Example sentences of "[verb] it with [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Standing on opposite sides of the pile , Mina and Kāli beat it with wooden spades , softening the clay and mixing in the cow-dung .
2 Their elders make it upstairs in the flats , attended by small children — brothers and sisters who grow up in the Gorbals , Glasser says , to try it with each other .
3 Will my hon. Friend emphasise that Labour 's only policy on air pollution is to abolish nuclear power and replace it with coal-fired power — the net consequence of which could be only a massive increase in global warming ?
4 The embalmer helped them replace the planks , and then fussed about whether to sweep up and re-use the original natron , or replace it with fresh salt .
5 A tower wagon was waiting at the Lower Church Street corner to remove the junction in the overhead wires as soon as the last trolleybus had passed and replace it with plain wires leading only in the Mitcham direction .
6 Note that , following completion of the buy-out , both Newco and Target 's accounting periods must also correspond , especially if group relief is being relied upon to fund Newco 's liability to meet interest payments to its investors and provide it with tax-efficient servicing of interest on its debt .
7 He covers it with both hands .
8 They were especially critical of the assumption that one can explain a form of behaviour simply by observing its incidence and correlating it with other variables .
9 The orgasmic bellowing began when I got the car into a slide as the track began to get wet with rain and caught it with opposite lock .
10 In fact , she dismissed it with one word — ‘ rubbish ’ — but we 'd just started the show when there was a loud bang .
11 He completely misjudged the question , and his translation was ignored by churchmen as well as by the editor of the influential Monthly Review , who had been irritated by Smart 's angry response to earlier criticism , and dismissed it with short shrift .
12 Lake Windermere 's ranger 's annual report has accused boat owners of polluting it with raw sewage and spent fuel , leading to noxious smells in warm weather .
13 Weller is trying to make political idealism glamorous by linking it with being a stylist , and validate being a stylist by aligning it with political ideals .
14 She set it down on the kitchen table , stroked it with one finger .
15 Jim Smyth of the Ulster Workers ' Council emphasised and re-emphasised it with particular skill and persistence .
16 It 's got a bad reputation , we associate it with old age , the truth is , man loses his hair because he 's got too much male testosterone and he loses it because he 's got a sex drive like a rampant rhino .
17 Chiang Kai-shek built it with forced labour , and dusty antique-model lorries still ply it , driven by young men in white gloves .
18 The problem is to provide it with updated forecast data ’ .
19 It looks to you to provide it with that light .
20 Similar regulations and procedures have delayed both the promotion and dismissal of staff and have hampered the ZBS by failing to provide it with adequate transport when needed at short notice .
21 Not all approached it with such seriousness .
22 ‘ I approached it with some trepidation but the satisfaction of passing was immense , ’ he said .
23 The ultimate synthesis of a design was never revealed in a flash ; rather he approached it with infinite precautions , stalking it , as it were , now from one point of view , now from another , and always in fear lest a premature definition might deprive it of something of its total complexity .
24 The detainer is liable for any damage caused to the livestock by failure to treat it with reasonable care and supply it with adequate food and water .
25 X owned an ox which , while his servants were driving it with due care through a town , entered the shop of Y , an ironmonger , through an open door .
26 ‘ I used to worry about Darth Vader , ’ Prentice confessed , putting his arm round Rory 's waist and lifting his foot to massage it with one hand .
27 ‘ It has the range if we fit it with FAST packs , ’ the Air Force general told Morton Stannard at the Pentagon .
28 In my case , my parents used it with devastating overkill .
29 If you 're planning a formal herb patch , do n't edge it with conventional box — use edible plants instead ( above ) .
30 He pushed the invitation over to her : she regarded it with mock distaste .
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