Example sentences of "[v-ing] it [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To add further complication , English speakers rarely give that lake the name used by Swiss , French , Germans and Italians , calling it instead the Lake of Luzern , a name which the Swiss only apply to one arm ( and almost the smallest at that ) of this many-armed lake . |
| 2 | I would agree with that , but I would just like to pick up three two of there have been one or two instances felt that they have necessarily make aware perhaps that something 's coming up in er difficult , but I just wanted to mention that er I do n't know what the procedures are actually , but I mean it d did n't seem to be one or two cases not saying it necessarily the department 's fault , I 'm er just making the point . |
| 3 | In a general election on April 20 the largest of the four main parties , the conservative pro-European Communities Independence Party ( IP ) , recovered the votes which had gone to a breakaway liberal Citizens ' Party ( CP ) in the April 1987 elections [ see pp. 35138-39 ] , giving it twice the representation of the next-largest party . |
| 4 | It is in five movements , and is graced by a major role for the solo oboe , giving it almost the character of a concerto . |
| 5 | The first , having special application to devout families , was that God had favoured the dead child , by taking it to Himself and so sparing it both the suffering of this world and the danger that its relative innocence ( for children were born in sin ) would become corrupted . |
| 6 | Assertion comes into being when you still bring the conversation back this is what I want nothing else will do , and bringing it right the way back all the time to discuss what it is why it 's called a broken record exercise , we 'll give it a quick go now . |