Example sentences of "it [prep] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was clear that she 'd been taking him for a ride , in that there was no ride in it for him at the end of the process . |
| 2 | ‘ You can cut it for me after the party , ’ he told her , which everybody took to be a big joke . |
| 3 | But I 've just reached the door when his escorts do it for me in the corridor . |
| 4 | The first is to find a timber merchant or cabinet maker who is prepared to machine it for you to the pattern you want — likely to be expensive . |
| 5 | Also for Bargain Basement , that 's the feature today , if you 've got an item for sale , five pounds or under , we 'll sell it for you on the programme . |
| 6 | She was godmother to my baby , and when it grew she took to it , and used to have it about her at the Castle , saying to everyone it was an orphan . |
| 7 | They wear their professionalism as a decent gentleman will wear his suit : he will not let ruffians or circumstance tear it off him in the public gaze ; he will discard it when , and only when , he wills to do so , and this will invariably be when he is entirely alone . |
| 8 | I gritted my teeth and picked the warm remnant up , took it back to the Grounds and flung it into them from the top of the bank . |
| 9 | They took it with them to the ‘ Royal ’ and called on Bessie . |
| 10 | It was previously thought that the tiny plants leached carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in creating their skeletons , taking it with them to the sea bed when they died . |
| 11 | They kept the money at their council house in Chard , but took it with them on the rare occasions they went out . |
| 12 | She had fed the precious child herself and carried it with her into the fields , watching it as she wielded a hoe or sickle , tears of weakness and fatigue often coursing down her dusty cheeks . |
| 13 | They need not prove that the accused had it with him with the intention of using it to cause injury to the person . |
| 14 | And the court was told that the victim 's ear could have been saved — but he failed to take it with him to the hospital . |
| 15 | It was n't until I threatened to bring my men down to discuss it with him at the Swan Inn that he had a change of mind . |
| 16 | One Carmelite warrior had found , in southern Bohemia , a small icon of a Madonna and had taken it with him into the battle . |
| 17 | St Boniface took it with him into the Frankish kingdom . |
| 18 | But the band stuck by me , worked out a routine with me , and busked through it with me for the rest of the run . |
| 19 | So I took it with me on the Hiroshima mission . |
| 20 | And could I come and 'ave it with you at the table ? ’ |
| 21 | The black lashes flickered as he said , ‘ I 'm sure your father will discuss it with you at the appropriate moment … ’ |
| 22 | Once you 've found a style you like , it always helps to take a picture of it with you to the salon . |
| 23 | It 's no use just thinking that you have a wood frame at home — take it with you to the framer 's so you can match the actual colour of the wood . |
| 24 | If you are cutting from a severed stem , take it with you to the stock to be budded , or if you are taking a number of buds , get the stem into a deep can of water at once and use it as soon as possible . |
| 25 | William took her empty glass and put it with his on the bedside table . |
| 26 | This house belonged to a shipyard owner , but the Navy took it from him for the duration and now it 's a hostel for Wrens . |
| 27 | Molloy learned it from me at the Imperial Hotel , Blackpool , during one of the duller party conferences . |
| 28 | For she had taken her mind from his marauding hands and , with a low guttural cry , he had succeeded in stripping off her top and flinging it from them into the dark recesses of the room . |
| 29 | And that 's it from us for the moment , Ann Lucas will be here at ten-thirty with the late news but from us for the moment , goodnight . |
| 30 | And that 's it from us for the moment , a very good night . |