Example sentences of "[verb] it [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leon threw the ball high , running for it himself and falling to catch it just for the pleasure of movement in sunshine . |
| 2 | Remarkably it 's Derry fourth successive appearance in the final — they 've won it twice in the last three years . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | You may know it better as the Holding Company . ’ |
| 5 | Ouch , I thought , that really hurt , and I clenched it tight for a moment to stop the pain , before looking to see the damage . |
| 6 | You might need it later in the same flight ; if it is n't there , you ca n't use it . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | A firm hand caught hold of her left arm , drew it away from the female curve of her body . |
| 12 | I drew it downwards with a clean cut . |
| 13 | 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 ] . |
| 14 | Besides even if they did n't win it again for the next two million years we 'd never hear the end of it . |
| 15 | From 10 or 20 yards you can sometimes force the ball directly into the bank , the first jump taking it almost vertically upwards and landing it softly on the edge of the green . |
| 16 | The year-book is due to be ‘ published ’ this spring , so if you have not yet submitted your entry , please send it now to the Alumni Office or directly to Annette Chinnery at . |
| 17 | This is so even if she did not buy it direct from the manufacturer ( or , indeed , even if she did not buy it . ) |
| 18 | Mr Patten described it yesterday as a ‘ spiteful and impractical and authoritarian plan ’ . |
| 19 | One of the GIs called for a pen from his friend , caught it deftly in the air and planted his huge boot on the handlebar of Tony 's tricycle to write the address . |
| 20 | He threw the deadly , humming weapon into the air and caught it deftly by the shaft . |
| 21 | In that instant , I brought up my branch , so that he caught it right in the face . |
| 22 | We played with Gary player for the first two rounds and he was as miserable as sin about our luck with the weather because we caught it again for the second round . |
| 23 | It 's heartening to realise that you have taken the Sinead interview seriously and not just dismissed it totally as the meanderings of a bonkers woman . |
| 24 | He unfolds it there as the antithesis between sin and grace . |
| 25 | It can not , except in a thoroughly perverted form , be a satisfactory instrument for party political indoctrination and it can not live happily in a situation which subjects it continually to the harsher pressures of party political confrontation . ’ |
| 26 | Slowly pull the barbell upwards , keeping it close to the stomach and chest until it is just underneath the chin and the elbows are pointing upwards . |
| 27 | Slowly raise the dumb-bell vertically as high as possible without jerking or rocking , keeping it close to the body . |
| 28 | One-arm dumb-bell rowing — slowly raise the dumb-bell without jerking or rocking , keeping it close to the body |
| 29 | ‘ We 've installed it close to the stores counter . |
| 30 | We still celebrate it much in the same pagan tradition with a heavy indulgence , in gift giving and illuminating Christmas trees in an imitative magic to help the Sun regain its strength . |