Example sentences of "and [vb base] it [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Animals that are venomous secrete toxic matter and inject it by biting or stinging or by some other means . |
| 2 | To remove the drill , insert a drill drift into the slot in the spindle and tap it in using a hammer or piece of wood . |
| 3 | Then ice the whole thing and decorate it by drawing on doors and windows . |
| 4 | He said his party would abolish mortgage interest relief and replace it with housing cost relief so that tenants as well as house owners could benefit . |
| 5 | ‘ We can take the old sole off and replace it without changing the shape of the shoe or damaging the structure . |
| 6 | Sludge — another corrosion by-product — can block the inlet or outlet to the radiator and prevent it from heating up . |
| 7 | Part of the reasoning behind the move was the search for an effective policy to contain the violence within Ireland and prevent it from spreading to Britain . |
| 8 | The Tunisian government confirmed on Sept. 11 that , while it stood by the unanimous March 1990 Arab League decision to transfer the headquarters to Cairo [ see p. 37334 ] , the move to speed up the transfer " could hamper this body and prevent it from shouldering its responsibility " . |
| 9 | The wetness of the rags does not accomplish much but the wood gets heated and the rags may insulate the hot wood and prevent it from cooling too quickly . |
| 10 | If a design problem is the cause of the airlock , this procedure will have to be repeated every time , so it will be better to find the cause and remedy it by fitting bigger pipes or a bigger cistern ( or a second cistern alongside the first — see Chapter 3 ) , or by repositioning the pipes so that they have the correct fall . |
| 11 | 1 The trick of making eyes smoulder is to apply solid colour sparingly , then smudge and spread it by softening the edges . |
| 12 | No plant matter is actively used in the construction of the nest , but it may be used indirectly to anchor the nest and stop it from floating away . |
| 13 | But you were too young to realise just how much work you have to put in at that stage of building up a business , how much effort it takes to hold the whole thing together and stop it from collapsing around you . ’ |
| 14 | But you could actually put a bag all the way and tie it into tie it into er the it 's the Skillery Bridge that one . |
| 15 | Have what you like , and enjoy it without feeling guilty . |
| 16 | What kinda religion is it that would encourage the parent to shelter the child from any outside influences and punish it by putting it out in a world you never had any way of learning about ? ’ |
| 17 | Staff have formed a co-operative and hoped to buy the hostel and run it with backing from Durham County Council . |
| 18 | We pay lip service to that treaty and breach it by spending £10,000 million on Trident nuclear submarines that carry nuclear weapons . |
| 19 | We expect the people to be like them and presuppose it in dealing with the people themselves . |
| 20 | Six members of the Committee of One Hundred , who had planned to enter the air base and immobilize it by sitting in front of its planes , were charged with conspiracy to commit offences under section 1 of the Official Secrets Act 1911 . |
| 21 | Think of an angle between you , say 47° and draw it by guessing . |
| 22 | I long for the day when those in authority will be united in a common quest to win the lost without worrying about the style of Anglican worship ; when they will see that a prime means to evangelise our nation will be to plant churches and encourage it without worrying about parochial boundaries . |
| 23 | Pedestrians know that runners have a programme to fulfil , and respect it by getting out of their way . |
| 24 | Collect water from gutters in a rainwater butt , and use it for watering plants outdoors ( not in greenhouse or indoors ) . |
| 25 | There I was revelling in the murmur of drunken conversation from the bar and you go and spoil it by sticking the juke-box on . ’ |
| 26 | I think , though , I 'm always disappointed the way it seems to be that soaps raise this issue but then come back and resolve it by saying the real father is the blood father . |
| 27 | You can select any uninitialised item from the list displayed by LIFESPAN and initialise it by entering its details in the columns of the table , as described below . |
| 28 | Well , try and do it without standing all over the board . |
| 29 | He said , well let's put it this way he said I can get into a Ford and start it without breaking any windows |
| 30 | Lift the stencil carefully , and rinse and dry it before moving it to the next position . |