Example sentences of "it a [noun sg] [prep] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have you ever walked up to a fox and given it a cuddle without it trying to bite your arms off ? |
| 2 | Nor is it a question of our seeking a dispensation from the holy see to accede to some request locally . |
| 3 | to give it a bit of something to help us to move it |
| 4 | The extent to which some university appointments were political spoils in the eighteenth century is suggested by the demand made in 1714 by Murray of Cringletie , an administration candidate for the representation of the county of Peebles , who made it a condition of his coming forward that his brother should be given the vacant chair of church history in the University of Edinburgh . |
| 5 | This made it an offence for anyone to conduct insurance business in the UK without authorisation and resulted from concern following the collapse of several ( mainly general insurance ) companies in the 1970s . |