Example sentences of "it under [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Anyway , I did finally send it under a pen name — Ben MacLean — mostly to please you , ’ he said defensively .
2 ‘ I no longer want full government funding from a government that is going to be dictatorial as hell , which is not to say I would not prefer it under a government of a different kind . ’
3 The card belonged to the bank who issued it under a Credit Agreement , regulated by the Consumer Credit Act 1974 , to those who gave what they considered satisfactory answers to the questions put in their application forms .
4 His cigarette burned his finger and he dropped it under a boot heel .
5 Our only nod towards the obvious is a visit to the Jewish cemetery , which Peta described in her diary as ‘ Lovely , huge old trees cover the whole of the cemetery and people write a wish on some paper and place it under a rock or one of the stones .
6 ‘ And so , ’ I continue , ‘ the suntan becomes fashionable and it 's no longer as necessary as it was — taking Robinson Crusoe by way of example — to hide from it under a parasol in order to conserve that fairness of skin threatened by the desert island climate .
7 If it were vital as a reagent — for example to introduce a carbene — we would generate it in situ and use it under a fume hood ’ .
8 The accused pushed a motorbike 40 yards so that he could have a good look at it under a streetlight .
9 There may be physical damage to the gut wall , which can be checked by taking a tiny sample and examining it under a microscope — this is known as a biopsy .
10 I need it under a microscope , it 's so , and I said John you ca n't write that small , but she said write small and I said but , that is ridiculous
11 The 1964 Act , then , gives protection to a bona fide private purchaser who buys a motor vehicle unaware that the seller is hiring or buying it under a hire purchase or conditional sale agreement .
12 And I usually pin my hair up and stick it under a baseball cap .
13 If the patient can not lift the leg across , the therapist helps by supporting it under the foot and thigh , and taking it up gently .
14 Quinn took the photo to the table , put it under the spotlamp and found a powerful magnifying glass in the drawer .
15 Then spit 'em into a handkerchief and hide it under the pillow . ’
16 You may notice it under the sheet .
17 Bring this loop up to your left wrist and tuck it under the rope tied to that wrist at the point marked B. Once you have pushed a little through , grasp it and place it over your left hand and you will be free once more .
18 We used to On a Monday , when it was wash day , we used to have to take sandwiches for dinner and we used to have to eat it under the shed in the school playground .
19 Tuppe put down the rucksack and kicked it under the bed .
20 Once they were back in the billet Charlie folded up his best suit and placed it under the bed next to the one Tommy had settled on , then swaggered around the room in his new uniform .
21 They shove it under the bed .
22 But Is it under the bed ?
23 I have also used it under the skin of a loin of pork and stuffed it into tunnels made with a sharpening steel through legs of lamb .
24 We try to keep it under the surface but it 's definitely become much more of a problem .
25 The pistol was still in the bucket , covered with muck and mess , and she was on her way to put it under the tap .
26 Western strategists maintained that the proposal not to deploy nuclear weapons in the Persian Gulf would leave it under the umbrella of Soviet nuclear weapons deployed in the Soviet Union .
27 He put it on the table and fixed the end of it under the lamp .
28 It was then examined for commercial potential by both ICI ( who eventually marketed it under the name Terylene ) and DuPont ( who called it Dacron ) .
29 He took hold of her hand and gently directed it under the blanket which shrouded him .
30 I include it under the heading of embellishment because its framework of reference is the classical theory of the grand , elevated or sublime style .
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