Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [conj] [verb] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I pulled off my shirt and threw it beyond the woodpile . |
| 2 | The receptionist took my money and locked it in a drawer of the desk , then stood up . |
| 3 | She draped it at my neck and sprayed it with her perfume : it still smells faintly of Chanel . |
| 4 | I might as well just save my pound and give it to whoever fucking wins that thing cos I 've never won it . |
| 5 | She explains : ‘ I take a very deep breath before I get on the plane and then as soon as I am on board I get out all my make-up and put it on the table in front of me and spend hours putting it on . |
| 6 | Now I 'll get off my bottom and get it for you . ’ |
| 7 | Guiding our distinguished visitor to the hotel lift I quickly scribbled the word MELACHUSETUCK on a blank page from my note-book and handed it to Mr Murray . |
| 8 | In the Daily Graphic in 1925 Mr Overbeck claimed that ‘ since completing my apparatus and using it on myself , I have practically renewed my youth . |
| 9 | Maybe I 'll have my cake and eat it after all , he mused . |
| 10 | ‘ You mean , if you cut that picture up into four — which would be a distinctly pro-life act if you want my opinion and gave it to four different restorers , they 'd each stop at a different point ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It did not catch my foot , for I was already wheeling away , but it crashed down on my wing and caught it in its grip . |
| 12 | Taking the score out of my brief-case and putting it on the podium : that is not my way . |
| 13 | If they cut out my picture and put it on their wall , maybe they do it because it makes them feel good when they walk into that room . |
| 14 | I lay on my back and watched it for a second , then got up and ran after her as fast as I could , again just because I knew I could n't catch her . |
| 15 | I simply put the fourteen down in my head and multiply it by nineteen , ’ Matilda said . |
| 16 | This discovery made it all the more important to me to maintain my behaviour and to maintain it in secret . |
| 17 | I would rather lose my self than share it with Syl . |
| 18 | ‘ Very poor , ’ said the barman , taking my titfer and perching it on his head . |
| 19 | And I remember taking it out of my pocket and showing it to Basil and saying , now , this is the kind of thing I 'm interested in , as well as horses , because it gives me a feeling of English life . |
| 20 | Quickly , I took a pistol from my pocket and aimed it at him — but the powder was wet and the pistol did n't fire ! |
| 21 | I slipped the fifth from my pocket and stood it in front of him . |
| 22 | This shows that only by allowing the authority 's judgment to pre-empt mine altogether will I succeed in improving my performance and bringing it to the level of the authority . |
| 23 | I took out my knife and drove it through the sleeping man 's heart ! |
| 24 | Here 's a crusty roll — must n't show my ignorance and cut it with a knife , have to tear it to pieces as if it was my worst enemy . |
| 25 | Gasping , I pulled out my lighter and held it above me to look round the room . |
| 26 | They had to tap the source of my strength and turn it against me , until it formed a carapace , a cage that held me until they were ready to pronounce punishment . ’ |
| 27 | Crilly kisses my hand and holds it against his mouth . |
| 28 | He snatched the cloak out of my hand and threw it on the bed . |
| 29 | He took my hand and held it in a very un-Tellenorean way . |
| 30 | When I had finished I took off my coat and hung it on a nail . |