Example sentences of "pushed it [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 He pushed it through the letter box and saw it flame up as it went through .
2 Once she had turned the corner and the house was hidden from view , she jumped off her bike and pushed it through the maze of potholes that pitted the drive as it meandered the half mile to the main gates .
3 So , with her last remaining strength , she pushed it through the bars , and it fluttered down to his feet . ’
4 Anyway , we know we pushed it through the you know
5 The children put all the presents in the pram , and at three o'clock they pushed it to the Perks 's little yellow house .
6 Hannele pushed it to the floor .
7 He pushed it across the desk .
8 Swansborough closed the file with a snap and pushed it across the desk .
9 She poured out the tea , and as she pushed it across the counter to him he handed her the penny .
10 She pushed it across the table towards Mahoney .
11 He took a piece of paper , wrote something on it , and pushed it across the table to Campbell .
12 Abruptly Aggie picked up the handles of the flat-cart , then almost growling ‘ Come on ! ’ she pushed it along the road , the child trotting beside her now .
13 He took a piece of sugar from the table and pushed it along the floor towards Louisa .
14 He took a pipe-cleaner from a drawer and pushed it into the stem of his pipe .
15 I pushed it into the tie-knot and twisted , hard .
16 Then she dragged the body to the workbench and pushed it into the cupboard , head first .
17 Alice crumpled it up and pushed it into the kitchen bin .
18 She pushed it into the slot and dialled , dismayed to see she only had six units left .
19 Heeding this good advice , she found her key and pushed it into the lock .
20 I took a pin and pushed it into the nugget .
21 He took his documentation from his pocket and pushed it into the officer 's hand .
22 They pushed it into the classroom and stood it against a wall .
23 ‘ One member of staff left for a moment and a man in his mid-30s appeared out of nowhere with what appeared to be a gun and pushed it into the other assistant 's ribs and asked for the money .
24 ‘ Our combined weights on the outside of the cradle pushed it into the side of the building and made it tip , ’ said Warel .
25 She took out a cassette tape and pushed it into the car 's tape-deck .
26 Before the letter could contaminate him with reason he pushed it into the fire and watched it burn .
27 kids give it a shove , pushed it on the street
28 Holding it back with his shoulder and managing the flashlight under his arm , Forester took one of the cards and forced it into the gap , feeling it bend stiffly as he pushed it around the edge of the door .
29 Aggie did not rest the hand-cart and open the gate but , giving it a hard thrust , she pushed it against the iron work and the gate swung open and into a large yard all of forty feet square , the further half of which was surprisingly paved with flags .
30 Every weekend he gave Mossman the baker a shilling for his cart and every Saturday afternoon he pushed it from the bakery to the square in the High Street and harangued the passers-by about the stupidity of the forthcoming war .
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