Example sentences of "[vb -s] it [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simpson raises his hands in the air , United have got Andy Melville and Steve Foster at the far post , Simpson still delays taking the kick , now it comes in , he knocks it in to the far post , looking for Paul , Paul heads it back over the top — and they 've scored . |
| 2 | There is nothing about this combination of themes which marks it out as the exclusive preserve of the right . |
| 3 | Overall the computational complexity of the system rules it out at the present time for application to the recognition task . |
| 4 | The relative value of doing so measured against the cost of the associated hard and software , however , rules it out for the present time at least . |
| 5 | So you know she she said he gets it back in the long run . |
| 6 | Absolute exemption from restriction or regulation is never obtained : circumstances , social or economic , may have altered , since they obtained acceptance , in such a way as to call for a fresh examination ; there may be some exorbitance or special feature in the individual contract which takes it out of the accepted category : but the court however must be persuaded of this before it calls upon the relevant party to justify a contract of this kind . |
| 7 | We were sharing it out between four so we got we we always say a quarter I think I think it 's a good idea the way the Americans say a fourth cos you can it ties it up with the four shared out between four people . |
| 8 | He lines it up on the shiny sideboard . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't think that quite sets it off to the best advantage , sir . ’ |
| 10 | And I think , I 'm not sure , I think it puts it back round the other way tut . |
| 11 | He said it does n't matter who does it on down the second time . |
| 12 | The person who , despite their concern about the loss of a company pension , leaves an organisation after many years of service in a disliked job to try a new field may well do better , in health terms , than the person who sticks it out in the miserable job . |
| 13 | The book traces his family history leading up to that midnight stroke and carries it through to the dark period of Mrs Gandhi 's emergency . |
| 14 | It was all very well for the Super to smile his superior smile and say things like ‘ Culturally , Tallboy , it lifts it out of the common rut of murders , would n't you agree ? |