Example sentences of "[vb base] it [prep] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had watched her apply a smear of eye-black below her lower lashes , then dust it with the palest face-powder until her eyes appeared extra large and dark-rimmed . |
| 2 | If you have a call for someone , transfer it to the nearest phone or go over to them to tell them you have a call . |
| 3 | Still , set it beside the earliest of the quotations , from the Webbs ' A Constitution for the Socialist Commonwealth of Great Britain , dating from 1920 , and we can see how far the Empirical Socialist view had changed . |
| 4 | From seven in the morning he 'd sit there with the thing pressed to his ear ; to preserve the batteries and to avoid alarming the guards , we always set it at the lowest volume . |
| 5 | compare it against the latest Merc |
| 6 | You approach it along the narrowest road which creeps warily on the side of a steep chalk plateau , one step up from the flat farm land which , after a mile or so , tumbles to West Fleet and over Chesil Beach into the sea . |
| 7 | I find it in the unlikeliest places , many of which had not sold it for at least 25 years . |
| 8 | If you want to grill fast , for instance , turn the control to the large flame symbol ; slow , then turn it to the lowest flame symbol . |
| 9 | Ask it about the Highest Science . ’ |
| 10 | Try it with the best Agatha Christies . |
| 11 | All you need to do is unfold the lid ( which doubles as a phased-array antenna ) , aim it towards the nearest convenient satellite and dial the call . |
| 12 | I tend to get completely engrossed with what I am doing and do it to the best of my ability , ’ … and that 's running Runrig . |
| 13 | it 's not a reflex action that the Labour Party somehow engages in , but there are things that we need to rave raise revenue for , such as investment in the economy , like our social policies , and that the way that we will raise revenue is that we we will have a fair taxation system , that is very straightforward , and agreed by the Party , unlike the Conservatives who firstly do n't recognize there is any purpose in investment in the economy , public investment , or investment in social policies they do n't agree with , and secondly , when they do have to raise money they do it in the unfairest possible way , penalizing most those who can least |
| 14 | If two subversives want to meet and pass unnoticed , then do it in the smartest , most exclusive hotel in Geneva . |
| 15 | Now that would do , that would do whether the , whether the knuckles were hurt or it was just a minor cut in the palm of the hand there , that would do and you can use the same type of bandage on the foot alright , so that 's if the hand was damaged , now supposing we did n't have the hand damaged , but we had instead a cut up here , okay , again clean it and if you clean it with lots of water always remember to dry off around the wound because bugs love a moist skin to grow in , dry the wound before you apply the dressing okay if you can , dry it off the best you can and then you 're going to place that over the cut , remember you want the pad to be long enough , big enough , okay , now she can hold this for you again , she can hold it above where the wound is and now when you bandage this one you always bandage from the narrow part to the fat part of the limb , you always bandage from the narrow to the fat , so you take the bandage down |
| 16 | Take it to the nearest station and get the Hell out of here before I change my mind about carting you . |
| 17 | He expands upon this : ‘ It does not follow from their alleged unawareness of the possibility of death that they do not fear death , and flee it as the greatest of evils ’ ( 1977 : 40 ) . |
| 18 | You see it in the best maitre d'or concierge . |