Example sentences of "[verb] it [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accounting for the use of this form in any context will always imply relating the particular meaning actualized in the context to the permanent potential significate postulated for it in tongue , and will consequently involve : ( 1 ) showing that the common denominator of a before/after sequence is present ( the constant element evoked by to ) , and ( 2 ) showing how the speaker has fit the particular experience he is talking about into this potential by intercepting the operation of actualizing it at the appropriate moment ( the variable element expressed by to ) . |
| 2 | It seemed to be standing in the snow , a little metal cap protecting it against the biting breeze , but as we approached closer , my stomach turned . |
| 3 | Wo would you like to try it for the next year , or few meetings ? |
| 4 | The Three Choirs vineyard is making an English equivalant of Beaujolais Nouveau , and is launching it on the French market . |
| 5 | The plan which the Governors had in mind — which was carried out with great success — was to demolish this house , build the first phase of the new Junior School where the house had stood , and finally to demolish the then Junior School and replace it with the second phase . |
| 6 | [ Remove the original signature with solvent and replace it with the legitimate owner 's name in her own handwriting . |
| 7 | And why does n't British Rail offer a recycling facility for my old two-inch-thick timetable , when I replace it with the new edition twice each year ? |
| 8 | I have carried out several privatisations in my time in commercial and industrial departments , and my understanding of the word privatisation is that one takes something currently managed in the public sector and transfers it to the private sector — the last such transfer in which I was engaged involved British Steel . |
| 9 | The Blox had run the whisker pole to maximum height on its track , suspended it from the main halyard , and were swinging on it from the pulpit far out over the harbour and letting go . |
| 10 | Once the door was shut , they could have had a dance band going full blast and you 'd never know it in the next room . |
| 11 | ‘ A tale from Lamb , ’ she muttered , opening it on the first page . |
| 12 | These are substitutes , but you 'll need it for the authentic taste . |
| 13 | There is said to be an area on the knee called The Three-Mile Point ; it sounds wonderful for runners because , practitioners say , if you touch it in the right way , you 'll have enough energy to run another three miles . |
| 14 | ‘ I have sometimes thought that more might be done than is commonly attempted in education to familiarise the idea of death to the minds of children by representing it as the grand event for which they were born ; and thus making a future state the object of their chief interest and ambition . |
| 15 | Simply take a length of split foam pipe insulation , and slip it over the offending cable where it passes over the sill . |
| 16 | At one point I saw Bunny write something , probably her ‘ phone number , on a drip mat and slip it into the back pocket of his jeans . |
| 17 | Although the dummy used to belong to me — still does , by rights — I slip it into the sucking mouth : small sacrifice . |
| 18 | The nice complication then arises that to entertain the Copernican system seriously as a potentially true physical description , and subsequently to reject it , could be a more radical position than to accept it in the former sense . |
| 19 | He should understand that ‘ the story of Christ is simply a true myth : a myth working on us in the same way as the others , but with this tremendous difference that it really happened : and one must be content to accept it in the same way . ’ |
| 20 | At the speed the train is going , I will catch it at the next station . |
| 21 | I was gon na catch it at the next stop . |
| 22 | For example polymethyl methacrylate ( Perspex , Plexiglas ) may be moulded to any desired shape by warming it to temperatures little over 100°C and cooling it in the deformed state . |
| 23 | In particular , he suggests that the educational system has a marked effect on the production and reproduction of scientific knowledge , and criticizes it for the ahistorical way in which it teaches scientific problems , theories , experiments and proofs . |
| 24 | This back parlour , Hope thought , as he entered it for the third time that day , is like a little theatre : Act I , Colonel Moore ; Act II , Amaryllis ; Act III |
| 25 | I see , I mean it 's good to see really that er test match has been dom well almost dominated at the moment , by , by a slow bowler , it 's an ideal situation for in England , batsmen done their job , England are in command , got lots of runs to play with , but it 's definitely the left arm spinner who 's causing the , the greatest problem out there , he 's , he 's landing it in the right place , he likes variation in that over , confident enough looks very tempted , always very difficult to come in at first twenty minutes as a batsman , when you 've come in on a turning wicket , a very , very , difficult . |
| 26 | What you need is catharsis : get it all down on paper and send it to the Freudian fret folk at Guitarist . |
| 27 | In the case of a joint purchase it will save time if , as buyers ' conveyancer , you have them execute the engrossment print before you send it to the other side . |
| 28 | The subsequent procedure is for the solicitor to compile a bill of costs and send it to the appropriate officer of the court for ‘ taxing . ’ |
| 29 | If so , why not draft a press release and send it to the local press describing their achievements ? |
| 30 | If you wish to join , you should complete the membership form below and send it to The Royal Air Forces Association , 43 Grove Park Road , Chiswick , London W4 3RX , together with your remittance for the appropriate membership fee . |