Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] it [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ball set up for to drive it straight into the wall Speedy then tried the shot Oldfield takes over . |
| 2 | Fifty years ago an American airman died averting a disaster , when he crashed his stricken bomber into a field after steering it away from a busy town centre . |
| 3 | This has reduced the lag between the US and the UK to around a month with the stated goal of eliminating it completely by the end of the year for both English and the primary European languages . |
| 4 | But I do know that when times were bad , the people in the dale had to use the wool off the backs of the sheep themselves instead of sending it away to the wool merchants of Bradford after shearing . |
| 5 | As the name suggests , this consists of bouncing the light off reflective surfaces instead of aiming it directly at the subject . |
| 6 | but Pauline must of remembered it perhaps for the |
| 7 | right cos then you 're taking them away from the fact that you want other quotes right , they 'll say to you oh we were n't thinking of doing it actually until the winter , right and then you can say to them well let me just say that by placing your order in now we can put your installation in hand , right , basically at today 's prices , right , on an extended delivery , right , and you can still qualify for a special offer , right |
| 8 | Wellington always had a large appetite ; he 'd piled fruit simultaneously on to his plate with the meat and rice , instead of having it separately as a dessert . |
| 9 | A third method of making it easier on the parties is through the Fixed Costs Scheme proposed by the Law Society . |
| 10 | The present challenges are : to design plants capable of making it economically on a large scale from coal ; to explore the potential of syn-gas ; and to develop its use in the production of basic chemicals . |
| 11 | Although there is no known cure for osteoarthritis , there are some ways of making it less of a problem to ordinary living . |
| 12 | The recent work by McAuslan and others ( supra ) in respect of the functioning of the Windscale Inquiry casts further doubt on the fairness of our current practice of leaving it solely to the legislature to determine the form and procedure to be adopted at such inquiries . |
| 13 | I do not criticise them for getting it wrong in the first place . |
| 14 | There are good reasons for distinguishing it both from the level of the meanings of expressions , as will become apparent later in the text ( see in particular Chapter 6 ) , and from whatever more general non-linguistic level of mental activity has to take responsibility for human perception of external phenomena ; a sufficient reason is that speakers of the language are well aware that they can seek to identify one and the same entity or property by using the meanings of various different expressions : Examples like ( 22 ) are familiarly put forward as showing the distinction between meaning and reference ; they may serve that purpose but that is quite a different matter . |
| 15 | One expects the interpreter to influence the content , context and spirit of a message as little as possible in keeping with relaying it meaningfully in the second language . |
| 16 | What about having it outside in the shade ? |
| 17 | Kassem failed to win international support for his claim and was deterred from pursuing it militarily by the swift dispatch of British and Arab League forces to Kuwait [ see pp. 18187-90 ; 18355 ; 18934 ] ; he was toppled in a bloody Baath-Nationalist coup in 1963 , after which the new Iraqi government recognized Kuwaiti sovereignty [ see p. 19668 ] . |
| 18 | Across the fire Travis studied his cup before tossing it away with an irritable gesture . |
| 19 | He believes in his heart and conscience , as I do , that the Government are doing this thing without the consent of the country , that in pressing it forward without the approval of the country they are as much a revolutionary committee as President Huerta who governs Mexico . |
| 20 | It 's possible that Fedorov may have exceeded his authority : I forgot to mention that he 's a madman , though he succeeds in disguising it most of the time . |
| 21 | In presenting it direct to the kings of Benin they showed good understanding . |
| 22 | THE Scottish National Party yesterday foreshadowed its campaign for next year 's European elections , in an effort to raise Scots ' confidence in going it alone as an independent nation . |
| 23 | The contractors take it away and dilute it before spreading it thinly on the soil . ’ |
| 24 | She took trouble with her hair , and bathed her face regularly in cold water before rubbing it well with the towel . |
| 25 | Dundee did deservedly edge in front in the 12th minute when Gary McKeown curled in a cross from the right and defender Gary Paterson was allowed to chest the ball down before hooking it high into the net . |
| 26 | The giant Sikh 's muscles bunched , the veins stood out on his throat and temples , his eyes bulged , and somehow he heaved the great iron bell into the air and swung it back and forth three times , making the walls sing and tremble , before silencing it again on the pulsing floor . |
| 27 | We would increase the public sector borrowing requirement for the first two years before reducing it sharply for the rest of our term of office to balance the books over five years . |
| 28 | We are committed to improving it further as a result of increased traffic , which is largely a consequence of the success of the east coast ports . |
| 29 | It is not until we broach such questions as , What is meant when a speaker sets an adjective in juxtaposition to its noun as opposed to linking it indirectly via a form of the verb to be ? that we can start to give a full and proper account of syntax . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's just like a piano and so much so that we have n't even got one at home and I did n't practice on one before the competition I can just switch to playing it instead of a piano , ’ said Lisa . |