Example sentences of "[vb base] it [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ And if you pick one of these creatures up and place it a little distance away on the surface of the water , all its fellows will see is that it vanished , and reappeared elsewhere . |
2 | ‘ You want it the hard way ? |
3 | Put it the other way round , what incentives have the police or the white working class got not to be racist ? |
4 | I think that I put it the other way round last time . |
5 | And then , put it the other way i if there were nothing that side you 'd have to put it on B because that 's ready to run . |
6 | Well we 'll put it just put it the other side of the line . |
7 | Right , so when you measure that , okay , you best put it the right way up so you can see what you 're doing , and we 'll turn it back in a minute . |
8 | Put it the right way up then Kathleen ? |
9 | ‘ Count it a Polar bear , ’ said Titty . |
10 | I count it a double honour to represent Framlingham this afternoon and to offer you a welcome back , a welcome into our homes which we look forward to seeing you on Saturday and we are so thrilled to think that so many of you have made the journey back to visit us and I echo the sentiments of another speaker , do n't let it be so long before you come again . |
11 | I wash it every other day and change my shampoo and conditioner every three months . |
12 | But I just wash it every other day . |
13 | We consider it a great honour for all members of the band and bugles . |
14 | According to Maybury-Lewis ( 1971 : 33–6 ) , the Shavante , both men and women , have a passion for meat , and consider it the prime delicacy : in fact , however , they subsist primarily on wild roots , nuts , and fruits from the collecting trips of women . |
15 | Nannies consider it an essential part of their job to buy hundreds and hundreds of scented nappy disposal sacks . |
16 | ‘ Auctioneers in general consider it an unworkable scheme which will create absolute chaos to the services provided by livestock auctioneers to the agricultural community , ’ said Mr Heslop . |
17 | You only op open it a certain way . |
18 | We opt for The Baker 's Wife at the Phoenix and all vote it a definite winner , and I wonder again at the jaundiced palate of critics who gave it a fair old drubbing when it first trotted out . |
19 | It 's usual to hang ceiling paper parallel with the main window in the room , but if you 're tackling the job for the first time and the room is noticeably shorter in one dimension , you may find it easier to manage shorter lengths and hang it the other way . |
20 | You must save the file and give it a recognised DOS filename for a permanent record of your work . |
21 | Give it a rich soil in full sun and it will pay for its keep a thousandfold . |
22 | A certain proportion of " amusing " recipes and chic asides " get your rabbits sent from Dartmoor " give it a distinct sniff of the fashion-magazine hostess style . |
23 | Doing fair copies of written work , infrequently and not as a punishment , can be useful ; but give it a real purpose . |
24 | For instance , Stravinsky 's Symphonies of Wind Instruments ends with nine bars based on the chord progressions E minor , D minor , and C major , but by adding foreign diatonic notes to each chord he forms small clusters which obscure the harmony and give it a mysterious fascination . |
25 | The horns and its clean , tapering head also give it a close resemblance to the dainty Kerry cattle of Ireland and individual Gloucesters often look almost exactly like the Kerry about the head . |
26 | And you can report that because this baby 's going to need to go to hospital right so those are the three things you do , you raise the room temperature , erm you cuddle the baby close to your own body which should be warm , removing any excess layers , you can then wrap a blanket around yourself and the baby , if you can , give it a warm drink but you , you may , may not be able to do that , you take the baby 's temperature and you seek medical advice right Is that quite clear ? |
27 | Give it a relaxing cup of coffee , and it may start inventing a brilliantly satirical speech for the next Sales Conference . |
28 | A well-informed horseman simply had to grasp the horse 's head firmly and give it a sharp turn and back him out of the area that had been contaminated by the jading substance . |
29 | The leaves of this tree are rather common fossils , striped with longitudinal veins that give it a superficial resemblance to the leaf of an iris . |
30 | The spiny anteater , too , has a long pointed snout , but its spines give it a superficial resemblance to a hedgehog rather than to another typical anteater . |