Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] it [adv prt] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But John , 57 , had forgotten to tie it up after clambering aboard a yacht off Barrow , Cumbria , for a kip . |
| 2 | ‘ I suppose you 'd put it down to had management tactics , ’ sneered Ray . |
| 3 | While much of BSL 's own growth will be organic , Vine-Lott plans to help it along by introducing new products . |
| 4 | Internal finishing is laudably neat and clean , all sanded smooth and completely glue-free , and I only wish they 'd finished it off by putting the label on straight ! |
| 5 | I 'd worked it down by moving my jaw as much as possible . |
| 6 | Either there is no one else to step in , or doctors and social workers — themselves at their wits ' end to find facilities — conspire to bring it about by assuming that such care will be given , for example when a patient is discharged from hospital following a stroke . |
| 7 | So I I think you 've got to open it up by separating the two bits of business , the bit that 's special |
| 8 | Connelly 's not going to fuck it up by starting a drugs war , is he ? ’ |
| 9 | All of whom have taken away bumf and seem interested , and in about a week I 'm going to follow it up by writing to them . |
| 10 | I 'd have turned it down without asking except I thought you might be interested — ah — because … ’ he shrugged , unable to find a tactful way of saying that this was the best offer she would get all year . |
| 11 | Failing to find an appropriate site for a shot , the location manager on the new Willy Russell venture , Dancing Through The Dark , decided to mock it up by erecting a spanking new bus shelter in Wavertree , one of Liverpool 's livelier areas . |
| 12 | Though you 'd have thought they 'd have taken it off before bringing in their things . |
| 13 | ‘ You must have knocked it over without knowing it . |
| 14 | Will he confirm that it would be grossly irresponsible for any Government to cut the standard rate of income tax when public borrowing is about to shoot up in that way and that consequently , if the Chancellor of the Exchequer proposes such a cut in his next Budget , he will have to make it up by increasing other taxes — perhaps VAT ? |
| 15 | I suppose that bearded bloke must 'ave dropped it , I suppose I must 'ave picked it up without thinking and that I went off with it in an absent-minded way . |
| 16 | I only just managed to get it down before bolting from the tent just in time to get rid of the contents of my stomach . |
| 17 | The children are not allowed to touch the fish with the paper and try to move it along by hitting it on the floor to create a draught . |
| 18 | Could not believe he expected to get it through without having a formal appraisal system . |
| 19 | I was n't sure if it would work so I had to try it out before buying it . |
| 20 | And if he wants to dabble in those really contentious issues then he 's got to say what he really thinks , because I 've had it up to f—ing here . ’ |
| 21 | Forgetting to switch it off after leaving the office , its muffled beeps from inside the zip-up travel case several hours later warned of its almost flat battery ! |