Example sentences of "it [conj] [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So then I 'll need to go and get my pads and my bandages so that I can put this right , you 'll need two of these for this bandage , the first one , you open out so that the pad is going to go into the palm of her hand and that over the top and she is going to grab hold of the other one like that , okay , now we 've got the wad in there and she 's hanging on to it , but it was the sterile part of the bandage as I undid it that went on to the wound , there is no time for dressing here is there ? |
| 2 | As one of my comrades put it : " One bloke tried it and finished up in the Glasshouse . |
| 3 | When the Sergeant returned with steaming liquid in a tin container , Charles warmed his hands round it and gazed out across the flat expanse of his new command . |
| 4 | And the worst part was , everyone else seemed to understand it and strode out to the quay full of knowledgeable confidence . |
| 5 | and left it and walked off in the kitchen . |
| 6 | Eventually I left them to it and went off into the night , the bells keeping me company through the streets . |
| 7 | Sara left her to it and went out to the kitchen to begin the dinner . |
| 8 | His fingers were bloody and in his eyes there was such despair that I could not stand it and went out into the filthy courtyard ’ . |
| 9 | Dalgliesh left him to it and went out into the passage . |
| 10 | I pushed the black case deep into the hanging space again , stood up outside the door , closed it and went back to the scenes of jollity to the rear . |
| 11 | Garry answered it and came back into the kitchen with two policemen . |
| 12 | ‘ And I threw back the bedclothes before I had any more time to think about it and burst out of the bed ; threw myself into the middle of the bedroom , screaming and roaring and thrashing about . ’ |
| 13 | He dropped the diary into the drawer , closed it and fell back on the pillows . |
| 14 | Laidlaw drove past it and pulled up at the end of the dirt road . |
| 15 | ‘ When the show started everybody jumped on it and picked up on the things that were n't working . |
| 16 | He leaned close to it and peered out into the night , trying to see what was out there … |
| 17 | On a nod from Richie , Patrick left them to it and moved over to the first tee . |
| 18 | I was bored stupid by it and moved on to the marketing department of an American conglomerate . |
| 19 | Er , most officers would have accepted it and moved on to the next subject . |