Example sentences of "[verb] it [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Then he scrapes it closed , and comes back .
2 Section by section it was being revised in the commissions and then approved during the general congregations — despite last-minute attempts to modify it to contain an explicit condemnation of communism .
3 Corsie drew shot , but King beat it to tie things up at 6-6 , before Corsie prevailed on the next end to take the set 7-6 and force the decider .
4 Corsie drew shot , but King beat it to tie things up at 6-6 , before Corsie prevailed on the next end to take the set 7-6 and force the decider .
5 The clouds of water vapour that had surrounded it had condensed to form seas , but they were still hot .
6 And er of course we took away all the iron beds , put wooden beds , we put little wardrobes in the rooms and these thi tackling it bit by bit each year you see .
7 he 's trying to catch it spooking it even more and
8 Denying it had not stopped it from growing .
9 Two known meetings have so far taken place between both party leaders , with a whirlwind of protest from unionists when they issued a joint statement before the elections , while denying it reflected any form of electoral pact .
10 Balor did not grudge offering guests a mite of good wine , because it was only polite , but there was no denying it made inroads on your hoard .
11 By 1988 , the regime was forced to issue public statements denying it intended to destroy any more religious sites .
12 Then , as M. Dupin stresses more than once in his book , all types of genuine Gruyère cheese should be cut into little pieces for cooking , never on any account grated , a procedure which causes it to form sticky masses rather than the long creamy threads which constitute one of its essential characteristics — a characteristic considered especially important when it comes to the soupe au fromage of the eastern French provinces , that same soup which , transmogrified into the onion soup of the Paris all-night bistros , has now found its way into packets labelled la soupe au fromage instantanée .
13 a spark jumps out of an ordinary household fire and causes it to spread .
14 The earth is trying to move on a straight line through space-time , but the curvature of space-time produced by the mass of the sun causes it to go in a circle around the sun .
15 So what drives the premium , what causes it to go up ?
16 He causes it to cease .
17 What causes it to fall ?
18 To understand an ulcer and be able to treat it , we must understand that it does not just appear ; something causes it to develop .
19 PI KI SKAB WE The parasite that afflicts man and Tig Gag in its various larval stages and , while burrowing in the brain of the Tig Gag , causes it to speak like a man
20 The sudden movement of a frightened myotonic goat trying to flee triggers a rapid stiffening of limbs , back and neck that either leaves the creature unable to move or causes it to topple over , legs rigid and outstretched .
21 Colic is a sharp pain in the stomach or intestines of a baby , that causes it to cry uncontrollably .
22 What causes it to rise ?
23 On microtine molars , the damage to the enamel again extends along the salient angles ( Fig. 3.20 A ) , but there is considerable digestion of the dentine which undermines the enamel shell and causes it to collapse inwards ( Fig. 3.20 B ) along the length of the salient angles .
24 The core grows massively dense and gravity causes it to collapse in on itself at 25 per cent the speed of light .
25 Along zones of plate convergence , especially where these occur along the margins — of continents ( such as along the west coast of South America ) , buckling of the oceanic lithosphere causes it to founder and sink into the underlying asthenosphere , thereby forming a subduction zone .
26 For example , blowing on the breast feathers of a bird of prey causes it to stretch its wings out .
27 What 's that thing , something you do that causes it to get chopped off ?
28 It 's what triggers it and what causes it to keep triggering and moving that and
29 The resulting reduction in pressure , or decompression , experienced by this material causes it to melt .
30 The action of the water on the sides and base of the volcano causes it to erupt .
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