Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] it [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He balled it , and used it to wipe up the mess . |
| 2 | Clive uses the Chevvy like a normal family car … he takes it to work and uses it to pick up the shopping . |
| 3 | You can now unscrew the nut and let it slide down the pipe as you do n't need it now . |
| 4 | It was very common that the duty wag at the time would make a little paper boat , and probably get some fat or grease from some convenient part of the ship , He would then set light to this and let it sail down the waterway whilst there was a great row of people sitting attending to their needs of nature . |
| 5 | The problem in cultivating horseradish is not so much how to make it grow well , as to curb its enthusiasm and stop it taking over the garden . |
| 6 | He created several gardens on the Continent , including Villa Maryland and Villa Rosemary in the south of France ; but his crowning glory must be at Iford , where he has brought Italy to Wiltshire and set it tumbling down the hanger , in a series of steep paths , steps , and terraces where colonnades , cloisters , fountains and well-heads abound . |
| 7 | Select a straight board which is wider than the base and use it to tamp down the concrete … |
| 8 | He turned quickly and saw it coming up the slope behind him . |
| 9 | The registers give the impression — in itself plausible — that Henry VII told his Council what he wanted and left it to work out the details . |