Example sentences of "[to-vb] it a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As though to tighten it a hand came to rest on hers . |
| 2 | As he reached the spot where Josh Cornock was likewise occupied , he heaved the elver scoop from the water and was delighted to find it a quarter full of the writhing silver baby eels . |
| 3 | And as for being fair , well , no one else ever seems to find it a problem . ’ |
| 4 | Maybe he was still small enough to find it a novelty . |
| 5 | It 's pretty obvious that American producers , catering to a market which buys 950 million tickets a year , are going to find it a lot easier to raise money than British producers , who are , by comparison , making films for a tiny coterie . |
| 6 | Then I went through the samples in my kitchen and realised that , rather than look at the non-mainstream areas , I could look at wines from perfectly accepted areas that broke the usual conventions ; or in one brilliant example , I could see what great traditional winemakers — in this case a pair of Burgundian grandees — could do when they decided to rough it a bit in France 's far south . |
| 7 | Well , if I erm said to one of my students something about that was a very good essay you wrote , in fact I 'd like to discuss it a little bit more down at the pub and down at the pub I put my hand on his knee perhaps in making a point about how good his essay was . |
| 8 | But there 's a lot of adulterated cockney in the home counties , I used to hear it a lot in Hertfordshire . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , its plain white mount carrying its title offended the judge , but he still felt compelled to award it a Merit Certificate . |
| 10 | But you have to help it a bit first ! |
| 11 | But in the long run , it 's bound to strengthen Germany 's economy tremendously , in fact some people think it 's going to strengthen it a bit too much , because it 's , it 's strong enough er already . |
| 12 | I 'd like to grow it a bit longer , but the ends are inclined to split and it looks dull . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Batty used to do it a bit , but is more of a solid player and these days tends to calm things down . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Because he 's got this new system , he wants to use it a bit . |
| 17 | Well looking at that I would n't I 'd like to leave it a wee while my options open because in the in the |
| 18 | The Appendix needs another eight feet to be climbable , so I decide to leave it a week . |
| 19 | They had to give it a quarter turn you see with a spanner . |
| 20 | The departure from her old home and her arrival in her new one will be a tremendous double adjustment for her to make , so you should try to give it a sense of occasion . |
| 21 | And they told it without on-screen questioning , though the programme is skilfully structured to give it a coherence it might have lacked . |
| 22 | — You 've got to give it a chance . |
| 23 | But friends assured me there was more to this grand range of mountains than my experience had suggested , and so to give it a chance I went back to climb Cairn Gorm properly , giving the bridies as wide a body swerve as possible . |
| 24 | A gigantic undertaking like the invasion of Europe needed at least a few days of good weather to give it a chance , and we appeared to be settled into a period of wind , rain and low cloud . |
| 25 | To give it a chance of success , some French troops had to be withdrawn from south of the Somme and their lines taken over by Haig 's men , disrupting his own long-planned attack in Flanders . |
| 26 | ‘ When talent comes through you want to give it a chance , ’ said Gooch . |
| 27 | Konrad Adenauer had already suggested that West Germany should be allowed the means to defend itself , and that the surest way of winning the population over to a massive commitment to democracy was to give it a stake in the responsibility of defending Western Europe . |
| 28 | El Pais , Madrid 's leading newspaper , says that the Reina Sofía was born and has developed ‘ without a clear museographic plan , lacking in international credibility ’ and exploiting ‘ Guernica ’ to give it a prestige it would otherwise lack . |
| 29 | ‘ 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 . |
| 30 | Some of the case histories seem scientifically a little scanty but there is sufficient evidence of its effectiveness in the treatment of arthritis for sufferers to give it a try . |