Example sentences of "[verb] it [adv] with [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ 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 .
2 I drew it downwards with a clean cut .
3 He applied the flannel repeatedly , then wound it around her tender joint and fastened it again with the safety-pin .
4 Say it again with a smile in your voice , ’ ordered Cal .
5 Directors say it silkily with a Jaguar or a Mercedes .
6 The spent kick slaps down near your leading foot and you hook it away with the crook of your ankle .
7 Across the fire Travis studied his cup before tossing it away with an irritable gesture .
8 But I 've done it sometimes with a pair of tweezers .
9 Yet , take an accident like that hair in the gate , put it together with the coincidental gaze of a ghost , and it 's as if Fonda really has come back to life .
10 Put it together with the talk after the first battle , and add to it the understanding of the ark as the throne of God , as the visible guarantee of God 's presence with his people , the symbol of his covenant relationship with them , as their wedding ring , we might say , and you have then something to explain the consternation of Eli and the wife of Phinehas .
11 Ian Botham ca n't have been expecting to have such a free winter , but he 's certainly filling it innovatively with a national tour of his show , An Evening With Ian Botham .
12 With an effort , she drove from her mind the thought of the return journey , filling it instead with the experience of the moment , absorbing the sights , the impressions and sensations , storing them in her brain , wishing she had a notebook with her so that she could record them in all their vividness and immediacy .
13 Pop it into your preheated oven , gas mark 8 , 230°C/450°F , for twelve minutes per pound , basting it occasionally with a mixture of Madeira and red wine mixed in the proportions of two to one .
14 They had both been attending a seminar on judicial sentencing at a northern university , Berowne to open it formally with a brief speech , Dalgliesh to represent the police interest ; and they had travelled by rail in the same first class compartment .
15 You could n't do it even with the Ship .
16 Then you would erm do it again with a clean one so that this ended up looking as clean as that .
17 They can nae do it now with the rolled bays Great rolled bales of hay they have now .
18 Make a custard in the ordinary way , but add 1 cupful of fresh marigold petals , beaten , to 600ml/1 pint/2½ cups of milk and heat it gently with the remainder of the custard ingredients .
19 SEARCHING for genuine bargains in the New Year Sales can be a struggle but TODAY has made it easier with a comprehensive guide to the best buys on the High Street .
20 The red and green of the Aztec necklace links it compositionally with the indigenous plants to the ‘ south ’ of the painting , the pink colonial-style dress tonally blending with the skyscrapers to the ‘ north ’ .
21 Er , Madam Speaker I 'm very much aware of the case that the my honourable friend has er mentioned because he has written to me er about it and I have looked into the circumstances er of it and I understand that the employment service have made no final decision on that particular site and I 'd be happy to respond to my honourable friend er once I 've had a chance to discuss it further with the Chief Executive of the employment service whose responsibility it is but if I could just say to my honourable friend the principle of integrating er the work of the job centre and the payment of benefits on one site is a good one which is for the convenience of er people who make use of the job centres er and er as er er the honourable er gentleman , the member for Workington is indicating from a sedentary position , was a recommendation which was supported by the public accounts er committee and I believe and I believe that it er makes sense to proceed on a value for money basis with this policy but I will certainly look at the particular example in my honourable friend 's constituency with interest .
22 Well she thoroughly enjoyed the life , in fact right up , oh till nearly the end she spoke about Pharay and as long as she was able she used to go and she imagined she could see it better with the spy glasses .
23 He licked it away with a flick of his tongue , sucking and swallowing .
24 When the cake is cool , slice it across with a large knife to make two cakes .
25 They could gather food with the beak-like premaxillae , manipulate it with the large tongue ( possession of which is suggested by the extensive hyoid bones in the throat ) and crop and slice it efficiently with the powerful jaws .
26 She bound her arms from the shoulder to the elbow with thick cords … she rubbed herself with nettles … [ in her full length hair shirt ] she appeared more glorious in the eyes of God from her having armed it underneath with a great quantity of points of needles to increase her suffering by this ingenious cruelty …
27 There was blood all over the windows , too , and Magee had to wipe it away with the sleeve of his coat in order to see through the windscreen .
28 If it is , lift it further with a long-ranging reverse punch and exploit the gap that is made with a following roundhouse kick to the floating ribs .
29 ‘ Where did you get that , darling , ’ he touched it lightly with a finger , as if it were a toy out of a cracker .
30 The ability to laugh at themselves was never more evident as the three took their audience on a comic tour of Jewish life as we know it today with a smattering of politics , anti-semitism and Zionism thrown in for good measure .
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