Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [verb] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone who has received an object in exchange is like a buyer ; and so is someone who has received it in payment or retained it after settlement of a law suit or obtained it on the basis of a promise otherwise than as a gift . |
| 2 | This may mean demolishing the building or returning it to its original use . |
| 3 | On the other hand , after a glance at ‘ Luck of the Legion ’ , I went about for a week with a white handkerchief tucked into the back of my cap , ordering the dog to about-face or wooing it with words of French culled from the strip ( ‘ Oo-ee , mon pet it ’ ) . |
| 4 | Two choices exist , either to sell the material for scrap or use it as a substitute . |
| 5 | Alternatively , by resting pasture or grazing it with another host , such as sheep , which are not susceptible to O. ostertagi , until most of the existing L3 on the pasture have died out . |
| 6 | Tip it into a food processor or mash it with a fork in a bowl , then return to the freezer . |
| 7 | It was partly with the new saw table and also he wanted to try and get more er sellable saleable product out of the slate , cos previously we had been throwing away quite a bit or giving it to and I think it really started as a family argument between him and his brother . |
| 8 | Consequently , many customers are banning smoking or restricting it to certain areas of the office or canteen , yet it is perfectly feasible to banish the smoke without banning smoking , by installing the latest electrostatic air filters . |
| 9 | I mean , you know , if you see an advert in the paper that tells you that every fifty pence you spend is going to save a child 's life by providing it with Diralite or providing it with food that it needs for a money , or something like that , I mean how can you justify keeping any fifty pences at all yourself ? |
| 10 | If the money so raised in a modern equivalent of this lottery is to be wasted on similar luxuries , it would be better if we saved our money or spent it on necessities . |
| 11 | Clicking with the mouse while the cursor is positioned over one of the buttons turns on the appropriate function or turns it off it is already on . |
| 12 | It is difficult to speak of popular religion or to define it in a satisfactory way , because it included an amalgam of magic and superstition , belief and doubt , the pagan and the Christian . |
| 13 | Next she considered the potatoes : in the past she had always cooked them in their skins , but recently it had been suggested that potato skins , if not carcinogenic , were yet harmful to the system , perforating the bowel or preventing it from absorbing the vital vitamins . |
| 14 | The LC layer is used as a shutter , blocking light or transmitting it onto a screen . |
| 15 | But to be all too sure of oneself — of who one is , of what one wants — might easily mean riding for a fall , and heroes in that style are prudently disinclined to flaunt their state of mind or to recommend it to others . |
| 16 | Ask for it at your local café , put it in your tea or sprinkle it on your ice-cream any way it 's great ! ’ |
| 17 | Term Characteristic Six months Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 does not apply to a tenancy for a term of years certain not exceeding six months unless : ( 1 ) it contains provision for renewing the term or extending it beyond six months from its beginning ; or ( 2 ) the tenant has been in occupation for a period which , together with any period during which any predecessor in his business was in occupation , exceeds twelve months ( Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 , s43(3) ) . |
| 18 | I notice that even when you are simply listening to music on tape or watching it on the TV monitor when you are editing you are still breathing with the music even though you are not conducting it . |
| 19 | Control the interview or lose it to the candidate ? |
| 20 | Many cities run the trees through chippers , paying for the operation by selling the mulch or using it in public parks . |
| 21 | There are a number of additional options with which you can limit the extent of the search or increase it by ignoring spaces and making the search non case-sensitive . |
| 22 | Christmas looks to be a time for burying the hatchet or exhuming it for re-examination . |
| 23 | Second , because governments and ministers still retain political objectives and motivations , they will attempt to guard jealously information within their purview and to use it in such ways as to influence and direct public opinion . |
| 24 | The operation of the wheel is unusual , being a variation on the overshot type in which water falls on to the top of the wheel and turns it in the same direction as the water 's flow . |
| 25 | If you have quick release wheels , take off the front wheel and lock it to the frame and back wheel . |
| 26 | ‘ If they keep their bikes in garages , they should consider removing a wheel and putting it in the house . |
| 27 | Alternatively , an economical and effective way of securing your car is to fit a strong chain and padlock around the steering wheel and attach it to the seat , clutch or brake pedal . |
| 28 | Only Sinead O'Connor would have the courage , the reckless spirit , to take on songs made famous by the greatest singers — Ella Fitzgerald , Billie Holiday , Peggy Lee — to sing them live in front of a 47-piece orchestra , then take on organised religion and blame it for child abuse , and damn the consequences . |
| 29 | As this knowledge of the remedies grows in you , do not be surprised if you sometimes ‘ just know ’ which is the right remedy and know it without any doubts . |
| 30 | It will be helping with localisation and pushing it on Apple Computer Inc 's Power Book line . |