Example sentences of "[adv] and [v-ing] it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even though open systems may be able to meet requirements at a lower cost than perhaps the traditional proprietary systems , if you 've already paid for the traditional proprietary system , clearly there is no saving to be made by throwing it away and replacing it with the equivalent functionality on new technology . |
| 2 | Other examples in the Renaissance include the malcontent who haunts the very power structure which has alienated him , seeking reinscription within it but at the same time demystifying it , operating within and subverting it at the same time ; the revengers whose actions constitute an even more violent bid for reinscription within the very society which has alienated and dispossessed them ; the assertive women , the ‘ women on top ’ described by Natalie Zemon Davis who simultaneously appropriate , exploit , and undermine masculine discourse . |
| 3 | When they had done , he went over to the guard and took the full-length gown from him , pulling it on and tying it at the waist . |
| 4 | For anyone that has not seen this effect , the lace carriage is set to ‘ F ’ and instead of taking one stitch off and transferring it to the next needle , the carriage ‘ hops ’ the stitch across from the one it is on and hooks it on to the next one . |
| 5 | They 're trying to pick it off and doing it on the big grass . |
| 6 | ( Constanza has a habit of slipping it off and placing it on the table in front of her . |
| 7 | And after several attempts to break the shell open by picking it up and dropping it onto the rocks , well that did n't work , so the bird picked it up and then from a about a height of twenty feet it dropped it onto the rocks below . |
| 8 | Although I keep pulling it up and throwing it in the dustbin , it keeps coming back . |
| 9 | This can become a real problem unless the situation is handled cautiously , because simply lifting the dog up and placing it in the car will be counter-productive . |
| 10 | Later that afternoon I saw a horse-drawn van pull up outside the cottage and soon a burly fellow was fetching furniture out and loading it into the van . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ Money 's available to George , but there 's no point in him rushing out and spending it for the hell of it . |
| 12 | ‘ I am sorry to hear it , ’ said Theda , dragging her attention back and focusing it on the lady . |
| 13 | And then me picking up the keys living here and taking it down the road ! |
| 14 | The main benefit of owning a garden , no matter how small , is getting out there and enjoying it to the full . |
| 15 | The scientific approach to the world of nature developed as a way of looking to see what was actually there and interpreting it in the light of its own evidence instead of simply accepting received , traditional wisdom . |