Example sentences of "and [vb past] [to-vb] it [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We see , for example , his debt to Hobbes , who placed great emphasis on the idea of authority and sought to detach it from the idea of consent . |
| 2 | 13–1–1906 They had under consideration the question of using the Hymnary in the public worship and agreed to use it in the summer if there was no serious collection among the people . |
| 3 | As a diversion , which would allow time for the passing of the trembling , I reached into my pocket , pulled out the tin of rubbers , and tried to open it in the dark . |
| 4 | I ca n't actually recall all the numbers , but I remember I was in the States at one point and I took the album over and tried to sell it to a record company . |
| 5 | They invited people whose backgrounds were very different to join this ‘ high class Jewish fraternity , ’ and tried to run it as a continuous party . |
| 6 | She rummaged in her handbag for the key on its wooden key ring and tried to fit it into the lock . |
| 7 | It looked as if the builder had started off with the plans of a Tudor manor house , swapped them for an Early English cathedral in mid-storey , and then suffered a total loss of confidence and tried to convert it into a Dutch barn . |
| 8 | Guido took a mouthful of his Cynar and seemed to savour it for a moment . |
| 9 | We staggered out and began to use it as a battering ram against the locked door . |
| 10 | Gazzer grabbed the wheelchair and began to push it along the paths in between the flower-beds . |
| 11 | Then , slowly , she reached for her brush from the dresser , and began to slide it through the unruly tangle of her hair , taming the fly-away curls until they settled into a softly gleaming curtain that fell over her shoulders . |
| 12 | He extended his arm fully and began to waggle it in an arc across the faces of the congregation . |
| 13 | The ship reached the coastline just after sunrise and began to follow it in a south-easterly direction down to the sea . |
| 14 | Leo carried the pile of crockery into the kitchen and began to load it into the dishwasher . |
| 15 | ( He had in fact put on weight while resting after Alfredo Alfredo , and needed to lose it for the role anyway . |
| 16 | Afghans have always killed each other in a small way , and started to do it in a big way only when foreign armies , money and weapons became involved . |
| 17 | She put her hand up to her veil and started to chew it through the material . |
| 18 | Lacuna took it , held it above her head , and started to slide it into the implant . |
| 19 | She wondered what they would make of it as she got out the vacuum cleaner and started to run it over the drawing-room carpet . |
| 20 | I dashed into a record shop , begged a loan of the album , transferred it onto cassette in Dixon 's next door , sped back to the hall and managed to shove it into the system just as the chairman announced it and the audience was standing . |
| 21 | I hired one and went to try it on a mountain . |
| 22 | Lady Grubb picked up her plate of junket and went to eat it in the drawing-room , shaking with a passion she did n't care to scrutinize because it contained not only fury but also amazement and fear . |
| 23 | In August 1915 the receiver , Mr Coombes , decided he could no longer continue in charge of the club and offered to sell it to the Leeds Northern [ Rugby ] Union Club at Headingley , who were interested . |
| 24 | One aircraft dropped its torpedo outside the Harbour and attempted to run it through the Harbour entrance , the fifth aircraft , unable to locate its target , returned to base with its torpedo , and the sixth aircraft , piloted by P/O Atherton , must also have turned away and retired seaward . |
| 25 | Applicants were given cash grants , usually no more than £75 , and trusted to use it for the purpose they had proposed - such as buying a bicycle to do a newspaper round , obtaining equipment for a camping trip , or acquiring the wherewithal to learn a new skill or a sport . |