Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] it [prep] one [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He took off the first slice , you know the rather well-done , brown bit at the end , and laid it on one side of the serving dish and then he cut the next slice off for the first lady and so on . ’
2 Zach and George dragged the case up to the bedroom and laid it on one side .
3 This was quite a long passage for us , but we were lucky with the weather and made it in one leg .
4 UN relief flights to Juba — known as " Operation Lifeline Sudan " — were halted temporarily on July 21 , after Sudanese government troops had boarded a UN plane and used it for one week to transport troops and military equipment .
5 He peeled it off and threw it to one side then sat facing the three Americans .
6 She found she could n't tear her eyes away , and when he managed to get his second boot off and threw it to one side , then lifted his head , she was still staring .
7 Casually it beat the fish into stillness on the branch and swallowed it in one gulp .
8 The soldier was able to pick out his target in Copperfield Street from a distance of several hundred yards — and hit it with one shot .
9 The heavy door frame caused it some minor difficulty , which it overcame with a swing of its shoulders that tore the timber out and tossed it to one side .
10 Over a year ago she had written another book , The Professor , and sent it to one publisher after another .
11 The coroner smiled at the wine , lifted the cup and downed it in one gulp .
12 She rested the child she was carrying on the parapet , the child being asleep , and held it with one hand as she used the other to search at her breast purse for her money .
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