Example sentences of "in the [noun sg] [conj] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | So anyhow , I flew in the tail and found it to be very draughty , very cold , very uncomfortable and pretty darn boring ’ . |
| 2 | Assistant mechanic Jonas found a chip pan on fire in the galley and put it out — this could have caused serious problems for the salvage attempt by a tug on the way from Lowestoft . |
| 3 | When I turn in the saddle and point it out to him with vigorous gestures , his curiosity is aroused . |
| 4 | We drilled a small hole in the bracket and secured it with a nut and bolt to the front panel . |
| 5 | It has been pointed out that there are biases in the system that make it much easier for some interests to be heard than others , and much easier for modifications to the status quo to be vetoed than to be supported . |
| 6 | You know I very carefully picked up my glasses and put them in the case and put it in my in there |
| 7 | well if I 've left it there to call off I 'm not gon na put it in the case and shove it away |
| 8 | The most attractive feature is that the directors can borrow back half the money in the scheme and invest it in their business . |
| 9 | Yeah it 's about ten of us at this party put the bottle in the middle and spin it and whoever the the open ends comes at is the the previous spinner 's got ta kiss that . |
| 10 | Well do n't you see it going past , if you stood in the middle and watched it , there it goes ? |
| 11 | It had a deep brim which widened towards the chin so that in profile the face would be hidden , and before she put it on Sarah brushed her unruly hair until it looked smooth , then she parted it in the middle and drew it tightly back . |
| 12 | If you just put the figures in the calculator and write it down and it 's wrong or this one times that one . |
| 13 | We started it off in , in nineteen seventy , early seventies with an all radio system , and we were the only Fire Brigade in the country that started it off , called the multi-tone radio system of communications . |
| 14 | Below ground level , out of sight and sometimes out of mind , is the root system , whose functions are to anchor the plant in the soil and to supply it with water and soluble nutrients . |
| 15 | They just put it in the machine and tag it and , price |
| 16 | The honey was fermenting but she chewed up the nut and swallowed it avidly ; then , encouraged by Tom , she dipped her finger in the honey and licked it clean . |
| 17 | In even smaller gardens the only solution may be a bamboo wigwam smothered with runner beans , into which junior can crawl and consider , if not the lilies , why Mum and Dad are digging a huge hole in the lawn and filling it with sand . |
| 18 | He picked up what salt was left in the bucket and rubbed it between them . |
| 19 | Stand in the stadium and watch it and then come back and watch the highlights on TV at night ! |
| 20 | The splash was dusty but still visible and , without much trouble , I found the beginning of the trail about twenty feet straight ahead in the wood and followed it as easily through the tangled trees and undergrowth as on the day before . |
| 21 | He had to go and sit in the woodshed and smoke it . |
| 22 | It 's when we 're going to take it in the kitchen and put it away when we 've finished . |
| 23 | And er he says go and sneak in in the kitchen and put it in the kitchen . |
| 24 | Well I shall be in a minute , I 've only just got to go in the kitchen and get it . |
| 25 | She did n't want to explain that she had been too nervous to go in the kitchen and cook it , too lily-livered to turn her back to the window as she lit the gas , too timorous to cause even the tiny sounds of roasting game . |
| 26 | You work lightly so as not to draw in the knitting or make it lumpy and you could also undo lightly worked stitches more easily . |
| 27 | UCLA 's head of the Art department , Henry T. Hopkins , is taking over the directorship , and he plans to show special exhibitions in the building and develop it as a cultural centre for ‘ lectures , symposia , dance , film and poetry readings ’ . |
| 28 | Her voice shook a little ; with clumsy pity , Martin felt for her hand in the darkness and squeezed it tightly . |
| 29 | In the darkness and wet it lived up to its evil reputation . |
| 30 | If you like what you hear , we 'll put it in the yard and advertise it and take a commission on the sale . |