Example sentences of "[v-ing] it [prep] [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the process my middle was doubled up and it felt roughly as if somebody were squashing it between two metal plates studded with nails . |
| 2 | This is reflected in Mustill LJ 's approach in Rogers v Parish ( Scarborough ) Ltd [ 1987 ] 1 QB 933 where his Lordship maintained that the purpose of buying a car was : … not merely the purpose of driving it from one place to another but of doing so with the appropriate degree of comfort , ease of handling , reliability and … pride in the vehicle 's outward and interior appearance . |
| 3 | But last night he had refused even to consider what she had told him , tossing it to one side as though it did n't matter . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm glad to hear that , ’ Claudia said , not believing it for one moment . |
| 5 | Using a skewer , make two holes in the carrot by pushing it in one side and out through the other . |
| 6 | Erm if you 're going to use =thing something like that in the exam I mean there 's no reason why you should n't use that multiplying it by one point whatever the percentage is . |
| 7 | Tilting it to one side he allowed the object to clatter onto the table . |
| 8 | Preparations can be made by isolating the amnion , fixing it in 3:1 methanol : glacial acetic acid and spreading the nuclei in aqueous 60% acetic acid as described in Table 3a . |
| 9 | The switchboard on the ground floor of the Questura was manned by a chubby youth who was holding a large roll , turning it from one side to the other and studying it closely like a wrestler looking for a hold . |
| 10 | Doyle seemed wary and the Woman had started to fidget with her long tail of hair , holding it in one hand and drawing it through the fingers of the other . |
| 11 | it 's getting it from one place to the next |
| 12 | So you 're better having it within one pool , and then you can decide locally the way your priorities lie within the area . |
| 13 | Fielding it with one hand , she sobered , and , putting her glass down on the fender , she hugged the cushion on her knees . |
| 14 | ‘ Course he will , ’ Joe snapped , ‘ bin doin it for twenty year . |
| 15 | Yeah I I did it with Pauline , she she actually did n't mind doing it at one point before Christmas but it has n't come about and as she said , wo n't change it , it wo n't happen . |
| 16 | Rub the meat with salt ( about a couple of tablespoonsful ) and let it stand overnight or at least a few hours before cutting it into 1 ½-inch thick strips along the grooves left by the bones . |
| 17 | This is a large pool , 6.5 ft by 39.5 ft , with a wide flight of steps entering it from one end . |
| 18 | He dropped his arm , shook his head incompletely , taking it to one side , half decision , half dismissal . |
| 19 | Most infants ( 92% ) excreting cotinine at three weeks were excreting it also at one year ; moreover , 61% of infants not excreting cotinine at three months were excreting it at one year . |
| 20 | ‘ I like the hat , Mr Didier , ’ giggled Alice , tweaking it to one side . |
| 21 | ‘ Trust me to get a cat like you , ’ said Mildred fondly , stroking it with one hand and unclasping its claws with the other . |
| 22 | One problem that a lot of knitters have , to start with , is that they find it difficult to free the weaving yarn from the sinker plate when changing it from one side of the sinker plate to the other . |
| 23 | It is well worth covering your design with some glass and then carefully putting it to one side for a while before returning to it later . |
| 24 | But yesterday it was seen in Chaura and in Chhuma , running through the outskirts of the villages : and the day before , a dog like that had chased a sheep in Pere , and clutched it by the neck , shaking it from one side to the other until it died of shock . |
| 25 | I am restoring it and considering upgrading it to 110 spec . |
| 26 | She had just slammed the car door by hooking it with one foot , when Mrs Frizzell , with a similar brown-paper bag of groceries , came round the nearest corner on foot , having been to the local store . |
| 27 | for delivering it from one part of his premises to another part of his premises , or for delivering it from his premises to the premises of , or between parts of premises of , another manufacturer or repairer of or dealer in mechanically propelled vehicles or removing it from the premises of another manufacturer or repairer of or dealer in mechanically propelled vehicles direct to his own premises ; |
| 28 | Try using a diffuser hairdryer like Babyliss Diffuser Dryer ( from £19.95 ) which disperses heat rather than concentrating it on one area , or buy an attachment such as Braun 's DIF2 Diffuser ( £4.95 ) . |
| 29 | ICI has introduced a new way of recycling toxic waste by processing it through seven reed beds planted next to one of Europe 's largest chemical plants at Billingham , Teeside . |
| 30 | See this was after the nationalization and the policy of the railway executive at that time was to instead of two stations in one town , they were all they were reducing it to one station you see . |