Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] it in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cambridge liked undergraduates reading theology to have two years over the work and believed that if they tried to do it in fourteen months they would do it superficially , or else they would be sure to hurt themselves by overwork . |
| 2 | We forgot to put it in last night anyway . |
| 3 | Gabriel took over John Coffin 's neglected cup and began to drink it in anxious little sips . |
| 4 | When he finally decided to publish it in 1678 , he defended its form by comparing the tactics of the hunt for souls with the way in which a fowler must whistle to attract birds , and a fisherman must tickle trout before he can clasp them . |
| 5 | It was supposed to take three to five days , but we aimed to do it in two . |
| 6 | We felt that Navan Resources should have made earlier contact with us to let us know that there was gold here , before we had to hear it in that way , ’ Mary Catherine Heanue said . |
| 7 | I was to do the counting — up to a hundred ( I could n't count up to a hundred , I had to do it in tens ) and when I opened my eyes he 'd have disappeared . |
| 8 | And the mothers had to do it in those days , half a crown to do all the washing for this woman . |
| 9 | The metal-winged VH-BAF joined the Airworld Collection in 1988 , who continued to maintain it in airworthy condition . |
| 10 | Furthermore , it had to regulate it in such a way as to ensure that it would ‘ contain a suitable proportion of matter calculated to appeal to tastes and interests not generally catered for by Service 1 ( i.e. ITV 1 ) ’ . |
| 11 | You had to fold it in half to get it on . |
| 12 | Lowering the tender took care and patience if they wanted to keep it in one piece . |