Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] it [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has reduced the lag between the US and the UK to around a month with the stated goal of eliminating it completely by the end of the year for both English and the primary European languages . |
| 2 | But I do know that when times were bad , the people in the dale had to use the wool off the backs of the sheep themselves instead of sending it away to the wool merchants of Bradford after shearing . |
| 3 | As the name suggests , this consists of bouncing the light off reflective surfaces instead of aiming it directly at the subject . |
| 4 | right cos then you 're taking them away from the fact that you want other quotes right , they 'll say to you oh we were n't thinking of doing it actually until the winter , right and then you can say to them well let me just say that by placing your order in now we can put your installation in hand , right , basically at today 's prices , right , on an extended delivery , right , and you can still qualify for a special offer , right |
| 5 | A third method of making it easier on the parties is through the Fixed Costs Scheme proposed by the Law Society . |
| 6 | The recent work by McAuslan and others ( supra ) in respect of the functioning of the Windscale Inquiry casts further doubt on the fairness of our current practice of leaving it solely to the legislature to determine the form and procedure to be adopted at such inquiries . |
| 7 | I do not criticise them for getting it wrong in the first place . |
| 8 | There are good reasons for distinguishing it both from the level of the meanings of expressions , as will become apparent later in the text ( see in particular Chapter 6 ) , and from whatever more general non-linguistic level of mental activity has to take responsibility for human perception of external phenomena ; a sufficient reason is that speakers of the language are well aware that they can seek to identify one and the same entity or property by using the meanings of various different expressions : Examples like ( 22 ) are familiarly put forward as showing the distinction between meaning and reference ; they may serve that purpose but that is quite a different matter . |
| 9 | One expects the interpreter to influence the content , context and spirit of a message as little as possible in keeping with relaying it meaningfully in the second language . |
| 10 | What about having it outside in the shade ? |
| 11 | Kassem failed to win international support for his claim and was deterred from pursuing it militarily by the swift dispatch of British and Arab League forces to Kuwait [ see pp. 18187-90 ; 18355 ; 18934 ] ; he was toppled in a bloody Baath-Nationalist coup in 1963 , after which the new Iraqi government recognized Kuwaiti sovereignty [ see p. 19668 ] . |
| 12 | He believes in his heart and conscience , as I do , that the Government are doing this thing without the consent of the country , that in pressing it forward without the approval of the country they are as much a revolutionary committee as President Huerta who governs Mexico . |
| 13 | It 's possible that Fedorov may have exceeded his authority : I forgot to mention that he 's a madman , though he succeeds in disguising it most of the time . |
| 14 | In presenting it direct to the kings of Benin they showed good understanding . |
| 15 | The contractors take it away and dilute it before spreading it thinly on the soil . ’ |
| 16 | She took trouble with her hair , and bathed her face regularly in cold water before rubbing it well with the towel . |
| 17 | Dundee did deservedly edge in front in the 12th minute when Gary McKeown curled in a cross from the right and defender Gary Paterson was allowed to chest the ball down before hooking it high into the net . |
| 18 | The giant Sikh 's muscles bunched , the veins stood out on his throat and temples , his eyes bulged , and somehow he heaved the great iron bell into the air and swung it back and forth three times , making the walls sing and tremble , before silencing it again on the pulsing floor . |
| 19 | We would increase the public sector borrowing requirement for the first two years before reducing it sharply for the rest of our term of office to balance the books over five years . |
| 20 | In a broadcast on Radio Russia on March 15 he complained that the real purpose of the referendum was to " gain support for the present leadership " , adding : " The aim is to preserve the imperial , unitary state of the union , to preserve the system by renewing it just on the surface . " |
| 21 | When the food was cooked , or the teapot filled , it could be kept hot by standing it further along the hob , and frequently the top of the little stove was filled with a variety of utensils each giving off a rich aroma , for Mrs Curdle was a great cook . |
| 22 | In Saussure 's theory we identify and attach meaning to an individual word in a sequence by placing it mentally against the background of other words , not present in the sequence , which are both similar and different to it . |
| 23 | Join the lining to the blind at hemline by placing it centrally over the blind fabric with right sides facing and bottom raw edges level . |
| 24 | It can only be dried out by diffusing it slowly through the tube walls . |