . |
| 24 | get it other sides |
| 25 | Then into the playroom for a chat with the birds , numerous visits to the corridor to talk to the fish and feed it two grains of fish food at a time . |
| 26 | The other man had difficulty starting the machine and had to put a long handle in the front and turn it several times before the engine roared into life startling the children again . |
| 27 | Thus its surface may only occasionally be punctuated by groups of waterlilies and its margins graced with a restrained selection of marginal plants carefully placed so as to balance the visual aspect of the pool and yet not spoil it reflective qualities . |
| 28 | A wooden doll was made or found to contain her bones ; and round it gold plates and gold wire were set in the ninth century . |
| 29 | Well I mean it 's gone much beyond that I mean they the reality of the situation is er is not like that I 'm afraid I mean it Eighteen men have been sacked and and these are men that have put those quarries where they are . |
| 30 | Okay then call me in — make it fifteen minutes . ’ |