Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] it [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parissien acknowledges another benefit : ‘ the bottom line , for those who want to see it that way , is that the course is also a guide to how to put money onto a house , rather than take it off . ’ |
| 2 | for the sea to be judged to be the same colour the painter has to paint it different colours . |
| 3 | The combined effect of the FSA and the delegation by the Secretary of State of regulatory power to the SIB has given it extensive executive , enforcement and rulemaking powers . |
| 4 | Cuba 's proximity to the United States has given it great value for Soviet intelligence , surveillance and communications operations . |
| 5 | Nonetheless , the authoritarian nature of the regime has won it many enemies both inside and outside the country , creating an atmosphere of suspicion and intrigue amongst the educated elite . |
| 6 | Yet its conversion to studios , workshops , flats and a drama school has won it several awards . |
| 7 | The success of Italian Euro-disco and House , and the more general context of Casa Latina , has ensured it wider recognition and consolidation . |
| 8 | And just to put the icing on the cake he has named it Black Forest Chateau . |
| 9 | The car has made it that way and it would be almost impossible for public transport to knit it together in the way that the railways did in the nineteenth century . |
| 10 | Fuzzy Logic has made it two wins out of two … |
| 11 | And erm that would carry on until such times as when the foreman or whoever would deem them fit to be a squad that could carry out er a heavier job if you want put it that way , where they would progress on to heavier plates etcetera , and do watertight work . |
| 12 | The lines of his short-cropped ruthless hair were disturbed , as though he had forgotten to comb it that morning or else , having combed , had continually run his fingers through it since then . |
| 13 | HENRY WHARTON plans to take the short route to victory at Leeds Town Hall tonight when he defends his Commonwealth super-middleweight title against Australian Rod Carr , the man he beat to win it last year . |
| 14 | I think that Sir Ian has got it nearer right than popular belief . |
| 15 | Oh if you 're silly with that the pieces will be missing by the time we want to play it next time . |
| 16 | The writer has to give it these things to make it real for the reader . |
| 17 | We do n't need to do it this time . |
| 18 | and say to him so and so and so and so he 'd always answer back and say I want to do it this way |
| 19 | Of more concern is the way Barnes has failed to silence his critics with his feet since his poor display and when asked if he will win his 69th cap next week , Taylor said simply : ‘ I want to give it some thought . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm happy that she seems to be leading a normal life and we want to keep it that way . ’ |
| 21 | The University has many staff whose work of outstanding international merit in many diverse fields has brought it great acclaim . |
| 22 | I tried to get it last night . |
| 23 | We 're not asking R P G two has to have it both ways if if that idea is er is there at all . |
| 24 | Thus A Very British Coup fails because , according to Pearce ‘ it wants to have it both ways ’ , and instead of ‘ owning up to being fantastic tosh , it tried to be incredibly realistic ’ ( Chris Tookey , The Sunday Telegraph , 26 June 1988 ) . |
| 25 | My right hon. Friends have not committed the Government to any position on tax , but I notice that , as usual , the right hon. Gentleman wants to have it both ways . |
| 26 | Sarah has tried it both ways . |
| 27 | And as a result has awarded it top marks and a prestigious regional Quality Brickwork Award . |
| 28 | A distinctive prominence was given to mathematics — not least because its value in astronomy , navigation , architecture , and surveying gave it particular relevance to those training for missionary work overseas , or to those preparing for high military or government service . |
| 29 | Happily there was no quick cash-in when ROY ORBISON died just before Christmas 1988 , and his widow Barbara has left it four years before releasing his posthumous album KING OF HEARTS ( Virgin ) . |
| 30 | He promised to return it that evening . |