Example sentences of "[verb] it [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before 1962 he had attempted to modify it through at least five distinct initiatives : by sponsoring a political confederation of Western European states ; by proposing a restructuring of NATO ; by fostering a special relationship with the Federal Republic of Germany ; by decolonizing and establishing new connections with Third World nations ; and by pushing ahead with the development of France 's nuclear weapons programme . |
| 2 | I was always a sensitive child , but he beat it out of me , taught me that the only way to make your way in life is by standing up and fighting for what you want . |
| 3 | PEG : Shall we both take a small pill and sleep it out until later ? |
| 4 | It is n't a good idea to climb hills after eating at the Naked Man — ideally you should find a quiet corner and sleep it off like a boa constrictor does after it has swallowed a goat or two too many . |
| 5 | For God 's sake go to bed and try and sleep it off before dinner . |
| 6 | Once it was dry , Louise styled Kukkay 's hair by twisting it up at the back to create fullness on top while still leaving it curly and ‘ free ’ . |
| 7 | I ai n't got a hankie or nothing so I try and lick it off with my tongue , but I ca n't get all of it . |
| 8 | This probably helped undermine support for a new right-wing party , the National Democrats , whose anti-U S , anti-Soviet and anti-immigrant policies had won it up to ten per cent of support in Länder elections in 1966 — 8 . |
| 9 | But North had at least a half-promise of another honour : Adolfo Calero revealed that the contras had plans to put up a statue of him in Managua , just as soon as they had won it back from the Sandinistas . |
| 10 | He took the unravelling length of fabric from her and expertly refolded it , depositing it back on the stall . |
| 11 | Erm I 've not done this before and I wanted to try it out with a small group like yourselves to see how we go on with it . |
| 12 | The best test of hay is to buy a bale before you buy a truck-load , and to try it out on your horse or horses . |
| 13 | We have still to try it out on relations between persons . |
| 14 | And we worked on this contract for two month , to try it out for him but we were thirty pound a week less , and we had over two hundred slates a day more , on the on this contract . |
| 15 | When I woke up it was with the certainty that I had solved an extremely important problem and was eager to try it out at once . |
| 16 | We had studied some navigation but now had the chance to try it out in more detail . |
| 17 | .. Try it out when you leave here , try it out in the meetings and the presentations that you have to make I encourage you to do that , to try it out in your day to day working and for those people who have either already been on this course or are coming on this course after you that you meet encourage them to do the same , because there 's nothing like encouragement and feedback from each other to be able to use these new ideas . |
| 18 | I was n't sure if it would work so I had to try it out before buying it . |
| 19 | It has not been possible to exempt her from a third politics module , 7605 , but rather than delay her Stage II entry it has been agreed that she may ‘ trail ’ it in that stage , i.e. she will include it along with her advanced modules as 1 of the 2 basic modules which may also be counted . |
| 20 | The public is being asked to believe that an ill-conceived government has it in for these companies . |
| 21 | The 4th , 10th , 14th and 27th are all times when you may feel the cosmos has it in for you although these are the very points at which you could break the chains that have held you back for so long . |
| 22 | No wonder such families think providence has it in for them . |
| 23 | What I tomorrow and not here because they forward it on to us . |
| 24 | He would say he 'd sent one off but it probably would n't arrive for months , you know what they do with holiday mail , fly it out to sea and drop it in . |
| 25 | He recalled the uncanny way in which the wizard 's sword curved up and caught his own blade with a shock that jerked it out of his grip . |
| 26 | I WATCHED the General Synod debate on the ordination of women priests with my jaw dropped so low that my knee could have nudged it back into place . |
| 27 | Rather , it first , made full divorce somewhat easier and cheaper , opening it up to the upper middle class , second , made judicial separation more expensive and more rare ; and third , continued to deny the poor access to either . |
| 28 | They simplified the house , knocking down walls , adding bathrooms , and opening it up to the cool summer breezes from the sea . |
| 29 | Despite earlier statements , both public and private , by members of the new right-leaning administration in France that they had no intention of making any immediate change in France Telecom 's status , the government told the telephone operator 's board of directors meeting last week to consider spinning off its mobile telecommunications business and opening it up to international investment . |
| 30 | Yes , I mean I do n't think there 's a problem about opening it up to them except their meetings traditionally are in the early morning |