Example sentences of "[vb past] it [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ouch , I thought , that really hurt , and I clenched it tight for a moment to stop the pain , before looking to see the damage . |
| 2 | Images of food drew it onwards to the tall , detached house at the end of the street ; thoughts of petting and cuddling from its playful , pleasant owners made it scamper through the shadows . |
| 3 | A firm hand caught hold of her left arm , drew it away from the female curve of her body . |
| 4 | I drew it downwards with a clean cut . |
| 5 | Britain 's rescue drew it deeper into the American orbit , though with the introduction of Marshall Aid to promote the economic recovery of Europe by means of financing balance of payments deficits , this was to a degree common to western European countries [ Milward , 1984 ] . |
| 6 | Mr Patten described it yesterday as a ‘ spiteful and impractical and authoritarian plan ’ . |
| 7 | One of the GIs called for a pen from his friend , caught it deftly in the air and planted his huge boot on the handlebar of Tony 's tricycle to write the address . |
| 8 | He threw the deadly , humming weapon into the air and caught it deftly by the shaft . |
| 9 | In that instant , I brought up my branch , so that he caught it right in the face . |
| 10 | We played with Gary player for the first two rounds and he was as miserable as sin about our luck with the weather because we caught it again for the second round . |
| 11 | It 's heartening to realise that you have taken the Sinead interview seriously and not just dismissed it totally as the meanderings of a bonkers woman . |
| 12 | Oliver coiled it slowly in the palm of his hand . |
| 13 | She shook her head , moved it closer to the glass , and the image changed . |
| 14 | He pointed the torch beam at the forest floor , which was littered with pieces of fallen bark , dried leaves and twigs , then moved it slowly towards a hole at the base of a tree trunk . |
| 15 | He applied the flannel repeatedly , then wound it around her tender joint and fastened it again with the safety-pin . |
| 16 | He stared at the paper for a moment then crumpled it angrily into a ball and tossed it into a corner . |
| 17 | ‘ When that failed I stuffed my right hand down its throat to stop it biting and then smacked it twice between the eyes with my left . ’ |
| 18 | In the 1930s , when the Japanese perceived that the Americans , British , Chinese and Dutch , were threatening their supplies of oil and raw materials they coined the term ‘ ABCD encirclement ’ , and used it eventually as an excuse to start the Pacific War . |
| 19 | The other U-boat , brought from Norway , rests on the sands of Kiel Roads , close to the gloomy German naval museum ; and Chicago being rather far , we used it extensively in the making of our film . |
| 20 | The hurdles in the dissemination race are : H0 — ‘ seeing ’ — saw advertisement H1 ‘ getting ’ — obtained material H2 — ‘ browsing ’ — learned to drive the program H3 — ‘ trying ’ — used it once in the classroom H4 — ‘ using ’ — used it regularly in the classroom H5 — ‘ absorbing ’ — sustained use . |
| 21 | The hurdles in the dissemination race are : H0 — ‘ seeing ’ — saw advertisement H1 ‘ getting ’ — obtained material H2 — ‘ browsing ’ — learned to drive the program H3 — ‘ trying ’ — used it once in the classroom H4 — ‘ using ’ — used it regularly in the classroom H5 — ‘ absorbing ’ — sustained use . |
| 22 | Turning first to the stroke , Mozart used it deliberately in the following three ways : ( 1 ) to indicate an accent without a staccato ; ( 1 ) to indicate a staccato with special emphasis of either accent or sharpness , ranging from hail to heavy rain ; ( 3 ) to mark a staccato , usually without special emphasis , that serves to separate clearly a single note from a group of slurred notes . |
| 23 | Fifteen of the 27 CABx who were on-line , used Lawtel several times a week and seven used it daily in the period of piloting . |
| 24 | He used it more on the unknown Hoffman than on the others . |
| 25 | He invariably believed completely in his own case and pursued it relentlessly to the end . |
| 26 | However , even Cockfield regarded it only as a courtesy title . |
| 27 | Robinson regarded it cautiously for a moment , then shook it , feeling the power in the other man 's grip . |
| 28 | Golf was mine , though I often found it more of an aggravation than a relaxation . |
| 29 | He was developing self-control in the classroom , but found it harder on the playground where it seemed that he was easily influenced by other children to behave badly . |
| 30 | He scrawled it quickly on the back of his card . |