Example sentences of "and [vb past] [prep] it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only I would have probably braked , changed down ended up in second and crept past it on the inside and then speeded up again . |
| 2 | He constructed his own refined version of the newly-invented telescope and peered through it from the top of St Mark 's tower in Venice . |
| 3 | As the two women were saying their goodbyes he came to the end of his task , switched off the motor-mower and headed with it towards the narrow gate at the side of the house . |
| 4 | Having reached the most distant onlookers , a young couple pushing up-and-down a baby in a pram , the girl drew tight the neck of the bag and strolled with it to the stage . |
| 5 | Rather than spend too long on developing a perfect composition , I settled for a core arrangement of objects that looked good together and added to it as the drawing and colouring progressed . |
| 6 | He spread it out , and glanced from it to the screen . |
| 7 | Cautiously he mounted the remaining stairs , recognised the figure for what it was and stepped over it to the wheelhouse . |
| 8 | If I think the short-term one first , that 's perhaps the most obvious one , in the sense that most is written and talked about it at the moment , erm namely the cutbacks on expenditure in education . |
| 9 | ‘ In fact , I did n't even know McCallen had n't started for I just got my head down and went for it from the fall of the flag . |
| 10 | The Hamleys bag sat on the dressing table at the end of his room , the one clean , bright item in the place , and Joe lay back on the bed and stared at it as the daylight outside gave way to the evening . |
| 11 | Stepping down at the end , he lay on the bed of nails and rolled across it to the foot of the ladder , which he climbed , pausing on each blade to detach a yellow paper prayer flag and send it fluttering to the ground . |
| 12 | The house owner found it and ran with it to the boat . ’ |
| 13 | I saw Joseph by the back door , caught hold of the lamp he was carrying , and ran with it to the gate . |
| 14 | Have we always seen such change and uncertainty and responded to it in the same way ? |