Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] it the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 My chances of getting my hands on it long enough to give it the once-over were minimal , and I did n't fancy trying to steal it off Harley .
2 Now that the hand was not naturally and exactly adapted for one specific task it became generally adaptable for just about everything and hence the agency which ultimately controlled the hand was now called on to give it the directions which automatic instinct and locomotive reflexes no longer could .
3 It was therefore thought necessary to take steps not only to secure the defence of the Iberian Peninsula , but also to give it the ability to assume an offensive role if necessary .
4 Yet against all these odds bigger crowds were coming to Elland Road , and the ground was smartened up to give it the image of a major sports centre .
5 When I went up to investigate it the floor caved in beneath me and I fell into the middle of all those nasty plants . ’
6 During that time of course nobody there to run it the youth theatre sadly er ran down .
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