Example sentences of "it under " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Hyam can choose not to pay the service charge or pay it under duress , stating so , but to complain like this in a magazine read by thousands is unfair and childish . |
| 2 | ‘ And so , ’ I continue , ‘ the suntan becomes fashionable and it 's no longer as necessary as it was — taking Robinson Crusoe by way of example — to hide from it under a parasol in order to conserve that fairness of skin threatened by the desert island climate . |
| 3 | The upstairs lighting circuit is laid out on the floor of the loft , taking care not to put it under any loft insulation ( where it could overheat ) , and not to put junction boxes where they could be damaged by careless feet . |
| 4 | ‘ It is only if you pretend and try to sweep it under the carpet that you get a bigoted response , ’ Mr Purton added after the vote . |
| 5 | He stopped the car , reached over into the back seat and grabbed his truncheon , putting it under her throat and rubbing her legs . |
| 6 | ‘ I no longer want full government funding from a government that is going to be dictatorial as hell , which is not to say I would not prefer it under a government of a different kind . ’ |
| 7 | Parke certainly has a brain and showed he could use it under pressure . |
| 8 | Mrs Hatton , even more expertly , kept it under a piteous control that only a brute would have the brashness to disregard . |
| 9 | ‘ You 'll hurt yourself , ’ he says , slipping it under the sofa . |
| 10 | The fire brigade from town was on the scene within twenty minutes of the alarm and got it under control very quickly . |
| 11 | Having bought it under expectations of strong profits , TVS has since discovered MTM is making losses of £20million . |
| 12 | Having bought it under expectations of strong profits , TVS has since discovered MTM is making losses of £20million . |
| 13 | It is understood that Sock Shop directors were in the US yesterday trying to find someone who might be prepared to take over the American end of the operation and continue to run it under the Sock Shop name . |
| 14 | The Conservative Party 's new chairman , Chris Patten , has told Marxism Today of his interest in the German idea of a ‘ social market ’ , which believes it is possible to unleash capitalism 's efficiency but also to keep it under the supervising eye of society : to combine the engine of individualism and a communal conscience . |
| 15 | They must therefore retain the property to which an infant is entitled till he attains full age , and meanwhile deal with it under the directions of the will or settlement or under the orders of the court . |
| 16 | ‘ GOOD , ARE N'T THEY ! ’ he would roar , and take one down , pushing it under the nose of the confused patient , ‘ MARVELLOUS WORKMANSHIP ! ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Are you really saying that the company is to blame for the strike ? ’ the man with the microphone asked , thrusting it under Clasper 's chin . |
| 18 | That year he gave it under cover to a Milan publisher , Feltrinelli , and in 1958 it appeared in English . |
| 19 | ‘ I found it under my pillow . ’ |
| 20 | The cut fell on 145 , one over par , and consequently 63 of the original field of 83 made it under what is known as the ‘ 10-stroke rule ’ — anyone who is within 10 shots of the leader , on the theoretical grounds that it is still possible to win from there . |
| 21 | I have also used it under the skin of a loin of pork and stuffed it into tunnels made with a sharpening steel through legs of lamb . |
| 22 | Public spending — or rather , keeping it under control — is the job of the Chief Secretary , the Treasury 's other Cabinet minister . |
| 23 | Halfords , one the country 's leading independent after-sales parts suppliers , said it was ‘ keenly aware of the EC move ’ and was keeping it under review . |
| 24 | So far Trent had managed to keep it under control but he could taste its sourness in the back of his throat and feel it in his stomach and up the back of his thighs — familiar tremblings imperceptible to an observer . |
| 25 | Any re-establishment of government authority , be it under the old confessional dispensation or under a new Syrian-sponsored one , would not be comfortable for the Palestine refugee community , which by the turn of the century will number roughly 390,000 , given no significant population movements . |
| 26 | He had written it under the supervision of James Blackadder , which had been a discouraging experience . |
| 27 | I have to admit Mr Graham has a point here , but all I can say is that after one has been in the profession as long as one has , one is able to judge intuitively the depth of a man 's professionalism without having to see it under pressure . |
| 28 | But when on first hearing of this arrangement I tried to inform Miss Kenton of it , she once again refused to converse with me , and in order to accomplish matters as quickly as possible I was actually obliged to write a note and put it under the door of her parlour . |
| 29 | Only those I feel we can trust to keep it under wraps have been contacted . ’ |
| 30 | Opening the executive case , he extracted a rubber wedge , jammed it under the door . |