Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] [verb] it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had a poster done out and had it outside the town hall . |
| 2 | But to take some fact that a novelist has written of and to add it to the mishmash at the back of your mind and then to reproduce it as part of the web you eventually weave : this is the process of creation . |
| 3 | She talked with Emma about the chart and what it was for and put it in the kitchen where Emma could see it clearly . |
| 4 | Walter made quite a business from stealing rationed food from the grocer he worked for and selling it on the black market , while Theo dealt mostly in men 's clothes which he shifted on to a second-hand dealer who paid ready cash . |
| 5 | She sat down before the dressing-table , automatically picking up a hairbrush , but the sight of her own reflection in the mirror distracted her , and for long moments she simply stared at her own face , as if seeing it through the eyes of a stranger . |
| 6 | He moved round and joined them and stared intently at the portrait as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 7 | Sam looked at the revolver as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 8 | Charles found he was watching much of the play as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 9 | Before Mungo and Emily could focus on it , Vic made as if to throw it into the air . |
| 10 | Moreover , they choose to disregard the ordinary law governing the transfer of title , calling it the civil law , as if to contrast it with the criminal law and thus render it surplus to requirements . |
| 11 | And only Ackroyd would script a dialogue between several literary figures he has written books about and shove it into the middle of his latest offering . |
| 12 | Andy takes the branch we hit the man with and wedges it under the grating ; part of it sticks through but there 's a stump where a smaller branch has broken off and the grating rests on that , held a half-metre or so off the stone rim . |
| 13 | Well , really , how to make a cup of tea is like the same thing as making a cup of coffee first you have to take the kettle to the tap , turn the tap on and fill up the kettle , then take the kettle back to the ma , erm , where you got it from and plug it into the wa wall . |
| 14 | Letting Gomez loose , Trent heaved a loop of his neck rope in and tied it to the fishing-line , leaving enough slack so that the strain was off Gomez 's legs . |
| 15 | They will wish to examine it in ways contemporary users do not need to and to analyze it in the context of other datasets . |
| 16 | Even assuming a 1 per cent a year improvement in fuel efficiency from the early 1990s on and combining it with the government 's lowest traffic forecast , carbon dioxide emissions could increase by 20 per cent by 2020 . |
| 17 | If it appears healthy , simply let it go , or if it needs attention , try to direct it into a clean dustbin , tie the lid on and take it to the vet . |