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 .
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