Example sentences of "it [verb] [adv] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The ‘ glass shot ’ was originally painted on glass — and often still is — so that it fills only part of the frame , the rest of which is occupied by a built set and/or action .
2 As it T's off the main flow , it takes only part of the flow from the pump , and using three Wurlys from one pump you lose only 30 GPH from the main flow rate .
3 It hit then end of the shop and the wheels finished up out in the park next door .
4 Still used by archaeologists , it went only part of the way towards providing a historical framework for archaeological evidence , however .
5 Smoothed over the floor and walls , it wipes away pollution in the house .
6 But it did n't sort of the world-wide coverage that er ,
7 The results of Western individualism today are individual buildings with no art or , if there is any art , it pays only lip-service to the idea .
8 It would , of course , be fiercely resisted because it gives back power to the people .
9 What many fear is that , despite negotiated settlements ’ being fashionable in other parts of the world , the US will be more than happy to leave El Salvador to Arena , freeing it to step up aid to the Nicaraguan contras and removing , once and for all , any chance of success for the peace plan being negotiated by the five Central American presidents , which has never been supported by the US .
10 It carries on south-west by the water to cross by a bridge over toward Minniwick Moss .
11 Operating like a huge vacuum cleaner , it sucks up gravel into the dredge where it is sieved to retrieve the fine , black , gold-bearing sand .
12 The extension of the LFA has left this gross anomaly unaffected since it brings in land at the lower elevations outside the original LFA boundary .
13 It begins just north of the Mexican border and continues as far as Vancouver , sometimes winding inland , occasionally merging with the multi-laned 101 , but always providing fascinating variety .
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