Example sentences of "it [adv] [prep] [art] " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Similarly you could try shortening the meeting , holding it on a different day or suspending it altogether for a few weeks . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Placing her thumb in her mouth , she sucked on it furiously for a few seconds before settling down once more into a deep sleep . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | During the night I cut firewood for them , and added it secretly to the wood which the young man had cut during the day . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | She slid her arms into her silk robe and tied it loosely at the waist . |
| 13 | As I unravelled the yarn , I wound it loosely around a single bed headboard , knitting the ends together as I went along . |
| 14 | 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 ? |
| 15 | I see it rather as an actor 's bag of tricks , and not a very apposite one for the role . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The cricketing press , without exception , treated it rather like a fairy tale . |
| 18 | I thought , ‘ If I 'm going to sing this album , I 'm going to have to work at it , ’ and I treated it rather like a weight-training program — I went in there , sung my guts out and tried to reach further every day . |
| 19 | Gravity is so strong that space is bent round onto itself , making it rather like the surface of the earth . |
| 20 | The driver tapped it nervously with a forefinger to guide the man 's eyes to it . |
| 21 | ‘ D' you know , Jessica , it 's impossible to do it badly on the coast of Ireland . |
| 22 | We are forced to work fast and badly , but we do n't know whether there is any point to it because it may all be swept away in a month ; on the other hand , nothing at all may happen , in which case we will have done it badly to no purpose . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . ’ |
| 25 | He replied that he had given it verbally to a police sergeant , but that he must have forgotten about it . |
| 26 | With that dulled little blade in his right hand , he began drawing it slowly across the inside of his left wrist . |
| 27 | The slow fuse uncoiled like a snake , the assassin pulling it slowly across the floor until the end appeared under the door . |
| 28 | The hunchback takes the chair and begins to push it slowly across the grass . |
| 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 . |