Example sentences of "with it [conj] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maidstone had not parted with it but held it firmly in his left fist . |
| 2 | He is only an ordinary Hobbit who came to own the Ring because he was given it and he does not consider himself great enough to do anything with it except destroy it . |
| 3 | They are no longer playing with it or enjoying it , but try with a numb next-door-to-crying persistence to scramble over the wall and climb the slag-bank . |
| 4 | It seemed the water of Undersea did n't mingle with it or wash it away . |
| 5 | " Taking a spouse for granted " — in which , perhaps , something of the same reason exists — was listed by 7 per cent in respect of women and 21 per cent in respect of men ; how many men , once their wife 's attentions are taken up by child-rearing , leave them to get on with it and follow their own devices ? |
| 6 | ‘ But several days later he came straight out with it and asked me if I was on the Pill and would I go on holiday to Scotland with him . |
| 7 | So he had to stand there , in the office of the Roadworking Operatives Supervisor in the Islington Council Seven Sisters Road Highways Department Depot , sweating like a pig and wondering why they did n't just get on with it and sack him as he listened to Mr Smith and his eyes hurt and he could smell his own body-odour again . |
| 8 | Let them get on with it and use their capabilities to the full . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 10 | ’ Can you call-beam link with it and access its controls ? ’ |
| 11 | Worst of all , her self-image was low with the best years of her life fast disappearing , taking her previous good health with it and leaving her with the excess baggage . |
| 12 | It is not necessarily a soft option to tame wild animals , for to do so involves understanding their nature , being at one with it and drawing it into new forms of behaviour . |
| 13 | An omnibus company was held liable for the act of one of its drivers , who overturned a rival omnibus while racing with it and obstructing it , although directions had been issued to the driver forbidding such conduct . |
| 14 | It was important to learn about , for example , bookselling from experienced booksellers who then , accepting the genuineness of my interest and the possible value of my research , were generous in helping me with it and allowing me to carry out surveys in bookshops . |
| 15 | But do n't be fooled , because 1993 will also be a tough year but with the experience gained in 1992 , I am sure we are better equipped to deal with it and make it a very successful year for Hygiene . |
| 16 | It 's great , Frankie boy ; I 'm keeping to the fields and the woods and walking a lot and getting lifts and when I get near a town I look for a good fat juicy dog and I make friends with it and take it out to the woods and then I kill it and eat it . |
| 17 | Get on with it and let us back in It is a drill I suppose , is it ? |
| 18 | If you believe in a drogue , or sea-anchor , up-hook , scratch-in , and rig one , then ride it out and ride with it and tell me when you sight London Bridge . ’ … |
| 19 | As we have already said , this does not mean recognizing that an individual has died , being quite able to cope with it and pretending it does n't matter . |
| 20 | I looked over the refurbished Factory again , just because I love looking at it and tinkering with it and touching it and tipping some of its little levers and doors and devices . |
| 21 | When property passes on death , it will go in the first instance to the executor appointed by will , or the administrator appointed by the court , who are charged with the duty of dealing with it and transferring it to the persons entitled ( see p. 114 ) . |
| 22 | Barbie said she 'd rather have a cigarette anyway and gave them back to us , but we could n't break any of them off , so we kept passing this lump backwards and forwards , sucking it and grinding little chunks off it , till we got fed up with it and chucked it on the floor . |
| 23 | They 've got it at the Law College and I 've I 've spent some lunchtimes fiddling with it and thinking I want ! |
| 24 | We ca n't get rid of the horror and the fears , but we can do something to increase our competence in dealing with it and facing it , which I think is a healthier way than freezing , flying away from it , or fighting it . |
| 25 | If , for example , your boss asked you for ideas but each time you produced one he totally disagreed with it and rejected it out of hand then , assuming you found this unpleasant , your behaviour of putting forward ideas has been punished . |
| 26 | You 'd better get on with it and do it now . |
| 27 | So , Sarah had a job to do , but it was n't , sort of , till the end , and we 're gon na finish too quickly because normally we have it like Paul and Helen being really with it and look there 's sort of upward |
| 28 | Sponsors Dunlop are said to be unhappy with it and wanted it axed from the 1993 calendar . |
| 29 | To deal with it and to prevent its persistent effects on children , doctors and nurses need more training to develop their psychological awareness and their counselling skills . |
| 30 | They can even identify with it and incorporate it inside themselves in a less monstrous form . |