Example sentences of "[verb] an [noun sg] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the company knew it had won an Award it telexed the Saudis . |
| 2 | If the retailer had committed an offence it would have consisted of giving an indication that the bars labelled ‘ Extra value ’ gave better value than other bars of Cadbury 's chocolate in his shop . |
| 3 | ‘ The nice thing about keeping it small and knowing each other well is that it 's very flexible ; if one of us has an emergency it does n't create problems or ill-feeling . ’ |
| 4 | Black Swan ( past master of this genre ) has an offering it is very excited about , Kathleen Rowntree 's Between Friends , but it is not a patch on its Wesley , Trollope and Sutherland ladies — a shame . |
| 5 | FoE campaigner Viv Mountford said : ‘ We have always said that if ICI build an incinerator it could attract other ‘ dirty industry ’ and now already North West Water have come up with a scheme to burn sewage sludge in Widnes . |
| 6 | When considered in relation to the length of time you would have to wait at any particular junction in order to observe an accident it is probably accurate to characterise road accidents as low frequency occurrences . |
| 7 | If a company chairman described trading as ‘ bad ’ in his address to the annual general meeting , and then later told an analyst it was ‘ very bad ’ , and if the analyst then advised clients to sell , would that be inside information which should have been the subject of a further statement to the Stock Exchange ? |
| 8 | Although the paper said that Wilko HAD made an offer it still could be a load of Bull . |
| 9 | Sick of seeing Sunday morning ramblers waiting to catch car rides and buses out of the area , Cleveland County Council has made an offer it hopes walkers will not be able to refuse . |
| 10 | ‘ And if anyone 's owed an explanation it 's you . ’ |
| 11 | They went for him then , Alexander and Donald McLaggan , the Duke 's two sons , dragged him from his father 's side so that his head bounced on the steps , lifted him bleeding , like foresters keeping a dying deer clear of the hounds , and started to carry him down to the river ‘ just to cool him off ’ but Cameron ran and gripped Donald 's shoulder and shouted , ‘ If you injure an officer it is treason on top of sedition , ’ so they carried him back and laid him carefully at his father 's feet . |
| 12 | But I 've got an idea it may be going to rain before much longer . " |
| 13 | Got an idea it goes on till one o'clock , but , I mean they might as well keep them . |
| 14 | ‘ If I select an object it 's like hitting it . |
| 15 | Although the survey does make an appearance it is very much an adjunct to other methods of data collection . |
| 16 | Even if I could make an impression it 'd be the worst thing I could do . |
| 17 | ‘ Why are you here ? ’ she demanded , ignoring the query and deciding that , from now on , if anyone was to conduct an interrogation it would be her . |
| 18 | He said from experience that in using an agency it was extremely difficult to get even a small number of carers , quote , you know who is coming when they arrive through the door , unquote . |
| 19 | Cos I was talking to Lilian , she was thinking that each year she 'd be given an update it should be a five year plan . |
| 20 | The only point that I would make is that if you are giving an opiate it will have many of the same effects and if I had to choose , I would probably prefer the opiate to diazepam . |
| 21 | Cleveland County Council hopes an attempt it made to stop solvent abuse is taken up by other authorities . |
| 22 | There is a direct correlation between morale , motivation , job satisfaction and absenteeism and staff turnover , if people are happy they generally want to stay for us they 're much more loyal and work harder and when we 're managing an area it becomes a lot easier because we are not having to , people are well trained they do the things right first time , you 're not having to correct their mistakes . |
| 23 | Erm it 's like if you shoot an animal it 'll effect people the people the person who owns it or actually round it , it effects people as well as the animals . |
| 24 | and erm eight hundred have been turned downed already , they 've did n't get an interview so the chap said well your to get an interview it 's good . |
| 25 | And if I do get an heir it will be by accident . |
| 26 | Only three of the five works in the programme could be described as Canadian , and the whole evening left an impression it would be kind to call elusive . |
| 27 | He had an idea it was a rule with libraries to stay open late on Thursday evenings . |
| 28 | My colleague Mr. Cathery and myself had an idea it was a proper way to live ! " . |
| 29 | As she sipped an aperitif it dawned on her that this would be the last social occasion which she and Luke would share , so why not just tread water ? |
| 30 | Cos every time I have an exam it 's a exactly the same things . |