Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The putting of the city to the ban , or devoting it to the Lord , as the RSV puts it , is part of Joshua 's final orders to the people on the seventh day , and receives no mention in God 's initial instructions to him . |
| 2 | He seemed more likely to blow a kiss than to throw a punch ; to be at a dinner-table than to be down in the dives ; to be rubbing shoulders than to be shoving or sticking it to the comfortable ( I almost said to the bourgeoisie . ) |
| 3 | The trap to be avoided here is to turn the exercise into another source of demand by forcing yourself to go faster every day , swearing that you are going to beat your partner next time , or overdoing it with the weights . |
| 4 | The draftsman should therefore consider whether the landlord should have the right to enter the demise for other purposes also ( eg testing the property , taking samples from it or measuring it for the purpose of rent review ) . |
| 5 | Alternatively , you could use a medium-weight microfibre , wool or a wool mix , leaving it unlined , or lining it with the fabric of your choice . |
| 6 | Getting him to eat was no problem , but preventing him throwing his food around or trampling it into the floor was . |
| 7 | The pervading atmosphere is one of the 1910s and 1920s , and the tone is set by the holiday houses hiding , like Undertown , among macracarpa trees , or braving it on the cliff with their faces looking to the Atlantic . |
| 8 | 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 ; |
| 9 | It 's that or hacking it with the hammers . |
| 10 | are the relatively simple techniques relating to the facts about costs and outputs — numbers of staff , numbers of applications dealt with capable of being developed to deal with far more complex questions about outcomes : what did this activity actually achieve , in terms of modernizing British industry … improving the nation 's health , or educating it for the 21st century ? |
| 11 | Sometimes , however , it is sensible to think of reducing length for a short player or increasing it for the giant . |
| 12 | It had been so dry that two days under the warm sun had been enough without letting it stand in stooks or draping it on the hedges . |
| 13 | The leader of the Kosovo Parliamentary Party , Veton Suroi , was subsequently sentenced to two months ' imprisonment for organising the event without seeking permission , or registering it with the police . |
| 14 | Everything goes fine until , having chosen the number of blend steps ( or leaving it at the default number ) , I click on OK . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | or watching it on the radio or television . |
| 17 | Affliction succeeds in taking the detailing associated with Raymond Carver-style dirty realism and fusing it with the pace of a detective story . |
| 18 | ‘ Like some coffee ? ’ said Wilcox , taking her coat and hanging it on the back of the door . |
| 19 | There were stacks of old art magazines , a broken easel , the white-painted bough which Elise had brought down at Christmas before trimming and hanging it over the inglenook fireplace . |
| 20 | Shaken off balance by her startling thoughts , Isabel glanced away , stepping out of her gown and hanging it over the table . |
| 21 | However , he is still obsessed with wood and eating it in the park . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Some County Councils , notably West Sussex , already operate successful schemes of composting waste and reselling it to the public and surely Hertfordshire could do the same . |
| 24 | Indeed there is no doubt that in overthrowing capitalism , and seeing it as the source of all modern evils , the Soviets saw themselves as the true heirs of the Enlightenment . |
| 25 | Then one morning I did not go early for my paper , and seeing it on the mat Cedric brought it to me . |
| 26 | The plan for converting the large volumes of the mill interior into living accommodation involved retaining the entrance into the lean-to engine house and using it as the main entrance to the building . |
| 27 | We should be spending a great deal of our time making children into heroes , identifying good work , putting good examples of work on display and bringing it to the attention of others . |
| 28 | This shows that only by allowing the authority 's judgment to pre-empt mine altogether will I succeed in improving my performance and bringing it to the level of the authority . |
| 29 | Erm , the proposals there do , in fact , exceed the capital spend on new starts , and it will therefore need pruning erm , and the proposals that we suggested earlier was that , subject to any comments members may have on individual schemes that are here , and their views on them , we would propose looking at the programme in detail , and bringing it within the guideline figures that have been set , erm , and doing that with the advice of P A G before it goes on to Policy Panel and , and Policy and Resources Committee . |
| 30 | The main benefit of owning a garden , no matter how small , is getting out there and enjoying it to the full . |