Example sentences of "[vb -s] it [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He unfolds it there as the antithesis between sin and grace . |
| 2 | The little girl holds the caterpillar , plies it carefully from the twig to which it had moulded itself . |
| 3 | We are standing in that kitchen where I 've shared her meals and laughter , and she finishes drying the glass and places it carefully on the table . |
| 4 | For example , Mr X gives property to Mr Z who holds it absolutely for the infant unmarried son of Mr X. That is a transfer of an asset and a settlement for the purposes of ss663 and 664 ( although the Revenue may not apply ss663 where the income is not paid to the infant ) . |
| 5 | He brandishes it wildly in the air , telling everyone they are safe now . |
| 6 | Tommy picks up the Magnum and fires it twice at the stereo , one bullet in each cassette deck . |
| 7 | And like most people living in the city it gets it straight from the mains of the Welsh Water company . |
| 8 | The Bill gives protection with one hand and takes it away with the other . |
| 9 | The drug also finds it way to the mother 's milk and so could exert its effects on newborn children . |
| 10 | He waited until the surface of the water in the bath became quite still , like a pool , like a swimming pool before the very first swimmer enters it early in the morning , and then with one quick move climbed in and lay right under the water with his eyes closed . |
| 11 | In considering this question , Rhodes relates it specifically to the case of the UK : ‘ prominence is given to manufacturing only because Britain , as most other advanced countries , has relied heavily on manufacturing activities as a source of net exports and employment ’ ( 1986 , p. 139 ) . |
| 12 | But the longing will draw its follower into hard places , so Hilton quotes Matthew 16:24 : Si quis vult post me venire , abneget semetipsum , et tollat crucem suam , et sequatur me [ If any man will come after me , let him deny himself , and take up his cross , and follow me ] and relates it explicitly to the anchoress 's mode of religious life : This is the way she shares the work of redemption which is Christ 's . |
| 13 | PETER REID lays it frankly on the line : ‘ It 's about time Manchester City won something . ’ |
| 14 | Anya drapes it carefully over the mirror . |
| 15 | One method , which by-passes the problems of tape-to-tape synchronisation , is to speak it direct to a microphone which records it straight onto the video tape via the mixer during a non-stop transfer . |
| 16 | to do it in Postscript format , and it outputs it straight onto the middle of the screen . |
| 17 | What sets it apart from the crowd is its ability to produce full colour output of a quality undreamed of on a machine with this price tag a couple of years ago . |
| 18 | A glance at the latest list published in Fortune magazine shows it to be not just silly but ludicrous : the list purports to show only US industrial companies — but it classifies AT&T Co as a service company and eliminates it altogether despite the fact that with NCR Corp added in , AT&T 's non-service businesses alone would give the firm a ranking in the 50s . |
| 19 | Westerly-flowing currents entering the Weddell Sea cause the development of a strong gyre , which carries a stream of cold , ice-filled surface water clockwise and releases it northward past the tip of Antarctic Peninsula and the South Orkney Islands . |
| 20 | That , you know , th that puts it more in the context , does n't it . |
| 21 | It sticks to her open lip and she junks it bitterly into the hotel ashtray . |
| 22 | And the third servant says Well no if I if I go out and buy something something might go wrong and I 'll lose the talent , and so he hides it away in the drawer . |
| 23 | Then , when the brand is hot and the brander comes up to the horse and touches it momentarily on the shoulder ( previously clipped ) , the horse will be surprised , but will probably not even move a step , providing the handler remains relaxed and reassuring . |
| 24 | He powerslides the car through the right , catches it again off the track and aims towards the next left-hander under full power . |
| 25 | Perhaps he likes it better on the water . ’ |
| 26 | Does n't look a brilliant day does it weatherwise at the races clouds . |
| 27 | Do n't do it in one , it does it all over the floor |
| 28 | The tank produces 50 grams of steam per minute — about three times that of a conventional steam iron — and feeds it directly into the iron via a cord in its side . |
| 29 | The author makes it plain from the outset that he has no interest in trying to convince bar-stool pseudoscientists that they are wrong in believing that early cave dwellers battled marauding dinosaurs and that astrology tells all . |
| 30 | But it is not only through his healings and exorcisms that Jesus shows himself as the bearer of the Spirit : he claims it explicitly in the controversy with the scribes about Beelzebub ( apparently another name for Satan , conceived of as ‘ lord of the house ’ ) . |