Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] it [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well they did n't know and they to it were towing Julie 's car and the tow belt snapped , and of course when it jerked this car forward it cut the petrol off . |
| 2 | And it went to seven months because they did have a downturn in the business so it pushed the quantities back a bit . |
| 3 | Their castle at Châtellerault controlled the strategically vital Tours-Poitiers road at the point where it crossed the River Vienne . |
| 4 | And when that information is finally released , it often includes surprises that cause confusion that , in turn , extends the length of the downstream stage to the point where it offsets the advantages of overlapping . |
| 5 | Drainvalves are generally fitted in the rising main just above the main stopcock and in the cold supply pipe to the hot water cylinder at the point where it enters the cylinder . |
| 6 | Ask the butcher to cut through the chine bone ( which runs at right angles to the ribs along the base ) just above the point where it joins the ribs . |
| 7 | There , in the mouth of the stream where it meets the sea and its sweetness gets mixed up with the salt , a fisherman I used to know set his traps . |
| 8 | THE ROAD TO ELLING CHANGED CHARACTER dramatically at the place where it met the river and altered its course to follow that of the river . |
| 9 | that we all vote just this once and get rid of it out of our hands into the place where it belongs the House of Commons . |
| 10 | The port and town occupied an already strong position on the north side of the Tweed where it entered the sea , thus protected on two sides by water . |
| 11 | They called the room where it hung the Centaur Room . |
| 12 | If colour is applied in a robust manner you may need some support to the canvas where it crosses the stretcher , or you could work on canvas mounted on board . |
| 13 | Ministers may try to make a statement ( they secure this every Thursday with the weekly business statement ) ; the Opposition may seek to have a Private Notice Question ; the Government prefer to have a debate on a Government motion or bill ; the Opposition would like to have an Opposition Day when it opens the debate ; and backbenchers seek to get in with points of order and applications for emergency debates . |
| 14 | The Open Software Foundation attempted to fan the flames of scandal at Unix Expo in New York last week when it broke the news that Sun Microsystems Inc has been funding the lawsuit brought against it by security software house Addamax last year ( UX No 331 ) . |
| 15 | The paper gave fuel to its detractors last week when it named the woman who has accused Edward Kennedy 's nephew of raping her in Palm Beach at Easter . |
| 16 | He hugged the banister , counting its bar-like wooden rods until he reached the turn where it met the wall . |
| 17 | IBM Corp , whose debt has been ballooning alarmingly , has filed a shelf registration with the US Securities & Exchange Commission to issue up to $2,650m in debt securities , preferred and depositary shares which when combined with previously registered debt securities , preferred and depositary shares , will give it up to $3,000m of such securities available for sale whenever it needs the cash . |
| 18 | I asked Grand Met how it justified the rent increases being imposed . |
| 19 | Use the stand alone system so it gets the date that we 're going to collect it , it can say all the things that we 've said , it 's , you know , we wrote to you some time ago and , and er we , we did n't get the money if you do n't , as you said , if you do n't send us this money we 're gon na sounds like a threat does n't it , if you do n't send this money within the next three months we 'll automatically collect it together with your regular premium due on the date |
| 20 | The government claimed on Jan. 16 that security forces had destroyed the rebels ' headquarters , but on the following day the BRA staged one of its most spectacular actions to date when it attacked the island 's prison , releasing all Bougainville inmates and killing five prison officers . |
| 21 | Only a few of our members who have these qualifications are able to help , and we therefore rely heavily on ‘ friends from other churches ’ , a poor phrase when applied to such friends as Gilbert Clark , Duncan Curr and David Wright ; and the phrase also acquired a different meaning this year when it included the Rev. John Page , Minister of Dunlop , and his wife Janie , who daily travelled many Scriptural ‘ second miles ’ from their church to join us . |
| 22 | It is not clear that one has to postulate anything more than a reaction like Pavlov 's dog learning to anticipate its dinner whenever it hears the bell . |
| 23 | This provision allows for a unilateral decision of suspension by a State that does not claim to be specially affected by the breach where it feels the consequences of the breach undermines the entire Convention . |