Example sentences of "[vb past] it [adv] with [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I drew it downwards with a clean cut . |
| 2 | I noticed that she was very modest in front of me , going through mild contortions putting on her undies beneath her dressing-gown , and once when it fell off , revealing her shabbily but quite decently clad in a mauve rayon slip , she snatched it up with a quick " Sorry dear " . |
| 3 | I rinsed it off with wet tissue , dried it off with the same soft wipes , and it came up like new . |
| 4 | But unlike many well-meaning friends , he followed it up with a practical alternative : ‘ Tell God every detail of your needs in earnest and thankful prayer , and the peace of God , which transcends human understanding , will keep constant guard over your hearts and minds as they rest in Christ Jesus . ’ |
| 5 | Shelley cleaned the wound very thoroughly and bound it up with a clean dressing . |
| 6 | She brushed past Penry , eluding the hand he put out to detain her as she ran outside to the car , deaf to his entreaties as she jumped in the car and started it up with a violent rev of the engine . |
| 7 | My gorgeous glossy dark locks used to be Mummy 's Delight when I was little , but now it was just wavy like the sea at Brighton and I wore it long with a flyaway fringe — well , it was flyaway if I could stick it solidly enough with gel or spray . |
| 8 | I returned the amp for repair but the company sent it back with the same fault as before . |
| 9 | The driver tapped it nervously with a forefinger to guide the man 's eyes to it . |
| 10 | Poland , for instance , unlike Russia , was a participant in and indeed an important contributor to the great movements in early modern European history , such as the Renaissance and the scientific revolution , and the country 's legal system , literary forms and religious faith aligned it firmly with the liberal West rather than the more authoritarian East . |
| 11 | MOTORIST Janet Glover put her new £10,000 Toyota Corolla in for its first service — and got it back with an unwanted extra . |
| 12 | Great Aunt S was simply pouring her tea into the saucer , whereupon she drank it down with a loud slurp . |
| 13 | He poured himself another , swilled it down with a grim smile and cradled the empty wineglass in his hands . |
| 14 | E he just pushed it off with a long thing like that and and on they went and did it . |
| 15 | But Magilton wrapped it up with a fierce free-kick . |
| 16 | Lee Sharpe 's fourth goal in three games opened the way after seven minutes , Cantona rapped in a 45th minute penalty and Steve Bruce wrapped it up with an 88th minute header . |