Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] it [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is none of that apparently aimless wandering in short stretches , punctuated by frequent bends , going halfway round the compass to reach the next hamlet or village , which characterises the byroads in country that has never been in open field or left it several centuries ago . |
| 2 | When the spirit parted from the body it found no one asking anything of it nor giving it any directions . ) |
| 3 | However , anglers regularly take home large quantities of fish , selling it locally , storing it in freezers and eating it several times a week . |
| 4 | And Nan would be twenty next month and due for a rise , and she was hoping her father would stretch a point and make it ten shillings , for no matter what he said , Nan was a good assistant . |
| 5 | They later formed Theme Holdings with Peter Langan , opened three restaurants , floated the company on the stock market in 1987 ( value £6m ) and sold it two years later for £18m . |
| 6 | ‘ But they bought it for £46 million and sold it six months later for £92 million , and there was nothing we could do about it . ’ |
| 7 | Eranio 's superbly struck 31st-minute goal gave them victory over Portuguese champions Porto and made it four triumphs out of four in semi-final group B. |
| 8 | Nevertheless , Kenneth Branagh has saddled up the old warhorse and given it new colours . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , Kenneth Branagh , actor , director and entrepreneur , has saddled up the old warhorse and given it new colours . |
| 10 | A wooden doll was made or found to contain her bones ; and round it gold plates and gold wire were set in the ninth century . |
| 11 | He reached Haslemere in early afternoon , hired a taxi and discharged it fifteen minutes later on the other side of the road from the Skein of Geese Hotel and Restaurant a few miles south-east of the town . |
| 12 | Call up the design and place it two rows up from the bottom of the design area , leaving two empty rows of squares along the bottom of the screen . |
| 13 | The same effect can be obtained by filling the pool with water and emptying it several times over a period of two or three weeks . |
| 14 | Ephron picks up Abraham 's ‘ give ’ and uses it three times in his opening offer . |
| 15 | Mrs Wormwood was hooked on bingo and played it five afternoons a week . |
| 16 | She lifted her head and banged it several times on the floor . |
| 17 | Flex your wrist up and down , and rotate it several times in both directions . |
| 18 | " We would not allow a farmer to stick something in a cow and chase it three times around five fields before it died " , Gummer said . |
| 19 | It is primarily this area of work which has prompted many supporting agencies to identify with WACC and give it financial resources . |
| 20 | We will restore public control of the National Grid and give it new duties and powers to ensure the long-term security of electricity supplies . |
| 21 | So they took the house apart , stone by stone , and rebuilt it twenty yards further south on a piece of land recommended by the god . |
| 22 | Did n't the Anglicans try and have it both ways ? |
| 23 | You sorted it out and settled it ten years ago , but now you are facing it as a new problem at your present age . |
| 24 | Then into the playroom for a chat with the birds , numerous visits to the corridor to talk to the fish and feed it two grains of fish food at a time . |
| 25 | A researcher reports a particular result , and to verify it other scientists repeat the same experiment in their own labs . |
| 26 | I picked up the chant and repeated it many times . |
| 27 | The other man had difficulty starting the machine and had to put a long handle in the front and turn it several times before the engine roared into life startling the children again . |
| 28 | After a few minutes of this silent contemplation the rider raised a curved horn to his lips and blew it three times . |
| 29 | Some people carry on and live it 24 hours a day because they have to be that person all the time and at that time , it was n't like you played a gig , finished the gig and then had a very private life until the next gig . |
| 30 | Well we did try and mend it several times , but he 's |