Example sentences of "it [adv] [coord] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For active hunting , a heavy shell must be something of a handicap and some carnivorous molluscs have taken to a faster if riskier life by doing without it altogether and reverting to the life-style of their flatworm-like ancestors . |
| 2 | He insisted on trying to go it alone and lurched against the bannister where he hung on for dear life . |
| 3 | I looked at it afresh and came to the same conclusion . ’ |
| 4 | For a moment that bordered on eternity , Fran stared at the throbbing centre of her hand , then snatched it away and scrambled from the car , uncaring what interpretation he put on her haste . |
| 5 | Then she kicked it away and sank onto the bed covering her face with her hands . |
| 6 | He put it aside and looked through the others . |
| 7 | If a mistake is made , it is best policy to admit it quickly and to work with the client and one 's colleagues to resolve it as soon as possible . |
| 8 | But the bike is only cranked over for an instant before the Australian wrenches it upright and turns on the throttle . |
| 9 | Owen watched it carefully and waited for the arm to tire again . |
| 10 | ‘ For the moment , though , I think we will all stick with it here and continue with the drive for promotion . ’ |
| 11 | The ambulance would leave through that area , Ashley reasoned , so she would waylay it there and travel to the hospital with Simon . |
| 12 | Discard all but 1 tbsp of the oil in the pan , heat it again and tip in the egg mixture . |
| 13 | Not guilty , did n't do it that 's why what gorilla man did sickened me ; no blood well hardly any blood literally a drop , a drip , a fucking pixel on the screen and the only thing slicing into flesh was a needle , tiny and delicate not a chainsaw or an axe or a knife or anything , but it 's that image that idea that old devil meme , I keep dreaming about it , keep having nightmares about it , and I 'm the trapped one , I 'm the man in the leather-and-chrome chair and he 's there with his gorilla face and his squeaky baby voice , explaining to the camera that what he has in this bottle and in this syringe is sperm ; the crazy fucker 's loaded it up with jism man looks like half a fucking milk bottle of the stuff and he 's going to inject it into the little guy 's veins and he ties something round the naked upper arm of the little guy strapped to the chair and pulls it tight and waits for the vein to show while the little guy howls and screams like a child and tries to shake the chair to bits or rip it apart but he 's too well strapped in there no purchase no leverage and then the man in the gorilla mask just does it ; sinks the needle into the little guy 's skin with a bit of blood and empties the whole syringe into him . |