Example sentences of "[verb] it the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if racing round the world was n't enough , these half million pound yachts will be tackling it the wrong way — against the winds and currents , to commemorate the first time it was done 21 years ago by British sailor Chay Blyth . |
| 2 | Cable & Wireless Plc says it does not accept those claims made against it by its local partners in Digitel Telecommunications Philippines Inc ( CI No 2,171 ) and will defend against the allegations : ‘ We have received no official notification of this claim and we do not accept the validity of the allegations as we understand them from the press , and would expect to defend our position robustly , ’ it said ; Reuter reports from Manila that the local Cable & Wireless office says that it advised the company last September that it could not invest further in the country until a court case involving another local affiliate , Eastern Telecommunications Philippines Inc , was resolved — Eastern is locked in a legal battle with Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co and appealing a Supreme Court order denying it the right to operate an international gateway ; an industry source said Digitel is tapping another major local partner and British Telecommunications Plc as new shareholders in the company . |
| 3 | But what , precisely , is the theoretical basis for denying it the honorific title of " democracy " ? |
| 4 | Birmingham 's lively musical scene has won it the title ‘ UK City of Music 1992 ’ in the Arts Council 's Arts 2000 scheme linking a different city or region with a particular art form each year to the year 2000 . |
| 5 | Its flower-decked balconies have won it the ‘ Britain in Bloom ’ award . |
| 6 | Birmingham 's lively and varied musical scene has won it the title ‘ UK City of Music 1992 . ’ |
| 7 | THE reader who lives in a council house and believes her rent is subsidising home-buyers has it the wrong way round . |
| 8 | Rumour has it The Orb play a different set every night . |
| 9 | Though he did not know it the San Antonio had turned tail and was even now on her way back to Spain , ‘ bearing a cargo of falsehood against Magellan ’ . |
| 10 | Well I do n't know it the way you two do the work it looks so fine that I did n't think I could see it properly . |
| 11 | Its size and distinctive black and white markings have earned it the title of panda of the dolphin world , which portrays its lovable , almost cuddly qualities . |
| 12 | The frequent manifestation of a melancholy figure at Covent Garden Underground Station has earned it the unwanted title of the most haunted station on the London Transport system . |
| 13 | It is a handsome plant , one of the tallest of the umbelliferous herbs , with a strong distinctive , celery-like flavour which has earned it the name of the " Maggi " herb in Italy . |
| 14 | The beauty of its setting and its predominantly stone buildings , allied with its intellectual traditions , have justly earned it the title of ‘ Athens of the North ’ . |
| 15 | Its contributions to the International Fund have earned it the right to find out how the money is spent and what the prospects are , in political and economic terms . |
| 16 | ‘ Bad cooks — and the utter lack of reason in the kitchen — have delayed human development longest and impaired it the most ’ . |
| 17 | The company collapsed , the ITA had to re-advertise the contract in July 1955 , and the ABPC film company , one-third owned by the American Warner Brothers , was persuaded firmly to accept it the very day before ITV started in London . |
| 18 | Christina cringed as Susanna pronounced it the American way . |
| 19 | From the moment he entered it the wood seemed full of noises . |
| 20 | ‘ I felt as though I was announcing it the whole time : by the way I watched you , and talked to you , and could hardly manage not to touch you — stroke your head , brush your arm , hold your hand … . |
| 21 | I wan na try it with one of these three , twenty three hour systems , supposed to work it the last |
| 22 | like can buy it the , just carrot cake |
| 23 | And Mr. Hollingworth Magniac , Master of the Oakley , caught it the moment he read Nora 's letter of introduction . |
| 24 | and what was your desire in nineteen eighty seven before the Telegraph article , about increasing on spending advertising , keeping it the same or decreasing ? |
| 25 | I never understood where all these squares of material came from because the demand was enormous ; to meet it the Madonna 's dress would have had to be changed almost every week . |
| 26 | The final barrier to its operation came after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the Soviet Union , when the North-Rhine Westphalia administration responded to intensified local concern by refusing to grant it the required license to operate . |
| 27 | Yeah well they , they sold it at the wrong ti I mean they built it the wrong time did n't they ? |
| 28 | ‘ I knew Faye had some complications and needed a nurse — Tom mentioned it the other day — but I had no idea you were a sort of watchdog as well . |
| 29 | ‘ If I approached it the way I usually work , I 'd agree . |
| 30 | I remembered Sopworth saying how the cat had no sense of territory , how he 'd only just caught it the first time it escaped , racing north along the A2 . |