Example sentences of "[to-vb] it [prep] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The duty , which was to have been phased out over a nine-month period to March 1991 , was dismissed as ineffective because shoppers would be able to circumvent it by buying in the West after July 1 . |
| 2 | I managed to absorb it without falling off the chair . |
| 3 | The steel furred to keep it from cracking in the cold , |
| 4 | I put the basket on the counter and held onto it to keep it from banging into the shopping of the woman in front . |
| 5 | But it was better not to anger it by sleeping on the bed . |
| 6 | Rather than selecting the particular class of political events as the stuff of history , and then seeking to explain it by appealing to the play of national and personal interest , the Annales school advocates eclectic research into such diverse topics as economics , populations , social institutions , technologies and climate , designed to contribute to a complete picture of social life . |
| 7 | If you had one of these black holes on the surface of the earth , there would be no way to stop it from falling through the floor to the center of the earth . |
| 8 | To make the best use of the program it is necessary to understand what you wish to achieve , and how to achieve it before embarking on the coding . |
| 9 | Although section 25 , as re-enacted , no longer required the court to attempt to place the parties in the financial position they would have been in had the marriage not broken down , it did not , in her Ladyship 's judgment , circumscribe the court 's discretion so as to limit it to providing for the wife to become self-sufficient . |
| 10 | A few seconds later as the aircraft gains more speed , it will need more forward movement to prevent it from unsticking with the tail-wheel or skid touching the ground , and climbing away too steeply . |