Example sentences of "[v-ing] it [adv prt] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wheel careered onwards , carrying their chair over the summit and hurling it out again into the sickening void beyond . |
| 2 | Apply plenty of rubber solution adhesive to the back of the frame and hardboard , then carefully place the backing fabric in position , gently but firmly pressing it down all over the back and frame until it is evenly fixed . |
| 3 | Davide threw himself on it to stop her pulling it off altogether with the bowl of fruit and the jug of water and glasses with it ; so they grappled , and in the contact something gave way , melted within them both and they clung together , aching in their heads and their bones as if they 'd been caught out on the mountains in the winter and been chilled to the marrow . |
| 4 | Despite this she would persist in offering her face for respectful attention , interposing it between people deep in conversation and turning it up appealingly to the person serving rice-and-bean salad or pouring sangría . |
| 5 | You put it on again , zipping it up halfway at the back . |
| 6 | The tow pilot can help by allowing his aircraft to climb away , gaining speed rather than holding it down close to the ground . |
| 7 | so I said well it cost us just so many weeks though , I 've put it in again , I 've , I 'm sending it back today in the hope that they will come up with a decision in the next week , cos usually once they 've got the information they 'll write back say within ten days yes or no |
| 8 | I had an image of them having it off together in the same building where I was . |
| 9 | Known , but somehow often overlooked , is the fact that Ellsworth Kelly he of the precise abstract geometries and the monochromatic fields has always kept a pencil within easy reach , taking it up regularly over the years to make line drawings , uninflected by modelling , chiefly of plants and flowers . |
| 10 | She struck again , wielding the frying pan like a club , bringing it down hard on the top of his head with a blow hard enough to cut his scalp . |