Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [vb past] it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having said that , he self-consciously dropped his gaze from her disappointed eyes and turned it to the multi-patterned carpet . |
| 2 | They took pictures and reported it to the RSPCA . |
| 3 | I put the small boat on my shoulders and carried it to the edge of the water , then I put it in the sea . |
| 4 | I finished my list of demands and took it to the Branch Office , where I received something of a hero 's welcome . |
| 5 | A rabbit dodged between her feet and made it to the hedgerow . |
| 6 | Balberith ripped the remains of the fruit and salad bar from its mountings and flung it through the roof . |
| 7 | Silently he took the notebook from her nerveless fingers and dropped it on the floor . |
| 8 | With a lunge , he grabbed the bag from between her fingers and flung it across the parquet , where it landed with a thump before skidding to rest beneath a radiator , then before she could react to such a flare of violence he was reaching out for her , dragging her into his embrace , his lips ravening hungrily over her own with a fever of desire that sent shock waves of fear and desire quivering through her . |
| 9 | ‘ This crap , ’ Laura took the book from Rex 's fingers and struck it with the back of her hand . |
| 10 | Gritted our teeth and made it through the weekend . |
| 11 | William took a tack from between his teeth and hammered it into the leather and then picked up a file . |
| 12 | His concern was solely with effectiveness rather than style ; he rarely spoke with more than brief notes and left it to the occasion to furnish the words . |
| 13 | ‘ Pounds , ’ I replied as I wrote out my name and address on the back of the particulars and left it on the counter . |
| 14 | With bungees holding the tiller arm , he heaved the heavy BMW inboard on the davits and manhandled it across the cockpit and into the saloon , lashing it to the mast support . |
| 15 | Some of the first of these were made by a pupil of McConnell 's , Allan Jacobson , in Los Angeles , who announced in 1965 that if he trained rats to approach the food dispenser of their cage when a light flashed or a clicking sound was made , then killed the animals , extracted the RNA from their brains and injected it into the gut cavity of untrained animals , these now tended to approach the dispenser when the appropriate stimulus — click or light — was given , even though the dispenser was now empty of food and the animals received no reward . |
| 16 | Apparently this new method had been tried out down south and it seemed ideal for the temperamental Orkney climate because you harvested when it was green and then you put it in a pit and packed it with a tractor and then you left it until it turned black and rotted and then you cut it up in chunks and fed it to the cattle . |
| 17 | So Noel 's gone oh someone tripped me up , I fell down the stairs and hit it on the coffee table , right ! |
| 18 | ‘ I gathered it up , ’ he was to say , ‘ I actually scooped up the evil hungering thing in my arms and carried it into the house and laid it down by the fire . ’ |
| 19 | Luke scooped the fish up from Carey 's arms and threw it into the shallows . |
| 20 | The initial agreement made was a licensing agreement whereby Rover ( then known as BL ) assembled the Honda Ballade from 1981 onwards with limited alterations and sold it as the Triumph Acclaim . |
| 21 | I took fruit from the Frames and gave it to the others . ’ |
| 22 | He took the Skein of Geese matchbox from its pocket , lit one of the matches and held it to the envelope until the flame had caught . |
| 23 | He snatched the girlie magazine from his comrade 's hands and tossed it on the seat . |
| 24 | She took one of his hands and pressed it to the bodice of her gown . |
| 25 | He sat on the top step , raised the automatic with both hands and aimed it at the arm that was writhing in the aperture below . |
| 26 | Then Garry carefully took one of the filled cartridges and placed it on the grass . |
| 27 | He poured her a glass of white wine and tonic , plopped in two ice cubes and slid it over the worktop to her . |
| 28 | Serving and former guardsmen stood to attention as Princess Diana , dressed in black , took the wreath from two old soldiers and placed it at the foot of the memorial in Horseguards Parade . |
| 29 | He soaked bits of cotton wool in essential oils and passed it under the noses of his patients . |
| 30 | Roland drew his breath in minor shock : Maud said , ‘ Oh , the dolls ’ — and Sir George brought his light back from a blank mirror entwined with gilded roses and focused it on the three rigid figures , semi-recumbent under a dusty counterpane , in a substantial if miniature four-poster bed . |