Example sentences of "[to-vb] it [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | If it 's not written down I do n't know when they 've had or what they 've had , you 'll have to write it down and put a date on it . |
2 | It 's not like that it 's just that I think it 'll help you to write it down and to think about it and to talk , talk to Kelly about it . |
3 | Anyone acting out of character worried her in this way , until she had had a silent time alone , to work it out and grow used to the change . |
4 | The loop will now be round the person 's body and all you have to do is to pull it down and ask the volunteer to step out of it . |
5 | He bent to get a closer look at one drawing that had been fixed lower than the others , as if the teacher had somehow tried to segregate it off and pretend that it was n't part of the display . |
6 | So would it be possible , once the mobile switched channels , to find it again and carry on taping ? |
7 | If you want to pass it round and read it . |
8 | Give the children a simple message and ask them to pass it along and see what it becomes at the end . |
9 | Branson 's role in any Virgin project was traditionally to set it up and leave it be , getting involved only when things went wrong . |
10 | If you do get recording equipment , get as many people as possible familiar with how to set it up and operate it . |
11 | It does n't take long to learn the basics of how to set it up and operate it . |
12 | Mr Rifkind 's inclination is to split it up and offer it for tender , perhaps line by line , in the way that provincial bus services have been deregulated . |
13 | If a gully is overflowing , try to unblock the grid using a length of stick to clean it out and rinse the gully clean |
14 | When a worker , coming out of the nest , sees the corpse , its instinct is to pick it up and remove it , for that is part of its regular nest-cleaning duties . |
15 | Joan : One day , my mum hates birds , right , so my cat , um , um , killed one and brought it indoors and my mum screamed and my da — my brother had to pick it up and take it outside . |
16 | She indicated the glass of milk on the table and moved to pick it up and take it into the kitchen . |
17 | They ought to be made to pick it up and eat it . |
18 | When we are very young we see a fluffy kitten as something especially soft and cuddly and we have a strong desire to pick it up and hold it tight . |
19 | I ca n't see you 'll have to pick it up and show me I 'm not climbing over the chair to look show me . |
20 | She looked at the telephone on her desk and for a minute was tempted to pick it up and ask for David Fairfax 's number . |
21 | If I am following someone who drops their wallet then it would be idle to deny that I have a duty to pick it up and return it . |
22 | I was going to pick it up and put it outside again when a woman , a psychiatrist 's wife , stopped me . |
23 | And then we had to pick it up and put it near Cider and Cider ate it . |
24 | Cuddle it right , it 's wrapped up in about six layers of erm whatever , are you just going to pick it up and cuddle it or are you going to do anything with all those layers ? |
25 | So you had to pick it up and carry it outside ? |
26 | Erm are they going to pick it up and set it up |
27 | When you observe leaf-roll , it does n't take a moment to pinch the leaf firmly between finger and thumb or , better still , to pick it off and burn it . |
28 | They 're trying to pick it off and doing it on the big grass . |
29 | Then I 'm going to take another triangular bandage and I 'm going to open it up and make just a little fold , this is going to go on her forehead and that little fold just helps with keeping it firm and stopping the bandage slip , now , just put it around the forehead like that , okay ? |
30 | ‘ The hospital was really overcrowded — one ward was closed , but they had to open it up and get agency nurses in to help the staff cope with all the babies . |