Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] [v-ing] it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they had done , he went over to the guard and took the full-length gown from him , pulling it on and tying it at the waist . |
| 2 | For anyone that has not seen this effect , the lace carriage is set to ‘ F ’ and instead of taking one stitch off and transferring it to the next needle , the carriage ‘ hops ’ the stitch across from the one it is on and hooks it on to the next one . |
| 3 | They 're trying to pick it off and doing it on the big grass . |
| 4 | ( Constanza has a habit of slipping it off and placing it on the table in front of her . |
| 5 | And after several attempts to break the shell open by picking it up and dropping it onto the rocks , well that did n't work , so the bird picked it up and then from a about a height of twenty feet it dropped it onto the rocks below . |
| 6 | Although I keep pulling it up and throwing it in the dustbin , it keeps coming back . |
| 7 | This can become a real problem unless the situation is handled cautiously , because simply lifting the dog up and placing it in the car will be counter-productive . |
| 8 | Later that afternoon I saw a horse-drawn van pull up outside the cottage and soon a burly fellow was fetching furniture out and loading it into the van . |
| 9 | He said : ‘ Money 's available to George , but there 's no point in him rushing out and spending it for the hell of it . |
| 10 | ‘ I am sorry to hear it , ’ said Theda , dragging her attention back and focusing it on the lady . |
| 11 | Getting him to eat was no problem , but preventing him throwing his food around or trampling it into the floor was . |