Example sentences of "and [v-ing] it at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they had done , he went over to the guard and took the full-length gown from him , pulling it on and tying it at the waist . |
| 2 | This facility ‘ for burying an emotion in my heart or brain for forty years , and exhuming it at the end of that time as fresh as when interred ’ , as he described it , lies behind many of his most successful lyrics . |
| 3 | She wrapped up warmly , winding a scarf round her neck , crossing it over her chest and pinning it at the back , as her mother had done in her childhood . |
| 4 | ‘ Here , ’ said Philip , taking the crunched-up ball of paper out of his jeans pocket and throwing it at the boy . |
| 5 | ‘ Naw , ’ he replied angrily , crumpling up the pools coupon and throwing it at the television set . |