Example sentences of "[to-vb] it [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We agreed to set it up at the last meeting . |
| 2 | At that point we could still take water from the aquifer , but we would have to pump it out in the same way as we would from an unconfined aquifer . |
| 3 | Nowhere near enough , they 're trying to get us to sell it off by the back door and we will resist that . |
| 4 | A little extra pressure and I would be able to fish it out with the hypodermic needle I had poised ready . |
| 5 | It 's back in its box now , but it 's still pretty big — so I have to stick it in with the dirty washing . |
| 6 | On second thoughts I think it best to put it back in the old oak chest . |
| 7 | Her mother handed her a glass of white wine , so generously filled that Kate was obliged to take a long sip before it was safe to put it down on the small table by the side of the chair . |
| 8 | Dominic Wetherby 's right hand was clutching a packet of cheese so tightly that it was impossible to prise it out of the dead grip . |
| 9 | No afterwards she 's going to switch it on in the common room . |
| 10 | I felt that if I could get into a regular habit-forming routine then I would be able to keep it up beyond the 30 days . |
| 11 | The US government , which has no relations with the PLO and has sought consistently to keep it out of the Middle East peace process , said the request was still being discussed five hours later when news arrived that the 62-year-old chairman had been found . |
| 12 | Another advantage is that a hooked bream can be persuaded — with a little not-too-gentle pulling and guidance — to fight it out in the shallower water and therefore not disturb the remainder of the feeding shoal . |
| 13 | WOOD GROUP Haven Engineering , met Sony [ UK ] Projects Department , on 29 April to battle it out for the recently-established Wood Group Haven v Sony [ UK ] Snooker challenge cup , at the Snooker Centre , Bridgend . |
| 14 | But it was left to Oxford Hawks in the gold shirts and Gloucester City in the red to battle it out for the minor places in a Central South derby . |
| 15 | But with a th a single wardrobe ironically you ca n't get them up the stairs because soon as you reach that step you 've got another step so if you were to lift it up to the next step it 'll hit the top of the d doorjamb so it wo n't go any further . |
| 16 | It was a post for which he was singularly unsuited and from which he removed himself or was gently pushed in September 1939 , but , though he failed to hit it off with the central committee , he did bring to the organisation the stamp of institutional legitimacy . |
| 17 | But I have a feeling it might be easier to mull it over at the next meeting . |
| 18 | I 'm here for one reason — to do a job , and I mean to carry it through to the best of my ability , with or without your approval . |
| 19 | It was often her task to carry it up to the little sitting-room , followed by Mary from the village , who came in as a daily maid , bearing a silver jug of hot water and matches to light all the lamps . |
| 20 | Though I may fail to carry it out to the full in this life , my faith in it shall abide . ’ |
| 21 | It is essential that both the person authorising the research , and the individual or agency carrying it out , are in agreement about the objectives of the exercise and the approach to be taken to carry it out within the requisite cost constraints . |
| 22 | If not , you are obliged to top it up to the statutory level . |
| 23 | In a flash she was off her bed and on her way to have it out with the one man responsible . |
| 24 | Hundreds of pounds ? it 's such an important issue , we ought to have it out in the open , and let's tell the taxpayers what these people say |
| 25 | ‘ It will be a relief to have it out in the open and it will stop all the questions I have been getting about my future , ’ said the 21year-old Nottingham Forest player . |
| 26 | Codron tried to get it on at the Royal Court — on the face of things , an ideal setting-but it was turned down there , too . |
| 27 | So as a result to that , there , there erm , there is going to be a public meeting on the tenth September , which is actually organised by the Labour party , erm , but obviously the who thing very worried about the attendance at that , erm the , have , had to organise it very quickly because he wants to get it in before the sixteenth , we 'll still trying to get erm a National speaker , I 'm hoping that Julie from the er , eh National Help Federation will be able to come , but she 's on holiday till Monday erm , I do n't . |
| 28 | It was rather a coincidence that she was wearing a dark blue guernsey exactly like Laura 's , with a neck which necessitated the same blindfold struggle to get it off About the whole incident Richard felt no dissatisfaction and certainly no regret . |
| 29 | want to get it out till the last minute in case it rained on it again . |
| 30 | This seems quite difficult at first , but you should soon be able to weave more quickly as you find out when you move your hand to release the yarn ready to lay it over for the next row . |