Example sentences of "it [conj] [verb] [pers pn] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd been reserved in a way which suggested that she might be strong-willed but was making an effort to hide it or keep it in check . |
| 2 | He was not so much concerned , as the tribal sculptor was , with conveying his idea about an object , but rather with recording it or interpreting it in pictorial terms . |
| 3 | The trustee must within seven days of the last date for proving ( see section 6 above ) deal with every creditor 's proof by admitting it or rejecting it in whole or in part or by making such provision as he thinks fit in respect of it ( r 11.3(1) ) . |
| 4 | The post office was owned by two white-haired sisters , Annie and Lizzie , far out cousins of her own , and Annie stamped the envelope for her , postmarked it and dropped it in the calico bag on the counter . |
| 5 | And Hilderbridge lay in the sunshine , its slate roofs all turned to planes of silver , its spires sharp needles , as if a silversmith had made it and dropped it in the valley between the meadows and the moor . |
| 6 | He reaches up for it and takes it in both hands . |
| 7 | Young children often play with just one block at a time ; they may stand on it , sit on it and use it in their imaginative play as a parcel , steering wheel or tool . |
| 8 | ‘ If we want a lively and thriving democracy we have to enable people to have information in a way in which they can deal with it and use it in a way which enhances their understanding of the subject . ’ |
| 9 | I can pick the cigar up just with my eye-power and push it and pull it in the air any way I want ! ’ |
| 10 | The philosophy of LMS was rehearsed in the Coopers & Lybrand Report ( 1988 ) and the government has now adopted it and enshrined it in legislation . |
| 11 | She saw Adam take two strides to it and grip it in his hands . |
| 12 | The Profitboss devotes time and effort to this , taking his team away periodically to discuss their vision of excellence , clarifying it , refining it and defining it in terms of the best standards , the best contribution , the best performance . |
| 13 | An adult , by itself , will be hard-pressed to repel a determined attack on its young , but in a massed colony , outraged parents join together and surround an intruder in a cloud , shrieking angrily , diving on it and harrying it in a continuous attack . |
| 14 | Pinched some of my old Dad 's plum brandy and soaked raisins in it and left 'em in the clearing . |
| 15 | Which brought her back to the sack and to the Friar who had carried it and left it in their care . |
| 16 | The pike rushed at it , bit it and left it in disgust . |
| 17 | His agent , Peter Müller , had prepared it and left it in one of the embassy ‘ letter boxes ’ for collection . |
| 18 | What I tried to teach people was that if we did n't increase the added value , but took more of it and put it in our pockets , the only place we could take it from was the glass marked reinvestment and that makes people unemployed quicker than anything — and permanently . |
| 19 | I tossed the wallet into the high grass and counted the money again before I folded it and put it in my pocket . |
| 20 | Ludens folded it and put it in his pocket . |
| 21 | We 'll probably wait for some boring moment on the tour and go over it , collect it and put it in a book for posterity ! ’ |
| 22 | Then the bruiser produced a letter , the bearded man gave him a bit of a stony look , but took it and put it in his wallet . |
| 23 | At the end of the summer , a beautiful girl passed , and she saw the tall weed , and plucked it and put it in her dress , where it blushed a glorious red and died content ; the weed on the bank saw it die , and laughed , and reflected that it would live till the next year . |
| 24 | He took a bar of bubble-gum from his pocket , unwrapped it and put it in his mouth . |
| 25 | She unwrapped it and put it in her mouth . |
| 26 | Well , you take that out of the stream , take it home , bake it , powder it and put it in a box ; and you use oils with it the same as you do for the milch . |
| 27 | If it is a real big son , great , we stuff it and put it in the front room . |
| 28 | We have to get special stuff called bulb fibre and wet it and put it in a bowl and then we plant our bulbs in it . ’ |
| 29 | I took the cheque , folded it and put it in the back pocket of my jeans . |
| 30 | She says that her husband suggested they buy it and put it in the bedroom ! |