Example sentences of "[verb] it [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the person who had sorted it together at Birmingham made sure that the next stop it was at , the waggons would be at the back end to leave in that town and this is what my father was doing by er er shunting as it was called , or making a train up to go from Nottingham to London , or some other place in the country , with up to fifty or sixty trucks behind it and they did n't want the trucks next to the engine to be dropped off at the first place and having to shove and push about in their marshalling yard . |
| 2 | Leon threw the ball high , running for it himself and falling to catch it just for the pleasure of movement in sunshine . |
| 3 | Warwickshire are the current holders of the Championship , while Oxfordshire have won it once in 1979 and were runners up in 1984 . |
| 4 | Remarkably it 's Derry fourth successive appearance in the final — they 've won it twice in the last three years . |
| 5 | it was the cream of the milk , well you used to like it , well sort of , some people make it with water , that 's why I made it all milk , are you going to try it again with water ? and just a drop of milk on top |
| 6 | He has it firmly in his head that this whole fracas is on my account , and nothing I can say will sway him . |
| 7 | The high life can , of course , play havoc with the waistline but Caine has it well under control . |
| 8 | Or has it more in common with the intuitions of art ? |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't think I have had the pleasure of meeting you before , ’ she said , transferring Flossie 's lead to her left hand and entangling it dangerously with the milk can , whilst proffering her right . |
| 10 | The ‘ new deviance ’ writers resurrected one major theme of classical criminology ( the significance of the criminal justice system ) , though they modified it considerably in doing so . |
| 11 | You may know it better as the Holding Company . ’ |
| 12 | The task for the journalist and broadcaster is to recognise and conform to the valuable discipline of the law , while at the same time understanding it sufficiently to be able to call the bluff of those who seek to exploit it to suppress important truths . |
| 13 | Ouch , I thought , that really hurt , and I clenched it tight for a moment to stop the pain , before looking to see the damage . |
| 14 | Before the right hon. Gentleman issues a denial , will he confirm that before the previous election the Tories said that they would continue to pay child benefit as before — only to freeze it immediately for three years when they took office ? |
| 15 | You might need it later in the same flight ; if it is n't there , you ca n't use it . |
| 16 | An ‘ only ’ dream has little effect on us ; we may remember it in the morning because it was funny or for some other reason , but it does not disturb us in any way ; most often , we recollect it only in the moments after waking and have forgotten it by the time we get out of bed . |
| 17 | Only an organisation of this kind was capable of doing justice to the cause of the deaf and dumb and of representing it properly at national level . |
| 18 | The hon. Gentleman says that that is what he is advocating , and says that we should reintroduce it now for those who face a shortfall in fees , but it would not make up the shortfall , because it would be part of the reasonable rate of fees . |
| 19 | The important thing about that Bob is not to accept it just at face value . |
| 20 | In three respects at least D. H. Lawrence 's attitude to homosexuality was typical : first , he seems to have been able to accept it only in an idealized and spiritual form ; as Paul Delany puts it , he wanted not a lover but a spiritual brother . |
| 21 | Two small boys ran from the damp gloom of a back close , closely pursued by a third , who raced after them , swinging something over his head , then hurling it high in the air . |
| 22 | The Citation , at the most vulnerable time of any flight , now had full forward power hurling it upwards on its left side and full reverse power dragging it downwards on its right side . |
| 23 | As a result , it has been designed to de-rig easily , in about ten or fifteen minutes and , would you believe it , he can supply a trailer that you can tow it home in . |
| 24 | Images of food drew it onwards to the tall , detached house at the end of the street ; thoughts of petting and cuddling from its playful , pleasant owners made it scamper through the shadows . |
| 25 | She put out a hand and touched the prostrate woman — and drew it away in distress . |
| 26 | A firm hand caught hold of her left arm , drew it away from the female curve of her body . |
| 27 | I drew it downwards with a clean cut . |
| 28 | Britain 's rescue drew it deeper into the American orbit , though with the introduction of Marshall Aid to promote the economic recovery of Europe by means of financing balance of payments deficits , this was to a degree common to western European countries [ Milward , 1984 ] . |
| 29 | While the older families derived their wealth from trade , the newer ones drew it more from investment in property , after coming to prominence initially through service to the Crown , as controllers of customs or victuallers for armies , or by serving as town clerk . |
| 30 | She gasped as his hand tightened on hers and drew it swiftly behind her back . |