Example sentences of "it [det] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Springers have now decided to sell and do it all again on a plot not far away — but this time with an indoor pool for year-round use and half-doors so children can be kept within sight of the kitchen and gym . |
| 2 | Yet since leaving Marcus I had let my imagination blow it all up into a Great Romance . |
| 3 | Mm I think if you try and do it here , so you make it into a shoe shape , you curl it all up into a shoe shape , where do you think it 's going to go ? |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , ’ chimed in his wife , who had sworn to love , honour and echo , ‘ save it all up into a nice little nest egg . ’ |
| 5 | The tapes are erased afterwards what they do is somebody types it all up and erm then they build it all up on a computer . |
| 6 | Do n't you agree that you never know what you are going to find there but on the other hand if you ignore the expiry date and crunch it all up with a lot of jam , or even a lot of Nivea , it all goes down the red lane and things start to brighten up ? |
| 7 | Over the past year , I 've come across a dozen or more men of my age who are with women who simply are n't willing to give it all up for a baby . |
| 8 | While it is unremarkable to observe that although some people eat three meals a day , and others miss out breakfast and lunch altogether , taking all their food in the evenings , there is no such parallel during sleep — no normal person has been found who , for instance , takes all his or her REM sleep in one session of ninety minutes at the beginning of the night , or saves it all up for a session in the early hours of the morning . |
| 9 | And you screw it all up in a single day . |
| 10 | It would be madness to throw it all away for a few moments of nerve-storming passion . |
| 11 | It was the best thing to be quiet and say nothing — to push it all away into a dark place like the cupboard under the stairs so it could be forgotten like an old raincoat or last summer 's shoes . |
| 12 | How else should a person look , while , in the course of a single ceremony , he kisses everything goodbye — just blows it all away in a prodigal storm of confetti and rice ? |
| 13 | I do n't suppose I 'll be able to take it all in for a while . |
| 14 | I was ready to chuck it all in after a decision that flew in the face of reason . |
| 15 | Indeed Bob Arum , the promoter , who put it all down to a conflict of styles , recently dismissed his ranked middleweight Michael Nunn for such a negative performance . |
| 16 | Erlich wrote it all down in a pocket notebook , longhand . |
| 17 | The cream stucco on the houses — the imposing pillared porches with their black-and-white tiled steps ; she felt as if she had seen it all before in a dream . |
| 18 | I particularly found the Aldershot method important because what it gives you is a clear structure to what you have to say when you stand up if you 're going to introduce by saying what you 're going to say before you expand and then at the end summarise and bring it all back to a nice conclusion . |
| 19 | Dropping her head , she tugged a brush vigorously through the rippling red-gold , and then tossed it all back in a wild wavy curtain . |
| 20 | And then I could put it all back in a ponytail except for a bit at the front dripping down . |
| 21 | Morning chats introduce the options ; righting drill , tailchasing in Lasers , knotting with spinnakers , knitting with trapeze wires , tacking Hobie cats , and threading it all together with a local regatta . |
| 22 | Tossing it all together in a heap in a pan , and then hoping for the best , would produce another totally inedible meal . |
| 23 | Oh it was funny with Alison when I first saw her on when she was still a terrible state she let it all out in a great scream and I just let her talk and talk and talk |
| 24 | Round it all off with a pair of boots to suit your level of walking , some gaiters to protect your lower leg and stop debris getting into your boots , and you 're ready for anything ! |
| 25 | It 's really pathetic the way he dotes on her then pretends to bluff it all off with a huh . |
| 26 | You will eat tasty , oven-fresh pizzas or elaborate gastronomic delights , then work it all off with a leisurely long walk into the evening . |
| 27 | I just do n't see how you can kiss and cuddle me in the department when nothing at all is going on between us , and then just as soon as there is , you switch it all off like a blasted tap ! ’ |
| 28 | MODEL Lisa Butcher got away from it all yesterday with a mystery man . |