Example sentences of "a [noun] [verb] it [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes we learn something , other times we think , to be honest , ‘ What a wally to let it happen . ’ |
| 2 | I do think we 've got to bear in mind that when you are looking at a change does it apply to everybody . |
| 3 | A pitcher can spin a baseball to make it follow a trajectory in any direction . |
| 4 | Others saw it as marking a shift in US perceptions of the OAS and a readiness to see it perform a new role in encouraging the closer economic and political integration of the hemisphere , in line with the US " Enterprise for the Americas " free trade policy [ see pp. 37651-52 ; 37914 ] . |
| 5 | The Owton Manor Primary School pupil from Hartlepool had his left leg broken and pinned in a bid to make it grow longer . |
| 6 | He 'd be a fool to let it go for under sixteen even to a sitting tenant . " |
| 7 | It is such a landmark that it seems a shame to let it pass without making a permanent reminder of this important occasion . |
| 8 | You tend to lose the origins of it , but it 's a shame to let it go altogether . |
| 9 | So actually seeing though first time , how much of a shock did it come to you , or was it just or was it expected ? |
| 10 | What sort of a person did it make Alain when he would behave like that because he had suffered a frustrating evening . |
| 11 | One of the giving-out-food humans was pulling trays off a shelf when a movement made it look up . |
| 12 | In the ‘ society-as-parent ’ view , long-term , exclusive fostering would not necessarily be deplored , although there may be a wish to see it achieve the more secure legal status of custodianship or adoption . |
| 13 | Double-clicking on a graph makes it appear full-screen , where it can be embellished to your heart 's content using the menu system |
| 14 | But she knew that Chinese Charlie would clean and press a garment to make it look almost new and she could get as much as two shillings for a good overcoat or a suit . |
| 15 | Once could not genetically engineer a duck to make it cluck . |
| 16 | America gives Israel more than $2 billion a year to help it survive in a region where all its Arab neighbours , bar only Egypt , reject it . |
| 17 | Cover the log with the rest of the mixture , using a fork to make it look like bark . |
| 18 | Well , really if there 's a fire does it matter whether it 's a lady or gent that ? |