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

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1 I eventually made it into the Yorkshire second XI and ultimately the first team .
2 She seemed to be having trouble putting one in front of the other but she did eventually make it to the steps of the disabled bus and fell inside .
3 A high failure rate ensures that only those with the right aptitude for the job eventually make it to the Company .
4 Originally six absconded from a local farm and successfully made it to the mill in a lorry chassis , however they had dwindled to a single cockerel .
5 ‘ When I struck the bream tore off downstream and dragged me into some weeds but I eventually got it to the bankside , ’ said Matthew .
6 He went on pressing it until the starter engine ground to a halt .
7 In August-September 1982 it proved unable to clinch a peace treaty with its Maronite ally , having effectively installed it as the new Lebanese government .
8 As they do this , take a card from the top , deftly place it on the bottom and turn the pack over .
9 But a lot of them only made it by the skin of his teeth and are in the party only because of their reputation .
10 There were quite a few dunces , and er some did n't always get moved on and they did n't all make it into the top class , they had to stop again for another year , or period , in the class they were .
11 If we wish , we can establish one melody for the first verse and merely repeat it in the others , possibly varying some factor such as accompaniment , volume , colour , etc .
12 You should also make a bed on which the flowers can lie from plenty of clean but crumpled tissue paper , also gently tucking it around the sides of the bouquet for added protection .
13 The fact that it was profoundly a work of synthesis was obviously much less important at first , and may even seem not very important now , as one settles down to enjoy it for the first or umpteenth time .
14 you 'd merely likened it to the bin-skips
15 Now the State has already got a problem because in the next century , it will have insufficient people at work to pay for old age pensions we already know Mr Portillo is doing a pension review and is looking about only targeting it to the needy at the bottom well that means a lot of people like you and me will miss out on State pensions .
16 that 's almost certainly enough to nail it to the floor I would have thought .
17 so it was a bit of er struggle to er , to get them to come and look at it and fix 'em up again , well they did n't fix 'em up they , they , they give 'em a new one , they only got it in the sale
18 We gently lowered it to the floor .
19 It was 'ard enough gettin' it in the first place .
20 Churchill , the First Sea Lord and England 's hero , could only describe it in the House on October 17 as ‘ a remarkable exploit of skill and daring ’ .
21 Be able to make a load and strong enough to pitch it into the stack , that was the problem .
22 You must be able to remove it quickly in case of fire , or some other emergency , so attach it to the window surround with double-sided tape , which can be easily ripped away or frequently replaced if you want to open up all the windows for a weekly blast of fresh air through the home .
23 The Sweeper reached out a hand and gently put it on the front of Minch 's cage .
24 It was a new Fender Strat , bought from a shop on Shaftsbury Avenue in February ‘ 62 , and yes , I wish I still had it , but only to sell it for the large sums they fetch now !
25 If I have to lose it , I 'll only do it in the ring .
26 Simes how , do n't leave that lying around so put it on the side when you 've finished .
27 at one end put the thumb down put it on the wax and put the thumb over the top and pull pull it along .
28 And when you come back down put it in the oven .
29 He took hold of her hand and gently directed it under the blanket which shrouded him .
30 So marvelous was the migrating instinct of birds that he could only ascribe it to the superior intelligence of their Creator .
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