Example sentences of "[verb] it [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If not , place it facing out into the living space . |
| 2 | The bank 's ethics code prevented it cashing in on the bonanza reaped by others from the pound 's departure from the European exchange rate mechanism last September . |
| 3 | There were no chairs or tables in the kitchens , so we ate it standing up around the cookers and stoves . |
| 4 | He ate it standing up by the sink , and deliberately left the little pot on the marble work surface . |
| 5 | It 's probably why I can actually see it peeping out over the top . |
| 6 | Somehow I ca n't see it catching on in the way Play-Doh did . |
| 7 | I mean , you could see it going up on the hill above you . |
| 8 | First I pulled the great ladder away from the tower , sending it crashing back into the trees . |
| 9 | It seems funny having it going out at the sides cos I always had it |
| 10 | ‘ We used to call it living out of the shop . |
| 11 | With a sudden swift movement , he seized the shotgun with his left hand and sent it whirling off into the night after the pistol . |
| 12 | Roger Swansborough 's hand balled into a fist and he brought it slamming down onto the desk top so that loose paperclips jumped in the big crystal ashtray . |
| 13 | He said he had never seen the drugs before , claiming he had picked up the syringe after seeing it lying around before the party . |
| 14 | I mean it going back to the days I think it was Professor Jode , it depends what you mean by class . |
| 15 | I got it coming back from the church as well ! |
| 16 | She returned indoors to fetch stout shoes and anorak , tied a headscarf over her bobbed brown hair to stop it flying about in the wind , and set off down the lane . |
| 17 | I take hold of the branch and pull it ripping out of the grass and ferns . |
| 18 | He said : ‘ You miss it coming up to the time , but I made up my mind some time ago to call it quits . |
| 19 | The newcomer was ostentatiously dressed in robes slashed with yellow taffeta and bound by a gold cord very similar to one used by Benstede , although the latter had a row of knots in his to prevent it slipping down over the loops on his gown . |
| 20 | He raises it over his head and brings it crashing down on the back of the man 's head ; once , twice , three times . |