Example sentences of "it [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The early light was damp and fresh as the clay when she slipped the wedding band from her finger , putting it carefillly on the shelf , where it could not be lost . |
| 2 | A glance at the latest list published in Fortune magazine shows it to be not just silly but ludicrous : the list purports to show only US industrial companies — but it classifies AT&T Co as a service company and eliminates it altogether despite the fact that with NCR Corp added in , AT&T 's non-service businesses alone would give the firm a ranking in the 50s . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In common with most papers of the time , the NME was only very cautiously supportive of this new teenage music , seeing in it little of the virtues of musicianship , family entertainment , versatility and maturity . |
| 6 | He said it does n't matter who does it on down the second time . |
| 7 | ‘ They 're trying it on with the application . |
| 8 | I wish now I had sent it on with the rest of the clothes but I did n't want to risk crushing it . ’ |
| 9 | Carefully wrap the fondant around the cake , rolling it on with the paper to help you . |
| 10 | I was a bit worried when we were trying it on with the passes . |
| 11 | it on with the music blaring . |
| 12 | Do you find that sometimes members of the public try it on with the insurance people ? |
| 13 | Because Granby House was a listed building , the contractor eventually became exempt from this tax , but as he could not reclaim any VAT he had already paid to suppliers , he had to pass most of it on to the developer . |
| 14 | Things happen in these hills that do n't make it on to the evening bulletins . |
| 15 | ‘ Our 175hp Ford 6700 goes into the row of grass at 2,600 to 2,800revs , but once you drop it on to the row , the revs soon drop to 2,000 to 2,000rpm . |
| 16 | He passed it on to the others at their dinner time meeting . |
| 17 | Then he grabbed a crystal glass eagle that had been presented to Mr Reagan , 81 , raised it above his head and smashed it on to the podium . |
| 18 | By 1317 the manor had passed from the hands of the de Costentin family into those of the de Caversham family who , in turn , passed it on to the Herberts in 1550 . |
| 19 | Shaking the spinnaker out of its bag , he curled it on to the trampoline while checking the cotton lashings that held it rolled . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 22 | He knocked it on to the fairway , hit his third shot on to the green and then two-putted for par . |
| 23 | At the 15th he knocked it on to the green comfortably , but we had a long wait because poor old Tommy was in trouble again . |
| 24 | Pennethorne made a number of designs for rebuilding Downing Street , and sent his final scheme to the Office of Works on 15th January , 1855 , who passed it on to the Treasury . |
| 25 | You should take it in but you did n't — just rolled it on to the next beat . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | We will select a winner , publish the card in the paper , and send it on to the national finals . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Madigan 's Millions was held back from release until American International Pictures decided to take advantage of the success of Midnight Cowboy by foisting it on to the public in 1969 in a double bill with Jon Voight 's early indiscretion , Fearless Frank , also made in 1967 . |
| 30 | Like the linker , it sits on the main bed and has a cog wheel and spring at the rear to lock it on to the needlebed . |