Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [verb] it [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Two choices exist , either to sell the material for scrap or use it as a substitute .
2 Tip it into a food processor or mash it with a fork in a bowl , then return to the freezer .
3 It is difficult to speak of popular religion or to define it in a satisfactory way , because it included an amalgam of magic and superstition , belief and doubt , the pagan and the Christian .
4 The LC layer is used as a shutter , blocking light or transmitting it onto a screen .
5 I notice that even when you are simply listening to music on tape or watching it on the TV monitor when you are editing you are still breathing with the music even though you are not conducting it .
6 Control the interview or lose it to the candidate ?
7 In these the water flow is from end to end or from middle to side , respectively , the clear water leaving by weirs or troughs , and the sludge on the bottom being removed by mechanical scraping gear that carries it to a sump from which it can be pumped away .
8 The operation of the wheel is unusual , being a variation on the overshot type in which water falls on to the top of the wheel and turns it in the same direction as the water 's flow .
9 If you have quick release wheels , take off the front wheel and lock it to the frame and back wheel .
10 ‘ If they keep their bikes in garages , they should consider removing a wheel and putting it in the house .
11 Alternatively , an economical and effective way of securing your car is to fit a strong chain and padlock around the steering wheel and attach it to the seat , clutch or brake pedal .
12 The county council had wanted to demolish the towering and elegant stone-built landmark and replace it with a more functional concrete and steel structure .
13 She pulled out her warrant card and slapped it on the desk then marched out of the office , slamming the door behind her .
14 Fill in the yellow registration card and return it to the address shown on the card .
15 As an extra reminder , you could write a special message on a pretty piece of card and fix it to the back of the picture , noting both the date and the event .
16 Each book should have a card within it , and when you take the book you sign and date the card and put it in a box at the location of the books .
17 This is merely the reaction time required in picking up the card and placing it on a pile without making any choice based on the value of the card .
18 Make this Thinking Day card and send it to a Rainbow or Brownie friend .
19 Tell your audience that you are going to spell out the names of a complete suit of cards and , each time you spell out a letter , you are going to take the top card and place it on the bottom .
20 Tom unbuttoned his overcoat , fished in the pocket of the dark suit which he scathingly referred to as his ‘ city uniform ’ for his identity card and flashed it at the uniformed security man .
21 And presumably the advantage of using a computer for that is much greater than the mere saving of time in a library and taking out a card and putting it in a wallet or erm a card folder or something like that , because you can retain in your computer a lot of information about what books are in the library and what books are out with lenders and so on .
22 And presumably the advantage of using a computer for that is much greater than the mere erm saving of time in a librarian taking out a card and putting it in a wallet or a card folder or something like that , because you can retain in your computer a lot of information about what books are in the library and what books are out with lenders and so on .
23 There they would force Khomeini to negotiate a deal and to broadcast it to the people .
24 They 're saying is , it 'd be nice if you could take something that 's a holistic perception and fragment it into the component parts .
25 The moment it was free of debt they dissolved the partnership and replaced it by the limited-liability company she had suggested in the first place .
26 Her eyes had opened wide in wonder , and the light entered their long-lashed blackness and turned it to a dusky , flecked gold .
27 Frodo the Ring bearer does not really want to carry the Ring and offers it to the elf-queen Galadriel .
28 Beggars ca n't be choosers though , he thought philosophically as he got up , removed the boiling kettle from the gas ring and emptied it into a small china teapot .
29 He had a hammer and banged it against the walls to restore order but nobody took any notice of him .
30 Turning her back , she weighed the hammer and smashed it into the centre of the clay skull at her feet .
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