Example sentences of "and [vb past] it by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | While he was doing this Maggie took a pan of boiling water from the cooker and laid it by the side of the sink . |
| 2 | And divided it by the number of samples taken to give us a mean average . |
| 3 | But yesterday it was seen in Chaura and in Chhuma , running through the outskirts of the villages : and the day before , a dog like that had chased a sheep in Pere , and clutched it by the neck , shaking it from one side to the other until it died of shock . |
| 4 | The maydes came in to make the bed , and hearing a thing in a case cry Tick , Tick , Tick , presently concluded that it was his Devill , and took it by the string with the tongues , and threw it out of the windowe into the mote ( to drown the Devill ) . |
| 5 | She picked up the sheet-white leg of her murdered boy and warmed it by the fire . |
| 6 | Isabel refilled the beaker , then hoisted the pail and replaced it by the side of the bench . |
| 7 | The moment it was free of debt they dissolved the partnership and replaced it by the limited-liability company she had suggested in the first place . |