Example sentences of "[vb -s] it [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He unfolds it there as the antithesis between sin and grace . |
| 2 | It can not , except in a thoroughly perverted form , be a satisfactory instrument for party political indoctrination and it can not live happily in a situation which subjects it continually to the harsher pressures of party political confrontation . ’ |
| 3 | The little girl holds the caterpillar , plies it carefully from the twig to which it had moulded itself . |
| 4 | We are standing in that kitchen where I 've shared her meals and laughter , and she finishes drying the glass and places it carefully on the table . |
| 5 | The victim-to-be purchases , or is given , the W.N.B. and places it unsuspectingly in the top pocket of his or her jacket , with the humorous head protruding . |
| 6 | For example , Mr X gives property to Mr Z who holds it absolutely for the infant unmarried son of Mr X. That is a transfer of an asset and a settlement for the purposes of ss663 and 664 ( although the Revenue may not apply ss663 where the income is not paid to the infant ) . |
| 7 | He sticks one between his teeth but does n't light it — just holds it there like a storeman 's pencil . |
| 8 | That 's how newcomer Owen McMahon plans it anyway after a ‘ first night ’ here that deserved a bigger crowd . |
| 9 | He brandishes it wildly in the air , telling everyone they are safe now . |
| 10 | The red and green of the Aztec necklace links it compositionally with the indigenous plants to the ‘ south ’ of the painting , the pink colonial-style dress tonally blending with the skyscrapers to the ‘ north ’ . |
| 11 | The reason that it seems unpromising follows directly from the Freudian theory of psychosis which sees it essentially as a withdrawal of libido from objects and its re-investment in the ego . |
| 12 | He 's a deep forward square leg and there 's Lawrence about thirty yards away from him a little finer , here 's Tufnell the he cuts it away on the off side , that 's a fine and wide give himself a little bit of room ease that away through extra cover , steward in front of the grandstand , four more , which is the way he plays , sixteen not out . |
| 13 | Tommy picks up the Magnum and fires it twice at the stereo , one bullet in each cassette deck . |
| 14 | And like most people living in the city it gets it straight from the mains of the Welsh Water company . |
| 15 | Presumably , approaching a text from a linguistic point of view only ceases to be extraordinary , when one compares it both to the complex peculiarity of the other ways texts are handled , and the fact that the " naive " reader is a mythical beast . |
| 16 | Away goes Lawrence to , takes it again with the bottom hand away from the bat , it 's off the back foot this time , stabbing it down in front of him , a short of a length ball . |
| 17 | The Bill gives protection with one hand and takes it away with the other . |
| 18 | The drug also finds it way to the mother 's milk and so could exert its effects on newborn children . |
| 19 | ‘ I travel in comfort , ’ he adds to explain why he finds it less of a hassle than many businessmen . |
| 20 | He waited until the surface of the water in the bath became quite still , like a pool , like a swimming pool before the very first swimmer enters it early in the morning , and then with one quick move climbed in and lay right under the water with his eyes closed . |
| 21 | But if a particular is to be successfully identified non-demonstratively — it is argued — there must be an individuating fact that relates it uniquely to the " present situation of reference " . |
| 22 | In considering this question , Rhodes relates it specifically to the case of the UK : ‘ prominence is given to manufacturing only because Britain , as most other advanced countries , has relied heavily on manufacturing activities as a source of net exports and employment ’ ( 1986 , p. 139 ) . |
| 23 | But the longing will draw its follower into hard places , so Hilton quotes Matthew 16:24 : Si quis vult post me venire , abneget semetipsum , et tollat crucem suam , et sequatur me [ If any man will come after me , let him deny himself , and take up his cross , and follow me ] and relates it explicitly to the anchoress 's mode of religious life : This is the way she shares the work of redemption which is Christ 's . |
| 24 | With scissoring movements of her legs and mandibles , she converts the pellet into a long glistening strip of clay and lays it carefully in a ring . |
| 25 | PETER REID lays it frankly on the line : ‘ It 's about time Manchester City won something . ’ |
| 26 | Anya drapes it carefully over the mirror . |
| 27 | If he feels that about the media in general , he feels it particularly about the Italian press . |
| 28 | One method , which by-passes the problems of tape-to-tape synchronisation , is to speak it direct to a microphone which records it straight onto the video tape via the mixer during a non-stop transfer . |
| 29 | to do it in Postscript format , and it outputs it straight onto the middle of the screen . |
| 30 | When data is written to the hard disk , the cache moves it straight to the hard drive , normally , rather than holding onto the data and doing it later . |