Example sentences of "[prep] it [prep] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having quoted the opening of Gormenghast in 1.4 as an example of an opaque style , we shall now return to another passage which occurs shortly after it in the same novel . |
| 2 | ‘ But Oliver , ’ I said , trying to make some sense of the story , and also trying to make a bit of a joke of it at the same time , ‘ Is n't it traditional to give flowers to a girl when you arrive rather than after you 've left ? ’ |
| 3 | When the chicken leg is cooked , cook the stuffing by the side of it on the same plate , according to the instructions on the packet . |
| 4 | While many among the 5,933 crowd may argue against Stainrod 's claim , there was little doubt in the validity of it during the latter stages of what was a north-east affair rich in incident if not quality . |
| 5 | China 's growth is fuelled largely by coal and so is India 's , some of it in the latter case thanks to World Bank funding . |
| 6 | Bound with it in the same volume are the first 7 Supplements ; this volume is now out of print . |
| 7 | Expressed verbally , we must choose a variable with a I above it in the same column . |
| 8 | The Precision in a way is too middly , but the thing about the Jazz is that you can get more top and bottom from it at the same time , and that 's the sound I like . |
| 9 | It would be a mistake to assume that all participants in the revolt were involved in it for the same reasons . |
| 10 | While recognising that successful sexual relations in later life depended to some extent on earlier satisfactory sexual expression the study known as the Starr-Weiner Report ( Starr and Bakur-Weiner , 1982 ) confirmed that ‘ Older adults are interested in sex , think about it , desire it , engage in it with the same frequency that Kinsey reported for forty year-olds . ’ |
| 11 | you might be able to do it off that , you wo n't be able to listen to it at the same time |
| 12 | He knows that he is only looking at ink on paper , yet his nervous system responds to it in the same kind of way as it might respond to a real woman . |
| 13 | The issue is even more complicated in the world of sound recording , because we can not pick up a record and listen to it in the same way that we can pick up a book and read it . |
| 14 | Have we always seen such change and uncertainty and responded to it in the same way ? |
| 15 | Lay the curtain out flat with the interlining uppermost and apply the hemmed lining to it in the same way as for Lined Curtains , but lockstitching along the same lines as the interlining and along all seams . |
| 16 | Look on it in the same way as the treads on your bike or car tyres . |
| 17 | To and fro , weaving , sometimes tied back to the point , moving from point to point , guided by Jennifer , each woman deeply involved with the dual effort of formulating an opinion and arguing for it at the same time . |
| 18 | Zach told her his age , which was nine , and spelt out his name , apologizing for it at the same time . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , you know , like he says he was coming up to you — this is the way I look at it — coming up to ask you to lend , say , a lawnmower , right — this is when he 's no drunk , ordinary sober , you know — and he 'll be walking up to you and thinking about it at the same time . |
| 20 | ‘ Here , ’ she says thickly , handing me a joint while she rolls the ice cube round in her mouth and tries to breathe through it at the same time . |
| 21 | you 're not looking at it in the same way at all . |
| 22 | So I mean I suppose they 'll look at it in the same kind of way , somebody who 's got managerial , management qualities rather than I suppose people who are interested in the other side of it , the medical side of it , probably , really be geared up to organizing the money side of it would n't they , usually one or the other . |