Example sentences of "it [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One day during rehearsal of Sea Change , she remembers , when things were getting too complicated , she simply told him to stop and leave it altogether until the next day . |
| 2 | I do n't know whether this will be acceptable to Policy and Resources Committee or the Council at the end of the day , but essentially what is showing there is something that , taken over the three years meets er , a figure equivalent to the annual but it does n't do it uniformly over the three years . |
| 3 | He said it does n't matter who does it on down the second time . |
| 4 | Then when he wanted it to go again he used to get the th the belt , the leather belt , and er sort of hook it on to the lower end of the cast iron pulley and follow it round until it went on . |
| 5 | As I am unsure which department of the Borough Council would have responsibility for a matter like this I am addressing my letter to you and trust that you will pass it on to the appropriate office . |
| 6 | He eased it on to the narrow road and it coughed and spluttered along . |
| 7 | In order to keep the sorted list , the school librarian or teacher would have to ask the computer to save it on disk i.e. copy it on to the floppy disk . |
| 8 | Beginning in September 1987 , the CIA 's Department of Justice Liaison Officer , Richard Owens , began feeding evidence against Haser and the Magharians to the DEA so that its country attaché in Bern , Gregory Passic , could pass it on to the Swiss authorities . |
| 9 | ‘ Pretty things , ’ wrote Sawyer and Darton of illustrated books in general , ‘ pleasant to fondle , more ready to display to a bibliophile those tiny points of an exquisite technique over which it is legitimate to gloat … the spot of ink adjusted on a Corinthian 's cheek to a thousandth of an inch , or a black line so thin and firm that you can almost see the metal caressing it on to the honest untimbered white paper . ’ |
| 10 | He hated it especially now as he dragged it out of its corner in the garage , squeezed it between his Vauxhall Viva estate car and the twins ' tricycles , and rolled it on to the uneven surface in front of the garage doors . |
| 11 | after that we sort of passed it on to the one next you know what to expect , but if it was down to my mother she 'd never tell you . |
| 12 | Take the second stitch and place it on to the first needle . |
| 13 | Dampen the edge of the buckram , bring over the seam allowance of the band and press it on to the dampened edge , notching out excess fabric on inward curves . |
| 14 | Grooms , scullions and carters carried our baggage and loaded it on to the great wagon : hangings , feathered beds , yards of damask and costly cloth , towels and napkins , were piled into chests . |
| 15 | When I get a case as the duty solicitor I pass it on to the criminal department . |
| 16 | ‘ And I 'll carry it on to the bitter end if that 's what it takes ! ’ |
| 17 | The spokesman for United Engineering Steels said Irish firm Malone Parkinson Project Design had bought the furnaces and associated equipment and sold it on to the Chinese . |
| 18 | If the hon. Member has more information about illegal services , he should pass it on to the proper enforcement authorities . |
| 19 | At the time he made a report to the then Keeper of the Indian Section , Robert Skelton , who passed it on to the Indian authorities . |
| 20 | I am sorry not to have replied to your fax sooner but I passed it on to the wrong person for answers to your questions on promo videos . |
| 21 | He pushed her aside and unclipped the 331b launcher from the tripod then carried it to the back of the van where he dumped it on to the grey blanket which they had used to cover it . |
| 22 | No transporting it on to the main road so they can took took it to the pit bot . |
| 23 | We will select a winner , publish the card in the paper , and send it on to the national finals . |
| 24 | He had moved in and taken the stuffiness out of the business , slaughtering its ‘ professional ’ pretensions , and bringing it on to the High Street long before the present new wave of trendy estate agents . |
| 25 | The living picture formed relies on the large barbs to catch the eye , and move it on to the smaller Tetras . |
| 26 | As each reader received a book he put the date opposite his name , followed by the date on which he finished it , before sending it on to the next person on the list . |
| 27 | You should take it in but you did n't — just rolled it on to the next beat . |
| 28 | Police folklore tells of one officer who , having found a dead body on the street at the end of his duty , shifted it on to the next beat . |
| 29 | When a child has got the squeeze , he is allowed to hold on to it as long as he wants before passing it on to the next person . |
| 30 | For anyone that has not seen this effect , the lace carriage is set to ‘ F ’ and instead of taking one stitch off and transferring it to the next needle , the carriage ‘ hops ’ the stitch across from the one it is on and hooks it on to the next one . |