Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] it with " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was the theme tune at last month 's revolutionary rallies , where the crowds sang it with great gusto and clapped to the jaunty rhythm of its concluding lines . |
| 2 | A speaker had been set in one of the trees , like some modernistic bird's-nest , and Sara noticed the long snaky trail of the cable connecting it with the hi-fi in the house . |
| 3 | And yesterday the story had a happy ending when the man who bought the ring returned it with a mumbled apology . |
| 4 | At school , I once had an argument with a boy from another form and we decided to meet in the break to settle it with our fists . |
| 5 | As it goes to do so , the bug stabs it with its dagger-shaped mouth-parts . |
| 6 | Telford 's warehouses were mostly destroyed by fire in 1970 , but Porters Row survives as an example of his workers ' houses , and locks on what is now the Shropshire Union Canal descend the hillside to link it with the ship canal . |
| 7 | They have the skill to carry out life saving operations and treatments and now they have the equipment to do it with . ’ |
| 8 | The enduring strength of post-war social and economic policy , for all its frequent and perceived failures , still commanded enough allegiance for the Conservatives to fight it with only danger to themselves . |
| 9 | The Government has insisted that apple juice is safe to drink following the scare linking it with cancer . |
| 10 | The Glovers approached it with apprehension , unused to such places . |
| 11 | Almost all the murders that the police solve in real life are either dealt with in a matter of hours ( the husband done it with the kitchen knife ) or as a result of long , long , tedious inquiries , mostly house-to-house , the taking of fingerprints and the elimination of perhaps thousands of marginal suspects . |
| 12 | Often the polyps withdraw , and the polypary may shrink slightly as the animal expels water from inside the body to replace it with fresh water . |
| 13 | The eel does it with the aid of electricity . |
| 14 | ‘ Offensive weapon means any article made or adapted for use for causing injury to the person or intended by the person having it with him for such use by him , or by some other person , per section 1(4) Prevention Of Crime Act 1953 as amended by the Public Order Act 1986 Schedule 2 paragraph 2 . |
| 15 | A weapon of offence is defined in s.10(1) ( b ) as " any article made or adapted for use for causing injury to or incapacitating a person or intended by the person having it with him for such use " . |
| 16 | The two other mares who lived in a paddock , took longer to solve the problem — one pawed the bucket out with her hoof , and the other removed it with her mouth . |
| 17 | The Rev. Thomas Tolming , incumbent of Church Coniston , not surprisingly was of the opinion that the Sunday School was excellent ; certain ladies of the parish superintended it with great care and attention , improving the moral conditions of their young charges , and no doubt at the same time driving home the virtue of obedience , and respect for God and their betters . |
| 18 | But the fundamental incommensurability of idea and event re-emerges in a precariousness in this narrativization of history where each disturbance in the writing punctuates it with the unassimilable , discontinuous and disjunctive temporality of the event . |
| 19 | When the hole is fully stocked , the Ammophila seals it with a plug of sand made firm and smooth by hammering it with a grain of gravel held in her jaws . |
| 20 | ( including taxes and the cost of accessories ) at the date the damage occurred and such loss or damage is insured under this Policy the Corporation will subject to the consent of the Policyholder and of any other interested party known to the Corporation replace it with a new motor car of the same manufacture and model subject to its being available in which event the Corporation shall become entitled to possession and ownership of the lost or damaged motor car . |
| 21 | But after Habitat set about educating them to the advantages of the idea , the Americans adopted it with tremendous enthusiasm . |
| 22 | The Americans started it with Jane Russell and were also the most hypocritical about it . |
| 23 | The Bodyline War was also being featured overseas , the Americans equating it with the ‘ bean ball ’ in baseball — a ball aimed at the opponent 's head . |
| 24 | ‘ The government does it with poll tax bills , letting us know how much we pay for those who wo n't , so why not extend it ? |
| 25 | A large puddle results and drivers swerve into the middle of the road to avoid it with consequent danger to oncoming vehicles and pedestrians . |
| 26 | You 've got to give them a very specific task to do and give them the support and the materials to do it with and make sure it happens so that when they turn up at 3 o ’ clock , it 's set up to go . |
| 27 | The Church viewed it with derision rather than suspicion . |
| 28 | If approached by a predator , the crab confronts it with its outstretched claws bearing the stinging anemones , rather as primitive man might have held a wolf at bay by using a flaming torch . |
| 29 | The stitching began ; but the curtain material was very thick , and the needle penetrated it with difficulty … |
| 30 | On the following day after the Christians had taken possession of the town , the Cid entered it with a great company , and he ascended the highest tower of the wall , and beheld all the city ; and the Moors came unto him , and kissed his hand , saying he was welcome . |