Example sentences of "it [coord] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the way across not one stone moved or even trembled as she jumped on to it or swayed on top of it or clutched at the sides of it ! |
| 2 | Children are expected to know it or extrapolate from the reprimands . |
| 3 | Fox answered it and signalled through the glass partition . |
| 4 | She did as instructed but left the cup of soup out and as she glanced round she saw a hand grab it and disappear into the dark . |
| 5 | ‘ Now I sing it and listen to the words again and appreciate more than ever what I was feeling at the time , ’ he told friends . |
| 6 | They were apprehensive about opening it and sent for the Bomb Squad . |
| 7 | A stream meandered past it and cascaded into the depths of the forested cliffside . |
| 8 | If they ca n't be resolved then agree on the amount of the problem involved , isolate it and ask for the payment of any uncontested balance . |
| 9 | All agree that the building they share in Aldershot , an outdated 60s 12-storey tower block , needs major refurbishment — closing it and moving to the Royal Logistic Corps training centre 20 miles away or converting it to an office block and building a new , smaller Army catering school alongside , are not seen as attractive options . |
| 10 | Beinn Alligin is the third of the great Torridon giants and more amenable than its fellows , and more honest , the whole effort of climbing to the summit ridge , traversing it and descending at the far end to return down the corrie being assessed at a glance , although probably under-estimated . |
| 11 | Going to a built-in wardrobe he opened it and flicked through the many articles of clothing hanging there . |
| 12 | Transferred to the realm of gender relations , this would describe the state of affairs in which a woman has influence over a man and manipulates his discourses , but is allowed this power only as long as she agrees not to flaunt it and remains in the position of silent partner with no autonomous voice . |
| 13 | Believes in making your own way through life , walking tall , shooting straight , balling chicks as he puts it and spitting in the eye of anyone who does you wrong . |
| 14 | She gained the door on to the night and pushed it and stepped over the sill . |
| 15 | If she opened it and stepped over the threshold — No ; she feared to discover what lay beyond . |
| 16 | She decided against it and walked through the archway to be confronted by the figure of Elvis Presley . |
| 17 | He holstered it and motioned towards the door . |
| 18 | Similarly , in the spring of 1940 , he assured the French Head of State , Marshal Pétain , that Spain would remain neutral , while he also assured Ciano that although Spain was materially unable to participate in the war , he was not indifferent to it and believed in the victory of the Axis . |
| 19 | ‘ There 's a cream car in the lane , ’ she explained , ‘ and the driver is standing beside it and leaning on the horn . ’ |
| 20 | Her brain burst as the neck-shaft speared through it and exploded from the top of her head . |
| 21 | He ignored it and went into the bathroom . |
| 22 | He averted his eyes from it and went into the kitchen , asking whether she would like an iced drink . |
| 23 | Maurin , who had been longing for an excuse to escape , said he would go himself to attend to it and made for the door . |
| 24 | Cross it and climb up the opposite side to join the road to the car park . |
| 25 | ( 2 ) On any application for the renewal of a licence , the licensing board may require a plan of the premises to which the application relates to be produced to it and lodged with the clerk . |
| 26 | He had laid by his sword , but he had a dagger still upon him , and managed to draw it and slash through the folds that smothered him ; and Norbury and Erpyngham and half a dozen others of his own people came plunging and splashing through the storm to help him out of these ominous grave-clothes . |
| 27 | Chesarynth sensed it and realized for the first time that what she was hearing was nothing but verbally-trimmed ideas . |
| 28 | Some conceal it and hide behind the fence of balance and objectivity but Hampden Babylon wears its attitude as a badge . |
| 29 | You know when you 're small , you cover yourself with ropes of it and run along the beach ? |
| 30 | She opened it and fell to the ground . |