Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [verb] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taking her hand warmly in his and tucking it into his pocket , he ordered softly , ‘ Tell me about Elinor Browne with an ‘ E ’ . ’ |
| 2 | They 're not showing theirs or using it for any other purpose just for the dog 's benefit . |
| 3 | Are losing theirs and blaming it on you |
| 4 | It was really done with much relish , and to prove his efficiency in all branches of His Majesty 's Navy and Fishing Fleets , Lord Shelley went into Uxbridge , bought the best cod he could find , and insisted on cooking it himself and serving it for dinner . |
| 5 | I laughed at him but , when he heard footsteps in the corridor , he wrenched it off my neck himself and flung it from the window . |
| 6 | I put the pen in his hand and he marks it himself and puts it in the box . ’ |
| 7 | Paragraphs ( a ) , ( b ) and ( c ) of the subsection all describe unilateral , though honest , acts of the appropriator , who takes the property for himself and treats it as his own . |
| 8 | Tom mumbled something to himself and handed it to him . |
| 9 | I finished some games in absolute agony , but said nothing and kept it to myself . |
| 10 | Rigorists rejected compromise : they would surrender nothing and understood it to be of the essence of their Christian allegiance that every Lord 's day they would unfailingly celebrate the eucharist . |
| 11 | He took it from me and put it on the mantelpiece . |
| 12 | ‘ Did n't you see him take it from me and put it inside his own shirt ? |
| 13 | I 've brought a bottle with me and put it in the fridge . |
| 14 | After she had squeezed blood out of me and squirted it into little bottles , she said ‘ Thank you very much ’ — I thought ‘ That was n't so bad ’ and was halfway out the door when a nurse redirected me to a bed and rolled up my sleeve . |
| 15 | He wrenches his cigarette from his mouth , glares at me and grinds it into the ashtray , disconcerted by the firecracker element . |
| 16 | As it happened , I emerged a little late and I fear I rather startled the young gentleman , who immediately pulled his attaché case away from me and clutched it to his chest with both arms . |
| 17 | Mrs McDougall , with a quick , concerned look at me , took my basket from me and dumped it on the counter . |
| 18 | My voice was taut with anger as I pulled it out of the shelf in front of me and opened it on my knees . |
| 19 | I could never remember how to do them , I mean if somebody , if someone sat with me and explained it to me and then I , and then I could do it , I would do |
| 20 | Basically , they wanted to write a press release about me and distribute it to all the local newspapers , Radio Cornwall , Television South West and the BBC regional news programme , Spotlight . |
| 21 | It was suggested that some existing pensioners , who may not have drawn the sum due to them on leaving the Bank , could now claim the sum due to them and donate it to the Fund . |
| 22 | The Spirit who inspired their writing is perfectly well capable of taking some part of them and writing it on our hearts so that it becomes an inescapable pointer to a particular course of action . |
| 23 | The three youths waited , debating within themselves whether honour had been satisfied as he took his attention from them and returned it to Marion ; and suddenly , as his eyes burned into her like a couple of lasers , it was as if the two of them stood alone and everything else was just background . |
| 24 | We expect the people to be like them and presuppose it in dealing with the people themselves . |
| 25 | One strategy is to take a statement from them and tender it under the Civil Evidence Act to see if the other side serve a counter notice requiring them to be called . |
| 26 | He placed a little white enamel cup before each of them and filled it with strong black tea . |
| 27 | I composed a note for them and left it in the hall beside the phone . |
| 28 | The significance of the service lies in the attempt to take the process away from them and place it under the control of national and local welfare élites . |
| 29 | They started to run meetings in the house for the wives of the clergy , where Ramsey talked theology to them and mixed it with a lot of humour . |
| 30 | Then , leaning forward , she picked an olive out of the glass dish in front of them and held it between thumb and forefinger . |