Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [verb] it a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The winners , for example , will collect only around £5,000 less than the £30,000 total prize money that was on offer for the sub-continent 's 1987 World Cup , which is doubtless why Australia and the West Indies were eventually persuaded to join the party after originally blowing it a loud raspberry . |
| 2 | Let's say it starts of with just to make it a bit easier for you so it does n't come like this let's say it starts with fifteen engines on , and what 's its weight with fifteen engines on ? |
| 3 | Julie Mills moved into her Edwardian town house in London expecting to just give it a lick of paint . |
| 4 | But the biggest scam of all is run by the Government , which has somehow managed to harness young energy , ambition and initiative without ever giving it a real chance to shine through . |
| 5 | Washington seems content to let the United Nations disband the Contras , but Mr Pickering and other US officials have been linking it to the disbanding of the FMLN , without explicitly making it a condition for Washington 's cooperation . |
| 6 | But the second one was to actually make it a bit of bloody exercise in marketing . |
| 7 | You could use a chronic adulter to actually write it a bit easier but er I did n't know about that when I wrote these slides many many years ago and it 's carried on since . |
| 8 | Midwives at delivery of a baby for adoption need to think about how to make it a positive event , and this may be achieved by liaising with the adoption agency and possibly offering the mother a cuddle with her baby or a photo . |
| 9 | Even if you are mouse phobe you should at least give it a try because you might be surprised at how easy it makes common operations . |
| 10 | DRINKING is no newer a theme than the quest for truth or the pursuit of friendship , but the startling originality of Stephen Amidon 's Thirst at least lends it a fresh sheen . |
| 11 | If the floor does not need sanding , at least give it a good scrub and a final wash of white spirits , or a mixture of two parts water to one of ordinary vinegar . |
| 12 | Anita Harris decided to try to play the game according to Ken 's own rules , or at least give it a try . |
| 13 | If the frame appears to be in reasonably good condition , you may find that you work wonders by just giving it a proper clean . |
| 14 | By not calling it a ‘ Nuclear Obligation ’ , the government hoped to avoid a charge of totally rigging the market and could be seen to at least throw out a lifeline to the renewables . |
| 15 | We take it as obviously inadequate merely to assert that fundamental syntax is semantic ; nor shall we believe that we have described ( let alone explained ) the meaning of a syntactic construction by simply giving it a name , such as attribution or predicative adjunction . |