Example sentences of "strike it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he reached the hut Ariel had built , he found Kit Everard asleep on the threshold , curled up like a worm when a hoe has struck it in the earth , rust-pink and grimacing with his whole body , as if in pain . |
| 2 | S strike it on the edge . |
| 3 | He holds it in his mouth , he picks out a match and he strikes it on the box . |
| 4 | The young man — not a man at all , in fact , but a boy dressed like a man , bearing himself like a man — made a strange gesture : holding one hand at head-height , he struck it with the other , palm against palm , a glancing blow . |
| 5 | Defries touched the comms button on her collar , then struck it with the butt of her blaster . |
| 6 | ‘ This crap , ’ Laura took the book from Rex 's fingers and struck it with the back of her hand . |
| 7 | It was made by the furious last sweep of his indestructible sword Durandal , when he struck it against the rock in a vain effort to break it and so stop this epic weapon from falling into the hands of the Saracens : |
| 8 | ‘ I felt I did everything right , like the simple things of making the right contact , but I was striking it into the wind and it seemed to tail off at the last minute . ’ |