Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [n mass] [coord] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | I bought a second-hand clutch for £3 and fitted it myself . |
| 2 | First , there is the problem of transmitting the huge volumes of data and managing it on its way through a network to users . |
| 3 | Normally , to become a permanent resident in the Bahamas under category I , an individual needs to invest a minimum of $500,000 and keep it there for 10 years ; this compares with the five years for an investor in Sandyport Marina . |
| 4 | They tend to think of profits as being directly related to the volume of sales and find it confusing that for one year the reported sales are higher than the previous year but the reported net profit is lower . |
| 5 | As the system is updated , nothing is lost for storage is so cheap that it is always more cost effective to slap a primitive TEI type header on each block of data and transfer it to the next store rather than sort out what is likely to be needed from what is not . |
| 6 | ‘ Your daughter 's a cheat and a liar , ’ the father said , taking his plate of fish and placing it on his knees . |
| 7 | If you buy an item at £1 and sell it for £1.50 , how much percentage profit have you made ? |
| 8 | I 've got to go to the loo in a minute anyway after I steal one of your cigarettes , notice the word cigarettes instead of the word fags oh I do n't know , I think I 'll go and sell my body , might make a couple of quid and leg it down the |
| 9 | In 1888 he bought Kirkstall Abbey near Leeds for £10,000 and presented it as a civic monument , and he gave £5,000 to Leeds Infirmary , as well as other sums for charitable purposes — deeds for which , in 1889 , he became the first honorary freeman of Leeds . |