Example sentences of "[det] [prep] it [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a memory he had n't known he had , and even now he knew very little about it beyond the fact that it involved him and his father and a railway tunnel . |
| 2 | One morning Kalchu came up from the stable with a bowl of warm milk and poured half of it into a separate container for me . |
| 3 | Prepare one of the following fillings and place half of it in a sausage shape down one edge of the pastry . |
| 4 | The harshness of the alcohol took his breath away and made him choke again , and Paul collapsed in a fit of laughter as he expelled half of it in a further bout of coughing . |
| 5 | Trent said , ‘ Wind picks up , we 'll need to tow half of it in the Zodiac . ’ |
| 6 | Followed by one grated fresh apple topped with a quarter of a pint of vanilla-flavoured custard ( make half a pint of custard , adding a little extra sugar and a few drops of vanilla essence , and save half of it in the refrigerator for Friday ) . |
| 7 | Oliver poured orange juice , drank half of it in the kitchen while looking very thoughtful and then carried Rain 's to the bedroom . |
| 8 | He insists that no political favours were promised in return and claims that he has since repaid the debt , half of it in the form of old books and furniture . |
| 9 | He insists no political favours were promised in return and claims that he has since repaid the debt , half of it in the form of old books and furniture . |
| 10 | Since then , techniques such as seismic surveys , mechanised geochemical analysis , and isotopic research , have become available , and the theoretical framework of research in these geologically interesting areas has provided the potential for a great deal of re-interpretation , some of it of a fundamental nature , contributing to theoretical developments in geology . |
| 11 | He was rehearsing Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night and the lines had fled ; what he hung on to was the physical business , and when he did some of it to the mirror it seemed poor stuff for the old Living Boomerang . |
| 12 | Judging by her tone , she might even have transferred some of it to the absent Rose . |
| 13 | Interestingly , as we went to press , Intel stock had spiked 15 points in three days , some of it on the strength of a strong buy recommendation from Merrill Lynch , whose analysis underscored the strong demand for Pentiums . |
| 14 | ‘ Yeah , I just heard some of it on the radio . |
| 15 | Well I do n't , I 'm bread and I might some of it on the top . |
| 16 | " En vacances " was a short exercise which involved the location of information and incorporating some of it into a letter to be written in French , using a word processor . |
| 17 | And some of the newcomers have money to throw around , so I 'm not going to prevent them throwing some of it towards the hunt . |
| 18 | There was still some of the food in the bag , and I dropped some of it onto the ground . |
| 19 | The Victorians also come in for considerable attention , some of it with a feminist slant , while , not surprisingly perhaps , Latin America still seems to be chic . |
| 20 | Their sunshine tour , some of it aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia , will take in eight countries — Anguilla , Dominica , Guyana , Belize , the Cayman Islands , Jamaica , the Bahamas and Bermuda . |
| 21 | There is a good deal of informal communication about courses in particular subjects , some of it passing along the external examiner grapevine , some of it through the ‘ invisible colleges ’ of research networks . |
| 22 | No wonder they place some of it in a jar to be kept as one of their holiest objects , a sign for future generations of the extent of God 's grace ( no doubt that manna will remain fresh for ever : yet more miracle ! ) . |
| 23 | Having taken better care of it than Besty , or more accurately Besty 's hangers on , he invested some of it in a Sydney sports shop a few months ago , which he 'll run when he retires . |
| 24 | In return for the high interest you earn , your money is tied up and can not be withdrawn easily if you need some of it in a hurry . |
| 25 | No matter how Boswell did it physically — and later it will transpire that he wrote some of it in a notebook Johnson gave him ; no matter how he proceeded editorially , whether through a combination of this abbreviated writing , then checking afterwards what was said , and finally choosing — or agreeing — how much of Johnson 's commentary and observation he should release , Boswell achieved something at least as important as a legally accurate record — he created , above everything , the feel of a full account . |
| 26 | China 's growth is fuelled largely by coal and so is India 's , some of it in the latter case thanks to World Bank funding . |
| 27 | A staggering £300,000 had been raised from local people and businesses , some of it in the form of covenants . |
| 28 | The particular themes of PNP needs , curriculum , teaching strategies , home and school — remain areas of central concern , and about each of them there is now a substantial body of conceptual and empirical material to be tapped , some of it in the twelve PRINDEP reports . |
| 29 | and I put some of it in the freezer |
| 30 | Ivy was growing up its trunk and the recent gales had wrenched some of it from the bark . |