Example sentences of "[v-ing] it [adv] [prep] the " 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 | Two small boys ran from the damp gloom of a back close , closely pursued by a third , who raced after them , swinging something over his head , then hurling it high in the air . |
| 3 | From 10 or 20 yards you can sometimes force the ball directly into the bank , the first jump taking it almost vertically upwards and landing it softly on the edge of the green . |
| 4 | Slowly pull the barbell upwards , keeping it close to the stomach and chest until it is just underneath the chin and the elbows are pointing upwards . |
| 5 | Slowly raise the dumb-bell vertically as high as possible without jerking or rocking , keeping it close to the body . |
| 6 | One-arm dumb-bell rowing — slowly raise the dumb-bell without jerking or rocking , keeping it close to the body |
| 7 | It 's possible that Fedorov may have exceeded his authority : I forgot to mention that he 's a madman , though he succeeds in disguising it most of the time . |
| 8 | This has reduced the lag between the US and the UK to around a month with the stated goal of eliminating it completely by the end of the year for both English and the primary European languages . |
| 9 | All she succeeded in doing was knocking it farther over the slithering groundsheet . |
| 10 | George Robinson , 18 , of Phoenix Road , Pennywell , Sunderland , admitted taking an F-reg Ford Sierra from the Roker Hotel car park and driving it recklessly on the A19 , A183 and various roads in Sunderland . |
| 11 | He had turned to look at her , slipping off his coat as he did so and tossing it carelessly over the back of one of the armchairs . |
| 12 | He believes in his heart and conscience , as I do , that the Government are doing this thing without the consent of the country , that in pressing it forward without the approval of the country they are as much a revolutionary committee as President Huerta who governs Mexico . |
| 13 | She shut her eyes and turned the ignition key , pressing it slightly to the left . |
| 14 | A second very late gene , p10 , which is responsible for the synthesis of a non-structural protein , has been successfully utilized to express foreign proteins either by replacing the resident p10 gene ( 5 , 6 ) or by duplicating the p10 promoter and inserting it elsewhere in the AcNPV genome , eg , in proximity to the ph gene site ( 4 ) . |
| 15 | The alternative to a fail-safe structure from the airworthiness certification point of view is establishing , by means of full scale testing , the fatigue life of the structure concerned and then replacing it well before the end of that life is reached . |
| 16 | ‘ Here , ’ said Meryl , passing it across to the woman squatting beside her . |
| 17 | Magda ze Schluderpacheru was unslinging a rocket-launcher from under the bar , and passing it across to the Maniax . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Work the oil and all the aromatics into a paste and rub it into the meat , pushing it well into the cuts . |
| 20 | I witnessed an accident where a vehicle collided into the back of another one , pushing it completely across the crossing . |
| 21 | She toyed with it with her fork , pushing it slowly around the plate , swirling it into patterns . |
| 22 | By contrast , the Historia Brittonum claims only a ten-year reign for Penda , dating it evidently from the battle of Cogwy ( ch. 65 ) — Bede 's Maserfelth , which Bede dates to 642 but which again may need to be emended ( in accordance with any adjustment of Bede 's other Northumbrian dates ) to 643 ( HE 111 , 9 : V , 24 ) . |
| 23 | Good poetry objectifies feeling , expressing it indirectly through the description of things — through the ‘ objective correlative ’ ( Eliot , 1972 : 145 ) . |
| 24 | ‘ Pumlumon was directing it straight at the giants , ’ said Caspar . |
| 25 | Phoebe was still asleep beside her , curled up and with her back close to her daughter 's : Maggie enjoyed the moment of comfort , adding it dreamily to the shadow that was also there . |
| 26 | The slow fuse uncoiled like a snake , the assassin pulling it slowly across the floor until the end appeared under the door . |
| 27 | In presenting it direct to the kings of Benin they showed good understanding . |
| 28 | Federalists are worried that new members will dilute the EC , turning it away from the grandiose schemes of political union and towards the modest goal of free trade . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's for unfreezing car locks , ’ said Robyn , hastily stowing it away in the glove compartment . |
| 30 | The contractors take it away and dilute it before spreading it thinly on the soil . ’ |