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Example sentences of "and [vb past] it [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1	Jane had decreed bowls rather than plates for the curry and spooned it out in the kitchen whence it was ferried by Christopher , Francis and Martine ( Jane 's mind darted back involuntarily to Puchero and gauchos in Argentina ) .
2	Riven had lost his in the river , but he snatched up one of the long river poles and stabbed it down on the crowds of hairy heads which thronged the water , clicking against skulls .
3	‘ Finally on the seventh day , I thought that , being Catholic , they 'd rest , but still unfed and unwatered , each pony was blindfolded and tacked up , and Raimundo got on each one 's back , and whipped it and whipped it out into the pampas , until the pony 's spirit was completely broken , and it 'll never argue with man again .
4	We unpacked our kit and laid it out on the floor , and then started the lengthy and tiresome process of folding it ‘ à carré ’ so that it sat on our shelves in tidy , identical bricks .
5	Jake drained his coffee-cup and laid it down on the saucer .
6	Guido drained his champagne glass and laid it down on the wall beside him .
7	‘ I gathered it up , ’ he was to say , ‘ I actually scooped up the evil hungering thing in my arms and carried it into the house and laid it down by the fire . ’
8	‘ He connected a wire to his computer , ran it under the carpet downstairs and soldered it on to the line so he could still make calls .
9	She took off her jacket and slung it down on the settee .
10	The spokesman for United Engineering Steels said Irish firm Malone Parkinson Project Design had bought the furnaces and associated equipment and sold it on to the Chinese .
11	The very poor even sold the combings of their hair , to hawkers who came by crying for it , and passed it on to the dollmakers in Naples where it would stuff the turban of a king or tassel the tail of a donkey for a Nativity crib at Christmas .
12	A long clearance from one the Leeds defenders found it 's way into the Crewe half where upon rolling out into touch the linesman controlled it neatly with his left and passed it back to the returning Crewe player with a neat right foot pass .
13	He shook out the handkerchief and stuffed it back in the top pocket of his jacket .
14	Tuppe screwed it up and flung it on to the carpet .
15	In 1912 Walter Long accepted the phrase " the new style " and flung it back at the government : " The New Style consists in the cynical violation of the honourable traditions of public life .
16	The conference decided the problems of ‘ functionally complex ’ compounds needed further study and referred it back to the commission .
17	Taczek hoisted his fist and smacked it down on the table with a hollow bang .
18	The cigarette glowed again in the dark , and he hitched himself up on one elbow and ground it out on the earth .
19	‘ He got what he wanted and slammed it down on the counter .
20	Cranston stuck his red , bulbous nose into a tankard , took one slurp and slammed it down on the table .
21	Sir John drained his tankard and slammed it down on the table .
22	Surprisingly , Cranston agreed , drained the cup and slammed it down on the table .
23	Vologsky finished the bottle off and slammed it down upon the table .
24	Cranston lifted the alejack , remembered the rat , and slammed it back on the table .
25	Then the Sheikha took her needle and drove it up through the middle of the quarter-inch nub , anchoring the fabric .
26	His clothes were shabby , his linen clean ; the former housekeeper washed it and dried it out on the grass .
27	He pulled the brassiere from her body and dropped it on to the floor .
28	‘ I know , ’ she replied and dropped it on to the couchette .
29	She went straight to her jug of water and lifted it up by the handle and peered inside .
30	One witness said : ‘ The plane had already landed , but the wind came under the wings and lifted it back into the air .