Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | My local electronics dealer tells me he is confident that there will be GPS under £1,000 within six months and then the real price war will begin as the manufacturer battle it out for the lucrative yacht market . |
2 | Much to the amusement of two American girls who stayed with us because they did n't know what this phrase was I mean they could n't have sort it out in the first place of what it meant . |
3 | Next , if I were wise only to my own ends , I would certainly take such a subject as of itself might catch a clause , whereas this ’ — he is of course writing about the vexed question of erm Church government and the possible disappearance of episcopy — ‘ whereas this hath all the disadvantages on the contrary , and such a subject as the publishing whereof might be delayed at pleasure and time enough to pencil it over with the curious touches of art , even to the perfection of a faultless picture , whereas in this argument the not deferring it is of great moment to the good speeding . |
4 | He even gets to duke it out with the bad guy — hard to do when you 're a disembodied ghost , conventionally restricted to shifting ornaments and the like , but under pressure form Patrick 's agents , the filmmakers find a way . |
5 | Top-end SMP suppliers such as Sequent and NCR — which are trying to high-tail it down to the low-end — will be more prone to experiencing such hiccups than those coming from below , like Compaq 's SystemPro and AST 's Manhattan . |
6 | Then when he wanted it to go again he used to get the th the belt , the leather belt , and er sort of hook it on to the lower end of the cast iron pulley and follow it round until it went on . |
7 | for a short period of time which will have the same affect of building it up over the twenty five year period and you can use the money for er er other things . |
8 | If your painting or other work of art has ever been the subject of a theft in the past then you may not now be the true owner even if you bought it in good faith ; you may be forced to hand it back to the original owner , or his heirs , depending on the relevant jurisdiction . |
9 | If any party on the management committee does n't like the split it will five member it back through the whole structure to this county council and we shall have proceeded no further . |
10 | ‘ If you 'll wash the lettuce I 'll make my special dressing and we could pick some wild sorrel and chop it in at the last minute . ’ |