Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [verb] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , yes , she had recognised the sexual awareness that was the dark other side of Luke 's hostility — and had tried to ignore it , but it was impossible to go on pretending it did n't exist now that the preliminary skirmishing was over and he was referring to it openly . |
| 2 | They had it painted up all psychedelic from top to bottom , but then the next people that moved in had it painted over except for one ceiling . |
| 3 | Finally , on Sunday morning Emerson woke up to find it raining — and Monza is not the track for rain , nor is rain a help to someone on the third row of the grid . |
| 4 | do n't give up hope it finds you |
| 5 | One told of their kind offer to look after her garden while she was away and how she came back to find it stripped of all the ripe fruit and the choicest vegetables . |
| 6 | Children used to leave out hay for the kings ' horses and wake up to find it had mysteriously been replaced by presents . |
| 7 | The flowers and foliage of the rose have gone and it needs thoughtful pruning and tying in to prevent it whipping about in autumn . |
| 8 | He bought one as soon as his bank balance could survive the impact of bringing all that fancy engineering from Japan to Iceland and immediately set about modifying it to suit his own very special requirements . |
| 9 | Er O nine O four s oh hang on I 'll l l l=let you do this okay go on take it take it . |
| 10 | Now the muscles are not r working to lift it , they 're working to hold it against gravity , gravity saying go on let it go . |
| 11 | So tuck , slip and lace I 'd need to move the left point cam , to start with , to between needles 2 and 3 on the right ( and go on moving it following the decreasings ) . |
| 12 | I keep on changing it hoping to spark something off , but sometimes it 's not ability but competitive spirit that gets you results . |
| 13 | You 've only got ta pick out Does it say three regular ones ? |
| 14 | Come on then , you ca n't sit back there , ooh oh you wan na stand up then , come on then , come on ooh , go on then , we 'll go and see daddy , come on then come on then , come on then , come on move it move it , come on move your foot , over there I think come on then , come on , oh rrrm , rrrm , rrrm , rrrm , rrrm , who 's that ? |
| 15 | ‘ I believe there is a strong market for pay and play , but you have got to make sure your construction costs are kept down to make it pay . |
| 16 | It had just been wiped by a sullen black woman in a nylon overall , from whom the sergeant tried in vain to extract a smile , and the police officers sat back to allow it to dry before resting their elbows on the surface . |