Example sentences of "and [vb past] it in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She found the rabbit , chewing on a stubby cactus , and stabbed it in the neck . |
| 2 | I picked up a likely length and laid it in the boat . |
| 3 | She reached for her mother 's photograph and laid it in the case with the rest of the things . |
| 4 | On Christmas Eve , 1950 , nationalists stole the Stone of Scone from Westminster Abbey and laid it in the grounds of Arbroath Abbey . |
| 5 | He slipped out and went to his tent , got his revolver , and emptied it in the direction of Woolley 's tent . |
| 6 | ‘ Thanks then , ’ Sadie took the coin quickly and stuffed it in the pocket of her coat . |
| 7 | Shamlou picked up the buff envelope and stuffed it in the pocket of his windcheater . |
| 8 | Mr Rooker , MP for Perry Barr in Birmingham , discovered the existence of the POWs Fund in 1976 and publicised it in the Midlands . |
| 9 | He broke the gun down and stowed it in the rucksack , slipped the spent cartridge case into his pocket , then jumped back over the fence . |
| 10 | She took off everything that could identify her , and stowed it in the bottom layer of her jewellery box . |
| 11 | A Roman Catholic persecuted under Elizabeth I , he designed the Triangular Lodge in his prison cell as a symbol of the Holy Trinity and built it in the grounds of his home when he was released . |
| 12 | Meisel helped launch Linda Evangelista on to the road to superstardom , and it was Von Unwerth who captured Claudia Schiffer 's sex kitten quality and used it in the Guess advertising campaign which made the model famous . |
| 13 | He took it along to Stationers ' Hall on 2 November 1691 and entered it in the Stationers ' Register to establish copyright of a sort : |
| 14 | I picked it up after the election and modified it in the light of the amendments that we had tabled when we were in opposition . |
| 15 | He felt for Thomas 's hand and wrung it in the momentary blindness after the torch was quenched against the rock . |
| 16 | He won East Bristol in 1900 and retained it in the general elections of 1906 and 1910 . |
| 17 | Rust manoeuvred his wheelchair out from behind the desk and stopped it in the centre of the room . |
| 18 | Then he called for the caskets of gold in which was the balsam and the myrrh which the Soldan of Persia had sent him ; and when these were put before him he bade them bring him the golden cup , of which he was wont to drink ; and he took of that balsam and of that myrrh as much as a little spoon-full , and mingled it in the cup with rose-water and drank of it ; and for the seven days which he lived he neither ate nor drank aught else than a little of that myrrh and balsam mingled with water . |
| 19 | And tried it in the midst of a combat zone ? ’ |
| 20 | A little hesitantly and with an ear cocked for approaching footsteps , she picked it up and tried it in the cupboard lock . |
| 21 | So he accompanied the engine to Brooklands and installed it in the owner 's aeroplane . |
| 22 | He had brought his telescope ashore with him and mounted it in the little dormer window high up under the eaves of the steep-pitched east-facing gable of his house . |
| 23 | Some I think went to London , but by now I was wearing maternity clothes , and Mr Vinct composed a special lullaby and played it in the house . |
| 24 | Judge said he could n't put an estimate on the value of the typescript , and ignored it in the sentence . |
| 25 | He wound the cord tightly and buried it in the bottom of his trouser pocket . |
| 26 | As they longed for a spiritual assurance of Christ 's presence and received it in the Holy Spirit which literally inspired in them knowledge and love of God so the meditator may grow in inner spiritual knowledge ( c.33 , 36 ) . |
| 27 | The post office was owned by two white-haired sisters , Annie and Lizzie , far out cousins of her own , and Annie stamped the envelope for her , postmarked it and dropped it in the calico bag on the counter . |
| 28 | He detached it , and dropped it in the street . |
| 29 | On impulse he felt in his pocket for a tenpenny piece and dropped it in the box . |
| 30 | He lifted it up and dropped it in the white plastic bag which lines the litter bin . |