Example sentences of "[verb] it [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He scrapes it round the edge of the light metal ashtray until the tip of the fag is a perfect cone , then smokes it carefully . |
| 2 | A superficially similar case may differ from this one in some subtle matter of detail the relevance of which we will only recognize when we encounter it in the concrete . |
| 3 | The much-rumoured pact will see Insignia admit it has a license to Windows source code and the right to modify it at the application programming interface level to improve the performance of SoftPC , its Windows-on-Unix package . |
| 4 | The much-rumoured pact will see Insignia admit it has a licence to Windows source code and the right to modify it at the application programming interface level to improve the performance of SoftPC , its Windows-under-Unix package . |
| 5 | I might have to modify it in the light of circumstances . |
| 6 | And the dear , good man had designed Almsmead , in the centre of a green field ; had surrounded it with a rose-garden ; given her apple trees and a lily-pond ; a trellised , covered walk down to the river with its clear , clean water in which she could see smooth pebbles and little silvery fishes instead of the slime and gas bubbles and dead cats one saw — if one had the stomach to look — in Frizingley 's canal . |
| 7 | He insisted on tackling it with a knife and fork . |
| 8 | I think the game I think the game has done well in tackling that problem but I do n't think we as a society have done very well in tackling it in the country at large . |
| 9 | I admit my man was out of order tackling it in the way he did , for which he will be disciplined , I assure you . ’ |
| 10 | She drove the corkscrew in , twisting it like a knife in an enemy , stretching her shoulders back and pulling , with no result . |
| 11 | The big hand was on my neck again , twisting it like the focus grip of some humanoid camera . |
| 12 | He drove the corkscrew forward , burying it in the man 's right eye , shoving down hard on it , twisting it in the socket , ignoring the spouting vitreous liquid that erupted from the riven orb . |
| 13 | Sue had designed it in the shape of a dove and the message read : ‘ How to give your MP the bird ’ . |
| 14 | If we want to see the glory of God ( which no man can do in all its unmediated radiance , and live , Exod. 33:20 ) then we must seek it in the person of Jesus . |
| 15 | Only decent thing in the room , if you ask me ; he must have won it in a raffle . |
| 16 | Australian DJ Brian White told his listeners that a drunken journalist had approached Kylie after she had been presented with an award and asked her if she felt ashamed to have won it in a room full of so many talented people . |
| 17 | I would gladly have accepted the post of manager even if I had not won it in the club raffle . |
| 18 | Southend could and should have won it near the end when once again the Town defence got itself in a tangle … |
| 19 | Southend could and should have won it near the end when once again the Town defence got itself in a tangle … |
| 20 | He has approached it as an example of a much more general position in the debate about the possibilities of knowledge which he called ‘ historicism ’ characterized by a presumption about the nature of history : |
| 21 | My readings in Zen , too , had shown me the folly of love , analysed it as an illusion among all the other illusions of this floating and temporary world , an emotion that by its very nature created suffering . |
| 22 | If you wish to make Abbeylink deposits you must use the official envelopes provided by us and ensure that the envelope is properly sealed before depositing it in the Abbeylink machine . |
| 23 | The main shape of the landscape — mountains , rolling hills , and flat plains — is based on the geological rock formations , but has been severely modified by the movement of glaciers which carried vast quantities of rock , grinding it down in the process , depositing it in the form of boulders , gravel , sand , and silt , often many miles from its original outcrop . |
| 24 | I hired one and went to try it on a mountain . |
| 25 | However , we decided to try it with the food and tucked into some quite outstanding starters , including terrine of foie gras with wild mushrooms and some grilled bites of red mullet with caviar which positively leapt into the mouth . |
| 26 | It had meant nothing at first , but then he had thought to try it as an entry code to some of the secret Ping Tiao computer networks he had discovered weeks before but had failed to penetrate . |
| 27 | We note it but we do n't include it within the land availability figures in relation to erm policy I four . |
| 28 | " I only want expert help , remember , and if you want to ride , just say the word , but do n't include it in the curriculum of the Moorlake Secretarial School . " |
| 29 | Just do n't include it in the presentation , that 's all . |
| 30 | The alternative version has it as a description of the style of the painting ( and it makes no difference here whether the recumbent posture belongs to the living sitter or to the image in the finished picture ) . |