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 | During the night I cut firewood for them , and added it secretly to the wood which the young man had cut during the day . |
| 7 | Perhaps it was her own pride reawakening after all these weeks which prompted her to defy Luke 's distaste , albeit only after she was sure he was asleep , moving up close to his back again , lifting an arm and curving it loosely over the side of his body . |
| 8 | She slid her arms into her silk robe and tied it loosely at the waist . |
| 9 | Mm is it rather on the ye yo yo you said earlier on that er the old s s system of striking bargains was on a individual basis ? |
| 10 | Gravity is so strong that space is bent round onto itself , making it rather like the surface of the earth . |
| 11 | ‘ D' you know , Jessica , it 's impossible to do it badly on the coast of Ireland . |
| 12 | With that dulled little blade in his right hand , he began drawing it slowly across the inside of his left wrist . |
| 13 | The slow fuse uncoiled like a snake , the assassin pulling it slowly across the floor until the end appeared under the door . |
| 14 | The hunchback takes the chair and begins to push it slowly across the grass . |
| 15 | The machine had begun , and three horses pulled it slowly along the field . |
| 16 | He took up a cloth by the side of the cash register and started to move it slowly over the surface , looking up just once as I left the shop , saying , ‘ Goodbye , then . ’ |
| 17 | It can only be dried out by diffusing it slowly through the tube walls . |
| 18 | The wooden fingers of his false left hand were bent and damaged and he turned it slowly under the light . |
| 19 | Slowly curl the barbell to shoulder height , and then lower it slowly to the starting position . |
| 20 | Oliver coiled it slowly in the palm of his hand . |
| 21 | She toyed with it with her fork , pushing it slowly around the plate , swirling it into patterns . |
| 22 | Does n't look a brilliant day does it weatherwise at the races clouds . |
| 23 | The resident male who was displaced then comes back and looks after all the eggs , including those of the pirate and the reason he does it presumably in the first place he ca n't distinguish which eggs he 's fertilized and those fertilized by the pirate and secondly , he knows he 's fertilized some of the eggs and therefore it pays him to stay and look after all of them . |
| 24 | right , tie it off in a reef knot , if you 've got bits that are left dangling they 're too long and you ca n't go round again because it 's gon na make it too tight , you can either tuck them in or else you can fold them down , a nice clean plaster and put it right over the top , okay ? |
| 25 | yeah , I could n't believe it I mean you go back five years he 'd never done things like that , he erm , missed the most easiest reds and left it right over the pocket and then Stephen Hendry went on and cleared up the whole frame , got a break of over a hundred |
| 26 | It looks like they 're going to announce it by stealth , one pit at a time and take it right through the review procedure at three month stages . |
| 27 | Why did they put it right down the bottom ? |
| 28 | I think we can all learn a thing or too from that oh er that sounded nice that that sounds even better , oh I 've cracked it right down the bloody middle |
| 29 | he 's done nothing , put it right for the last year . |
| 30 | Do not spread it right to the edge or it will ooze out . |