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Example sentences of "[verb] it [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Ouch , I thought , that really hurt , and I clenched it tight for a moment to stop the pain , before looking to see the damage .
2	I drew it downwards with a clean cut .
3	Mr Patten described it yesterday as a ‘ spiteful and impractical and authoritarian plan ’ .
4	He pointed the torch beam at the forest floor , which was littered with pieces of fallen bark , dried leaves and twigs , then moved it slowly towards a hole at the base of a tree trunk .
5	‘ Say it again with a smile in your voice , ’ ordered Cal .
6	Directors say it silkily with a Jaguar or a Mercedes .
7	He stared at the paper for a moment then crumpled it angrily into a ball and tossed it into a corner .
8	He was basing it only on a recent knowledge of Trueman and the belief that his committee colleagues are capable of doing whatever it takes to preserve their ill-gotten privileges . ’
9	However , even Cockfield regarded it only as a courtesy title .
10	Robinson regarded it cautiously for a moment , then shook it , feeling the power in the other man 's grip .
11	‘ That may appeal to you , but there 's no way I would consider it even for a moment . ’
12	She said — or rather I did , to her solicitors — that she would consider it again in a year or so when everyone was calmer . ’
13	Because the money lenders were usually Brahmis , the effect of colonialism was to strengthen the caste system and place it firmly on a class basis .
14	They want it primarily as a holiday home , for recreation .
15	Now you know this , do n't start applying it rigorously as a rule which will inhibit your sailing , merely let the body work it out for itself by noticing the levelness of the horizon .
16	He sticks one between his teeth but does n't light it — just holds it there like a storeman 's pencil .
17	When photographed with adequate equipment it really does recall the outline of the North American continent ; it is dimly visible with the naked eye in the guise of a slightly brighter section of the Milky Way , and binoculars show it clearly as a large region of diffuse nebulosity .
18	It contains at least 40 stars , but binoculars show it only as a dim , slightly elliptical object of low surface brightness .
19	Fulham can now continue to lease the ground for the next decade and have the option to purchase it outright at a price of just under £8 million at any time during the 10 years .
20	In spite of this , and the fact that it was so large , he recognised it immediately as a coelacanth .
21	The cigarette had burned away between his fingers and he dropped it hastily into a cup on the tray beside him .
22	But they 've cut them well they done it again about a month ago no one could survive They 'll only do it to get the get the key
23	It is saying , and I think everyone agrees , do n't abolish this until you 've thought it through and either provided an alternative or done it again in a different way . ’
24	But I 've done it sometimes with a pair of tweezers .
25	As he once put it wryly to a friend , ‘ the guys who have the brains ca n't get elected , and the guys who get elected do n't always have the brains ’ .
26	I folded it up and put it away in a small carved wooden box in which I kept other trinkets and treasures of no significance to anyone except myself .
27	With that thought , she returned the cuttings to their envelope and put it away in a drawer of her desk .
28	Obviously you ca n't just take a vocal line from some traditional Japanese album and put it straight into a heavy metal song because it 's not going to work !
29	People think I put it there as a piece of pop art to decorate the room .
30	put it together on a training session on this and they rely on you and perhaps talk through to the session and say look that when I say this sort of thing , will you be the person that demonstrates or gives me answer you know , this sort of thing .