Example sentences of "[vb base] it the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ You want it the hard way ? |
2 | Put it the other way round , what incentives have the police or the white working class got not to be racist ? |
3 | Well we 'll put it just put it the other side of the line . |
4 | I think that I put it the other way round last time . |
5 | And then , put it the other way i if there were nothing that side you 'd have to put it on B because that 's ready to run . |
6 | Right , so when you measure that , okay , you best put it the right way up so you can see what you 're doing , and we 'll turn it back in a minute . |
7 | Put it the right way up then Kathleen ? |
8 | ‘ Let it work its way through him , ’ said Ellen to Brenda , ‘ let it work its way through and out ; the harder I put it the faster it will happen . ’ |
9 | For me there has always been — and I count it the greatest of all blessings — a window never finally blacked out , a light never finally extinguished . |
10 | The timbers are badly shaped and put together ; such a structure can only be a vehicle for plants and the sooner they cover it the better . |
11 | We however consider it the best mode of instruction , as we are perpetually saying , that when ever a horse acts agreeably to the wishes of his rider , it should follow that he receive some indulgence from him . |
12 | According to Maybury-Lewis ( 1971 : 33–6 ) , the Shavante , both men and women , have a passion for meat , and consider it the prime delicacy : in fact , however , they subsist primarily on wild roots , nuts , and fruits from the collecting trips of women . |
13 | One further thing that will help you to be a successful prescriber ; the more you enjoy it the easier it will be . |
14 | It 's usual to hang ceiling paper parallel with the main window in the room , but if you 're tackling the job for the first time and the room is noticeably shorter in one dimension , you may find it easier to manage shorter lengths and hang it the other way . |
15 | Its flattened face and its long , soft fur give it the rounded appearance of a ‘ super-baby ’ , appealing to many humans . |
16 | Eat three good meals a day , give it the big lips at night and then go and eat a Chinese or fish and chips . ’ |
17 | All you or your workmen have to do is supply a concrete base and clad the outside walls in brick or stone and give it the finishing touches . |
18 | For them , the solution to the problem of pro-government bias is simple : the broadcasters should treat government and governing party as one and the same , and give it the same coverage as the main opposition party . |
19 | So you add them together and you give it the same sign . |
20 | The prominent white clasts are fragments of anorthosites — calcium and aluminium-rich rocks that make up the bulk of the lunar highlands crust and give it the light colour that is visible from Earth . |
21 | But as , as I say it was a job at that time and and in fact I 'd never , this was the only factory I had n't fancied , working in was the B M K , and yet I like it the best . |
22 | That one , that one , page two , get it the right way up , that one , like that , that 's it . |
23 | Try and remember it the best you can . |
24 | Cyril Bradbury 's shocked daughter Denise had to make his breakfast at home and rush it the four miles to his bed wrapped in foil . |
25 | The next point that I wanted to turn to is who the duty of care is owed owed to , er as I understand it the present law is quite clear . |
26 | I always find it the reddest of the brilliant stars , though there is not a great deal of colour-difference between it and Betelgeux ; the name ‘ Antares ’ means ‘ the Rival of Ares ’ ( Mars ) . |
27 | I grew away from the Church being a clergyman s son , of course , and now that I 've come back to it I find it the same only more so — fewer people and even more cups of tea . ’ |
28 | One about Flaubert , one about Ellen , one about myself My own is the simplest of the three — it hardly amounts to more than a convincing proof of my existence — and yet I find it the hardest to begin . |
29 | But I still feel it the same , but not as much as this lot . |
30 | And erm Y equals X squared , and that 's Y and that 's an X. Then turn it the other way up to get X equals Y squared , and now that 's the Y and this is the X. |