Example sentences of "[vb past] it [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carefully she drew it out through the folds of the eiderdown and held it close to the flame of the nightlight . |
| 2 | This time he traced it back to the servant in the bedroom — he blocked out or refused to remember her name — a cold witch , he decided , a witch who would find no satiation in this world , maybe even a spirit brought back to test and ruin those who had intercourse with her . |
| 3 | One of the GIs called for a pen from his friend , caught it deftly in the air and planted his huge boot on the handlebar of Tony 's tricycle to write the address . |
| 4 | He threw the deadly , humming weapon into the air and caught it deftly by the shaft . |
| 5 | In that instant , I brought up my branch , so that he caught it right in the face . |
| 6 | It 's heartening to realise that you have taken the Sinead interview seriously and not just dismissed it totally as the meanderings of a bonkers woman . |
| 7 | Oliver coiled it slowly in the palm of his hand . |
| 8 | The conference decided the problems of ‘ functionally complex ’ compounds needed further study and referred it back to the commission . |
| 9 | She shook her head , moved it closer to the glass , and the image changed . |
| 10 | I did not dare move , and yet I did : I put my hand on his thigh , and slowly moved it up towards the centre of my desire . |
| 11 | Well last year we moved it out into the gardens . |
| 12 | The cigarette glowed again in the dark , and he hitched himself up on one elbow and ground it out on the earth . |
| 13 | He applied the flannel repeatedly , then wound it around her tender joint and fastened it again with the safety-pin . |
| 14 | ‘ When that failed I stuffed my right hand down its throat to stop it biting and then smacked it twice between the eyes with my left . ’ |
| 15 | Taczek hoisted his fist and smacked it down on the table with a hollow bang . |
| 16 | The other U-boat , brought from Norway , rests on the sands of Kiel Roads , close to the gloomy German naval museum ; and Chicago being rather far , we used it extensively in the making of our film . |
| 17 | The hurdles in the dissemination race are : H0 — ‘ seeing ’ — saw advertisement H1 ‘ getting ’ — obtained material H2 — ‘ browsing ’ — learned to drive the program H3 — ‘ trying ’ — used it once in the classroom H4 — ‘ using ’ — used it regularly in the classroom H5 — ‘ absorbing ’ — sustained use . |
| 18 | The hurdles in the dissemination race are : H0 — ‘ seeing ’ — saw advertisement H1 ‘ getting ’ — obtained material H2 — ‘ browsing ’ — learned to drive the program H3 — ‘ trying ’ — used it once in the classroom H4 — ‘ using ’ — used it regularly in the classroom H5 — ‘ absorbing ’ — sustained use . |
| 19 | Fifteen of the 27 CABx who were on-line , used Lawtel several times a week and seven used it daily in the period of piloting . |
| 20 | He invariably believed completely in his own case and pursued it relentlessly to the end . |
| 21 | Gould tried it on during the race . |
| 22 | He was developing self-control in the classroom , but found it harder on the playground where it seemed that he was easily influenced by other children to behave badly . |
| 23 | well , somebody found it down by the river just at the back of where they live so it must have been somebody round about |
| 24 | We found it down by the Seal . |
| 25 | He scrawled it quickly on the back of his card . |
| 26 | Oxford United has scored , it 's Andy Melville that has put the ball into the net , into injury time , the cross came in , Martin Foyle headed it back across the face of the goal and it 's Andy Melville that has surely clinched three vital points for Oxford United ; into injury time , Oxford United one , Portsmouth nil . |
| 27 | Did you see much of the goal , or as it was a free kick floated in and Martin Foyle headed it back across the face of goal and erm your partner in crime really at the back put it in . |
| 28 | The cross came in , Martin Foyle headed it back across the face of the goal and it 's Andy Melville that has surely clinched three vital points for Oxford United . |
| 29 | Deane waddled about seemingly distracted by something ( not the ball I might add ) and when he had a clear chance he headed it safely into the arms of Grobblebum . |
| 30 | Rumour had it the owner of the Gazi burned it down for the insurance money . |