Example sentences of "[verb] something [prep] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Mother waited for the straggling child to catch up with her , and then she bent down , shouted something to it right up close against its face , and then hit it hard across the face with the back of her right hand . |
| 2 | He collects the reservation form , writes something on it , the third person to do so . |
| 3 | Got to find something for it . |
| 4 | The reason why Mansell if you like , can drive a similar car to some other man and make it go that much faster , is he adds something to it , to the mixture . |
| 5 | Well , go on , say something about it , it |
| 6 | He 'd added something to it . |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , from Melissa ; she mentioned something about it , ’ she said vaguely , ‘ Y … you were the director on that film ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ He … he mentioned something about it being a scoop , that the man involved was someone well known … but , of course , he meant you ! ’ |
| 9 | Cos after all a coin was a , had a monetary value that meant you could go and buy something with it . |
| 10 | The process of norm development in work groups is complex but we do know something about it : |
| 11 | The dealing manager was still laughing : " Before you get on the market , you should know something about it yourself . |
| 12 | The paradox is that , to receive help in understanding your subject , you must already know something about it . |
| 13 | ‘ Mo would know something about it , ’ Agnes went on thoughtfully . |
| 14 | Jackie said , well ring them , sh he should know something about it ! |
| 15 | I mean it 's not nice to let a child crawl on a dirty floor — she might catch something off it . |
| 16 | The National has something about it . |
| 17 | But if you 're actually involved in it , and you want to be involved in the people , then I think you have to know something about it . |
| 18 | And certainly if I did become treasurer I would want to , to know something about it cos I do n't really . |
| 19 | Because , what you 're going back to , just reemphasizing the point earlier , you 're speaking one-to-one , you 're not trying to convince a , a group of , of , of councillors , you 're trying to actually convey a message and , yes , you 're trying to convince , but you 're actually trying to convey a message doing one-to-one interview , across to people who know nothing about it , whereas councillors purport to know something about it . |
| 20 | ‘ My mother will probably have a very genteel fit of hysteria , and my father will mutter something about it being a ‘ damn shame ’ and your not being ‘ the right kind of girl ’ , and then stomp off for a game of golf . |
| 21 | And gro grow something up it ? |
| 22 | The usherette assured me that the manager would do something about it but he was busy just then with the projectionist , so she would pass on my complaint when he came down . |
| 23 | ‘ If only we knew why , we 'd do something about it . |
| 24 | ‘ If only we knew why , we 'd do something about it . |
| 25 | The idea of boredom is not very distressing to us because if we are bored we can usually do something about it , and so can a horse in the wild . |
| 26 | If we all want it put a stop to , will the government do something about it , or will it be like you said , Mr. Gerrard ? |
| 27 | If you catch her stealing blueprints , let me know , and I 'll do something about it . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ You could do something about it , ’ said Robyn . |
| 29 | Once levels of savings and the ability to risk innovation decline ( sometimes exacerbated by malnutrition and food shortages at critical points in the agricultural calendar ) the necessity to ‘ do something about it ’ becomes all the more urgent and difficult . |
| 30 | Bunting ( 1978 ) in more general terms disclaims this responsibility and states that with the introduction of high-yielding paddy it was to be expected there were social problems but it was up to the politicians to ‘ do something about it ’ . |