Example sentences of "[vb base] it [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pity it backfired during the lucky draw at Edinburgh 's ritzy Prestonfield House Hotel recently . |
| 2 | When I talked to members of the 1964 pie committee in 1986 it was still not certain if and when this pie would appear , but appear it did as the l988 ‘ bicentenary pie ’ . |
| 3 | Stepping down at the end , he lay on the bed of nails and rolled across it to the foot of the ladder , which he climbed , pausing on each blade to detach a yellow paper prayer flag and send it fluttering to the ground . |
| 4 | He flung the bedcovers off and stood up , shaking and staring wildly into the darkness , trying to identify the threat , knowing it had to be the Corsican and bracing himself for the shotgun blast that would cut him in half , disembowel him , blow his head off , send it bouncing across the floor of the bedroom . |
| 5 | ‘ The experts say it dates to the first century , ’ Anna Sabatini had said when she 'd noticed Caroline admiring it . |
| 6 | ‘ I decided to crackle glaze it to merge with the French antique furniture , ’ Sam explains . |
| 7 | Smell it hanging in the air , |
| 8 | ‘ And I want it to go on the same way till I 'm free to offer you more . ’ |
| 9 | You want it to open from the middle ? |
| 10 | And , ’ he added brusquely , ‘ I want it understood from the start that the study 's off-limits to visitors . ’ |
| 11 | But there 's no , people who say things are off the record means that ‘ I do n't want to be , but I want it to get into the system ’ . |
| 12 | However , the controversy obscured the clear military fact that Operation ‘ Apache Snow ’ was not intended to hold territory , but rather to keep the NVA occupied and thereby prevent it moving into the coastal provinces . |
| 13 | Experts say it 's vital they prevent it happening in the future . |
| 14 | The fact that the power of was not confined to the Mufti alone is of some importance in assessing the nature of the Muftilik in general and will therefore be dealt with in greater detail further on ; suffice it to say for the moment that Mustakimzade 's argument is disappointing in its lack of development and of positive evidence in support of it and that , in the terms in which it is stated and in view of the material he seems to have used in compiling his book , his argument might equally well apply to Molla Fenari . |
| 15 | All the more unfortunate does this become in the presence of narrow majorities , each representing a minority of the electorate , sometimes a small minority , and when at least one of the parties believes that the prerogatives and rights conferred by electoral victory , however narrow , not merely entitle but compel it to impose on the helpless but unorganized majority irreversible changes for which it never consciously voted and to which most of its members are opposed . |
| 16 | They 'll filter out most of the pollen , and stop it getting into the lungs — very important for asthmatics . |
| 17 | The larvae produce pheromones and these , circulating within the army , stimulate it to keep on the move . |
| 18 | She unzipped her dress and let it slide to the floor . |
| 19 | If you have a cat and you let it walk around the countryside rather than confine it in your house ; what is the consequence ? |
| 20 | Adam blew the feather into the air and let it drift to the floor . |
| 21 | Let it drift above the |
| 22 | ‘ Let it graze on the lawn if you like . |
| 23 | She came to the last button and , plucking up all her courage , slipped the dress off her shoulders and let it drop to the floor . |
| 24 | Let it suffice for the present that he thought he 'd been silly to nurture romantic thoughts about his first love . |
| 25 | ‘ The idea is to save as much as you can and not let it go to the government . |
| 26 | Standing up , he whirled the triple-pronged metal three times to gain momentum , then let it go on the third upswing . |
| 27 | ‘ Let it go on the road , then , ’ said Dorcas . |
| 28 | I let it hang in the air , like a question . |
| 29 | Stella dropped the torch and let it roll into the wings as the children brought their palms together to save Tinkerbell . |
| 30 | One says he do n't think so , and someone else makes a crack about reggae , and I realize this gun I had pointing at her seems to have drooped like soft rubber , so I relax my arm and let it point to the floor . |