Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As far as I and the society is concerned that was a warm-blooded animal that can suffer pain and starvation , just like any human being , and we will not apologise for bringing it to the court 's attention , ’ he said . |
| 2 | The core of Plant 's argument is a careful statement of the case for social citizenship and the reasons for preferring it to the philosophy of the New Right . |
| 3 | Water management is the major part of fishkeeping — but I do have this fantasy about keeping it to the minimum and this partly explains the filtration system I am suggesting , based on a fairly standard undergravel . |
| 4 | On the Ukrainian tour , Houghton thought the band were too fervid about keeping it in the family . |
| 5 | Well they 're on about backdating it to the third . |
| 6 | Do n't blame yourself for that choice ; you had reasons for adopting it at the time . |
| 7 | Left alone with Carrie , Joe sat watching her pour the boiling water into the earthenware teapot , and after bringing it to the table and setting it on a stand , she smiled at him and said softly , ‘ How are you ? ’ |
| 8 | Connect the wiring after passing it through the hole in the new rose . |
| 9 | I was worried 'e was gon na take up boxin' after doin' it in the army . |
| 10 | After tying it to the mizzen-mast , he did not investigate further . |
| 11 | She must have taken the letter straight to a photocopy shop after collecting it from the skip and then posted the copy to Zen before returning to the house , calculating that if the copy came to light each of the Milettis would equally be under suspicion . |
| 12 | After making it across the ramp once , unable to see where the hell he was going , he slammed like a sack of spuds . |
| 13 | After killing it with the knife he dressed quickly . |
| 14 | By the time he came to work with Lawford , Sinatra 's reputation for roughing it with the press was already growing . |
| 15 | Erm , the kit that these boys are wearing is a number of years old , and therefore we are going to need think about replacing it at the end of this season . |
| 16 | That is now the task of the Chief of Defence Staff and his Central Staff , who are responsible for formulating national military strategy , and for expressing it to the government of the day and within the Whitehall market-place . |
| 17 | As far as the Science Museum is concerned it 's a question of helping it with the whole game of raising finance and all the other things they have to do . |
| 18 | From a technical point of view the superiority of nephrite over the stones plentifully available for everyday tools would hardly justify the increased cost of ensuring adequate supplies or the enormously greater cost of shaping it to the correct form . |
| 19 | But even if we allow that this can be a beneficial experience , we must question the wisdom of seeing it as the only valid way in which reading can be learned . |
| 20 | It was all a question of catching it at the right angle . |
| 21 | Allowance of the defence of truth , with the burden of proving it on the defendant , does not mean that only false speech will be deterred . |
| 22 | Whether the reader disagrees with that message or not , Eliot can not be accused of suddenly presenting it or of bringing it to the fore simply because of his Christian faith . |
| 23 | For my part , I promise you I will continue at all times to have this possibility in mind , and to take every opportunity of bringing it to the minds of those who can best move in the matter . |
| 24 | Accounting for the use of this form in any context will always imply relating the particular meaning actualized in the context to the permanent potential significate postulated for it in tongue , and will consequently involve : ( 1 ) showing that the common denominator of a before/after sequence is present ( the constant element evoked by to ) , and ( 2 ) showing how the speaker has fit the particular experience he is talking about into this potential by intercepting the operation of actualizing it at the appropriate moment ( the variable element expressed by to ) . |
| 25 | Despite the difficulties of relating it to the archaeology , Bede 's statement about the origins of the Germanic settlers in England is generally accepted . |
| 26 | Erm , we started off with was that , erm , we would just write down any word that came up to our head , in terms of relating it to the story i.e. we thought about memories , and memories Erm , this is gon na match up with your is n't it . |
| 27 | Only through composition can pupils acquire effective mastery of the enlarged vocabulary with which they become acquainted through literature , but which remains inert in their minds without the exercise of applying it to the expression of their own thought . |
| 28 | Then er it it 's only gon na be a case then of knocking it into the same style for all |
| 29 | She added that the effect had been enhanced by Miss Minoprio 's " curious mannerism of waving the club to and fro above the ball instead of addressing it in the conventional manner " . |
| 30 | And I had Avenger estate , and I done the same with that and I got away with it for ages and I what you want a do , I know what you wan na do he erm , I mean that 's that 's really sort of pushing it over the top but he got a great big sheet of polythene , he went down to ready mix and had a load of ready mix in the back of this Avenger estate , brand new he 'd only just got it ! |