Example sentences of "[conj] it [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The present map ( figure 3.1 ) shows an axis of high density extending broadly south-eastwards from the southern Pennines , where it takes in the industrial conurbations of Lancashire , Merseyside , and South Yorkshire , through the Midlands to the London conurbation . |
| 2 | There is a lot of blood ; it looks red where it seeps into the white sheets , black where it quietly pools . |
| 3 | Where it crosses through the X and Y axes . |
| 4 | At the northern tip , where it merges with the Vale of Evesham , some grain was also grown , but the Vale of Berkeley , towards the south , was an area of small dairy holdings where arable farming was restricted in scale . |
| 5 | His argument is that the density wave is of a different kind , the so called long wave mode , which propagates from the centre of the Galaxy outward , such a wave pattern rotates much more rapidly than the short wave mode and it just happens that , if this picture is correct , our Solar System is almost exactly at the place in our Galaxy where it orbits at the same speed as the wave ( Astrophysics and Space Science , vol 89 , p 61 ) . |
| 6 | She leaned forward and tapped his hand where it lay on the coverlet , supporting his weight . |
| 7 | On the eastern side of the county , indeed , where it lay along the Bedfordshire border , one acre in every two was dealt with by the Georgian planners . |
| 8 | He visited his father 's body where it lay in the abbey church of Fontrevault . |
| 9 | Everyone had seen the dead dog on the path , bloated and grey and bald where it lay in the mud , and the heaps of excrement , all teeming with the same flies that were sharing their food : and the association flooded their throats like vomit . |
| 10 | With a sudden flash of rage , she hurled the Browning far out across the dock , where it splashed into the water and disappeared . |
| 11 | Some of us went along and parked at Welshpool Station and took a look at the narrow-gauge line 's original terminus where it connected with the Cambrian Line . |
| 12 | It ran from Dingle to Seaforth Sands , where it connected with the L & y Railway . |
| 13 | The case of trusts is similar , even though the evidence is late ; a constitution of Gordian allows the addition of the word volo where it fits with the words actually written . |
| 14 | After the Second World War the pottery moved to Tingewick , the Keyes family house , where it continues under the aegis of Phyllis 's great-niece , Sara Johnson . |
| 15 | MOTORISTS are advised to avoid Bayswater Road , Wallasey , where it passes over the access slip road to Leasowe Road , while road works are carried out from today . |
| 16 | Brainstorming on creative tasks has been a major activity in the advertising business where it began in the 1930s . |
| 17 | Riverside conditions such as that , must have continued to exist for a very long time , for when the Romans arrived and established — about A.D.47 — a settlement astride the River Fleet where it ran into the north bank of the River Thames , the River Fleet was about two hundred yards wide at that junction . |
| 18 | Where it ran into the special ceramic-and-leather codpiece that it tailored into most of my tights and leggings , a useful protection in many situations . |
| 19 | I tried to dust the grit off my forearm where it adhered to the sweat . |
| 20 | Hay is the most obvious taste association , striking you first on the bouquet , where it mingles with the scent of crumbled biscuits , and when it comes to flavour , it is met by a faint dusting of icing sugar . |
| 21 | Yanto reached the end of the rock bridge where it disappeared into the hard sand The walking was now relatively easy as he made his way towards the first of the salmon traps , or kipes as they were called locally . |
| 22 | During the war it had been stored ( for safety ! ) in the crypt of St Paul 's Cathedral , where it suffered from the effects of high explosive . |
| 23 | Now the diode is reverse biased and the capacitor can charge until the feedback makes the output switch back to its original saturation level where it remains in the absence of a further trigger pulse . |
| 24 | ‘ It will be a stormy night , ’ Michael said , and Crane , leaning forward , took Allen 's dagger from his belt and flung it outside where it clattered on the stones . |
| 25 | I hope today we can get rid of this issue we can put it where it belongs in the House Of Commons , we can get rid of it and make sure that Leicestershire helps that and I am still willing to talk to the hunt . |
| 26 | Mick began , then paused where it asked for the name of the vehicle 's owner . |
| 27 | I followed the telephone cord and found where it went into the wall . |
| 28 | Where it differs from the Mirza Nama is in the richness of the fawning which curdles every sentence : reading Inayat Khan 's chronicle you experience a sensation like drowning under a sea of the sweetest , stickiest honey . |
| 29 | In a number of cases , grain was carried up the canal to the docks , was transhipped , and promptly retraced its steps along the canal to Saul Junction where it passed onto the Stroudwater Canal . |
| 30 | As for Eliot himself , he seemed to make himself absolutely at home , as he usually did in a small gathering , and he swung his leg over the arm of the comfortable chair , where it reposed throughout the visit . |