Example sentences of "[v-ing] it [prep] [adj] [noun] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Senior expects Delta 's haemoglobin to cost around 50 pence per gram , ten times less than the cost of purifying it from red blood cells , the main existing source . |
| 2 | In the process my middle was doubled up and it felt roughly as if somebody were squashing it between two metal plates studded with nails . |
| 3 | Mr Langdale claimed that in 1990 south London drug-dealers supplied cannabis to Northern Ireland , frequently sending it via Red Star parcels . |
| 4 | Recently , the society offered to give its building to New York City in exchange for a revision of status entitling it to city-provided operating funds . |
| 5 | But , the lessons are more subtle than the direct borrowing of the approach and importing it into different service sectors . |
| 6 | Clare told me he 'd taken rather a lot of convincing — once he 'd determined to do the slightly naff champagne-pyramid stunt in the first place — not to try doing it with proper champagne flutes but to use the perry glasses like everybody else did ; too tall , too unstable otherwise . |
| 7 | It is an idea that has taken root recently in Scotland where local government and private enterprise , approaching it from different starting points , have begun to put both the idea and supporting environmental ideals to the test . |
| 8 | A large amount of the unwanted paint was reused by donating it to local community groups in Leeds . |
| 9 | They were rolling it on rusty ball bearings . |
| 10 | ICI has introduced a new way of recycling toxic waste by processing it through seven reed beds planted next to one of Europe 's largest chemical plants at Billingham , Teeside . |
| 11 | I also think restricting it to just Premiership players is a good idea |
| 12 | So keep up the heat in your compost heap by covering it with black plastic sheets , old carpets or sacking . |