Example sentences of "it [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now you know this , do n't start applying it rigorously as a rule which will inhibit your sailing , merely let the body work it out for itself by noticing the levelness of the horizon . |
| 2 | Your body may have become out of shape through general neglect over a period of years , yet you can transform it incredibly in a matter of days with my unique dieting methods and special exercises . |
| 3 | After a shower she put it on with a frown , worried that it really was going to live up to her expectations , teamed up with seamed black tights and her new black slingback shoes . |
| 4 | We looked in vain in Siemens AG 's first half report on Monday for any mention of its Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG computer subsidiary , and with all the dreadful economic news coming out of Germany , it began to assume the air of the dog that did n't bark : Siemens said of its overall business that it did not show any revival in the first half , and that continued economic decline affected domestic business and led to a decline in incoming orders , and there was no recovery in its foreign business ; laying it on with a trowel , Chancellor Helmut Kohl 's leading economic advisor was quoted on Tuesday as saying that German workers failed to recognise the danger of high wages in a time of recession , and that German products were too expensive for world markets as wage increases outpaced growth in productivity , and earlier , Siemens Nixdorf had had to rebut a magazine report that its losses would be even worse this year , saying that it was certain that its results would improve this fiscal year ; the article , in Manager Magazin , also said that Siemens was looking for a replacement for Siemens Nixdorf management board chairman Hans-Dieter Wiedig , and added that plans to reduce the workforce to 41,000 by 1995 from 47,200 at the end of February could well be accelerated . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd really like a smoke first , ’ I croaked , laying it on with a trowel . |
| 6 | He was a nice man , and she quite liked him , but where Ven 's charm came naturally , Lubor was laying it on with a trowel . |
| 7 | You might try it on with a girl in the park who turns out to be a policewoman in disguise . |
| 8 | Thin and you just stick it on with a glue . |
| 9 | You use this both to anchor the sledge during a trip , by stamping it into the snow , and at the start of each day to hold the sledge , by clunking it on to a tree trunk . |
| 10 | Two waiting men in boiler suits carefully wrapped the corpse inside a canvas swathe , lifted it on to a stretcher , removed it from the room on their way downstairs . |
| 11 | She darted past him and opened the door that led to the store-room , then helped somewhat ineffectually as he dragged the mattress through and hefted it on to a stack of boxes . |
| 12 | And the only thing that seems to stand in the way of doing anything commercially sensible with County Farms is that every time we deal with it , somebody says , ah , but it can only exist as an entity , let's keep it as that , let's pass it on to a trust , let's safeguard it , let's do this and that . |
| 13 | Maurin spun the gun in his hand , tossed it on to a stool . |
| 14 | We used to get a collar of rope , manilla rope , put it on to a truck and used to stretch it out first and then cut off the lengths . |
| 15 | The Firefly , owned by Jim Connell , of Gatley Drive , Maghull , near Liverpool , had almost sunk when rescuers managed to haul it on to a slipway and take it back to Douglas . |
| 16 | One of mankind 's first artistic gestures was to cover his hand with charcoal and press it on to a cave wall : ‘ I , man , was here ! ’ |
| 17 | Give him one part , now you hold that , I used to hook it on to a roller , tuck it over , pull it through and then you 've got it lined up hooked on to a roller . |
| 18 | The next step is to invert the spray container and slide it on to a rack . |
| 19 | The liners are then deposited in a recycling cage to await collection by a waste contractor who , in turn , empties the liners , bales the paper and sells it on to a pulp manufacturer . |
| 20 | When a retailer has placed an order with a manufacturer , he enters it on to a stock record card . |
| 21 | But when you want to heat the bedrooms up you ca n't , unless you only have it on for a bit you know . |
| 22 | Leave it on for a year you 'll get a bill . |
| 23 | made with all milk you see , and I put this on the other day , it was Monday , and I put it on for a cup of coffee , well Jim was out the front with Tom cos Tom fixed the front door |
| 24 | I drag Lucker 's swimming trunks ' cord roughly through the gills and mouth , roping it on like a horse outside a saloon bar . |
| 25 | The cricketing press , without exception , treated it rather like a fairy tale . |
| 26 | It is for government to say it will not fund us adequately , not for us to go round saying it rather like a lot of sheep . |
| 27 | We delivered it locally from a pony and trap and I do n't suppose we made all that much until they wrote about Mother in the London newspaper . |
| 28 | He took hold of her hands now and his voice was gentle as he said , ‘ Yes , but by all accounts she 's paid for it since with a man like your father . ’ |
| 29 | He pointed the torch beam at the forest floor , which was littered with pieces of fallen bark , dried leaves and twigs , then moved it slowly towards a hole at the base of a tree trunk . |
| 30 | Then open a chilled bottle of Guinness Original and pour it slowly into a glass . |