Example sentences of "[vb past] it [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To take the photograph he must have stood on the edge of the wood , under the beech hedge which bounded it perhaps . |
| 2 | But er we eventually beat it though and as I say a good colliery you could er you could beat 'em to it . |
| 3 | The housebreaker freed one arm , and grasped his pistol … he beat it twice , with all the force he could summon , upon the upturned face that almost touched his own . ’ |
| 4 | Knowland analysed it thus : ‘ Margins are eroding . |
| 5 | We termed it thus because the depression arose from role performance and not from their psychopathology . |
| 6 | Considering the tenoning half of his design , I modified it so that it could quickly accommodate a different pair of blocks for each differently angled tenon . |
| 7 | The ‘ new deviance ’ writers resurrected one major theme of classical criminology ( the significance of the criminal justice system ) , though they modified it considerably in doing so . |
| 8 | She shook her head ; then jerked it backwards , indicating the scullery , as she added in a much lower tone , ‘ They 're not really my aunt and uncle . |
| 9 | The blade tore Isambard 's cotte not an inch below his heart , but he had caught the lunging wrist in his left hand and jerked it outwards and downwards , and the thrust sliced through cotte and shirt down his ribs , and left only a harmless surface graze behind . |
| 10 | Ouch , I thought , that really hurt , and I clenched it tight for a moment to stop the pain , before looking to see the damage . |
| 11 | The salesman was just closing the hood , and Hank walked round to the back of the car and bounced it firmly up and down with his hands . |
| 12 | The Economist called it the Consumer-Credit Snowball and pronounced it well and truly rolling . |
| 13 | He pronounced it as two separate words , very deliberately . |
| 14 | That erm instead of saying ng they pronounced it as just N. |
| 15 | Images of food drew it onwards to the tall , detached house at the end of the street ; thoughts of petting and cuddling from its playful , pleasant owners made it scamper through the shadows . |
| 16 | She put out a hand and touched the prostrate woman — and drew it away in distress . |
| 17 | A firm hand caught hold of her left arm , drew it away from the female curve of her body . |
| 18 | I drew it downwards with a clean cut . |
| 19 | He put one hand over his mouth , then drew it slowly down over his throat onto his chest . |
| 20 | She looked down at it as though it belonged to somebody else , then drew it slowly out . |
| 21 | Britain 's rescue drew it deeper into the American orbit , though with the introduction of Marshall Aid to promote the economic recovery of Europe by means of financing balance of payments deficits , this was to a degree common to western European countries [ Milward , 1984 ] . |
| 22 | Bertie kissed it , then drew it aside . |
| 23 | While the older families derived their wealth from trade , the newer ones drew it more from investment in property , after coming to prominence initially through service to the Crown , as controllers of customs or victuallers for armies , or by serving as town clerk . |
| 24 | Pausing for the effect to register , Vic took the apex of the handkerchief between two fingers and drew it upwards delicately , laying bare a fist holding a green creature with bulging eyes . |
| 25 | Once she was satisfied that Petion and the Marines were far enough away , Ace triggered the energy beam at the base of the door , and slowly drew it upwards , describing an arch wide enough for two people to pass through . |
| 26 | While these southern Americans believed their region unified by its homogeneity , what actually drew it together and made it conscious to itself was its deep and ( according to white Southern belief ) ineradicable , division — into white and black . |
| 27 | The male People drew it tight , as fishermen must have done when they hauled in a catch in olden times . |
| 28 | She gasped as his hand tightened on hers and drew it swiftly behind her back . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Correctly surmising that theirs was the room with the broken bolt hanging from the door , he entered it just as I was catching up with him . |