Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [verb] it the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the south level 37,000 acres went under water , and the chief engineer of the Great Ouse catchment board considered it the worst fen flood since the time of Vermuyden . |
| 2 | So many of the stories were wild exaggerations , inflamed by a number of factors — the ‘ culture contact ’ between rural and urban society , personal resentment ( particularly if two women were forced to share the same kitchen ) , the strangeness of the whole situation at the start of a frightening new war , or simply as Angus Calder put it the English tendency to confuse manners with morals . |
| 3 | Acutely embarrassed by this unexpected disclosure , the British government hastily added a clause to the 1911 Official Secrets Act giving it the right to see copies of all cables if an emergency existed . |
| 4 | Made from crushed walnut shells the finer texture and super sheer translucent character of Corn Silk makes it the ideal base for your make-up . |
| 5 | Local folk tales made it the home of mythical monsters . |
| 6 | The first flowering plant I saw was a familiar one — the purple mountain saxifrage , Saxafraga oppositifolia to give it the scientific name . |
| 7 | The Sports Council says it the best means of acquiring all-round fitness . |
| 8 | Then run the brush under the lower , outer eye corner to give it the slightest definition . |
| 9 | Well you call it a run-on line and you call it an enjambement line to give it the French term . |
| 10 | Cable & Wireless Plc says it does not accept those claims made against it by its local partners in Digitel Telecommunications Philippines Inc ( CI No 2,171 ) and will defend against the allegations : ‘ We have received no official notification of this claim and we do not accept the validity of the allegations as we understand them from the press , and would expect to defend our position robustly , ’ it said ; Reuter reports from Manila that the local Cable & Wireless office says that it advised the company last September that it could not invest further in the country until a court case involving another local affiliate , Eastern Telecommunications Philippines Inc , was resolved — Eastern is locked in a legal battle with Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co and appealing a Supreme Court order denying it the right to operate an international gateway ; an industry source said Digitel is tapping another major local partner and British Telecommunications Plc as new shareholders in the company . |
| 11 | It might have been oh so different had Northern Ireland capitalised on that early lead but instead they treated it like a hot potato and the two points were not safe until the Finish referee heralded it the Finish of the game . |
| 12 | SHAKEN Gripping stuff , but Roger Moore left it the stuntman in Octopussy |
| 13 | Between the last years of the 16C and about 1653 , they rebuilt the Church of St Salvator making it the first church in Prague of the Counter-Reformation . |
| 14 | Television commentators call it the biggest meeting outside the Olympics , and while that is an exaggerated accolade the standard of competition is amazingly high . |
| 15 | And the dam is turf Ed on the land ward side to give it the appearance of a gently sloping field . |
| 16 | Aston Martin call it the Virage Shooting Brake , a name with a certain ring to it . |
| 17 | Without taking the music too seriously Arnaldo Cohen pays it the compliment of thorough preparation , subtle timing , and beautiful ‘ orchestration ’ . |
| 18 | Keith Richardson says it the game showed a lot of encouragement for the cherry and whites … if anything Gloucester had the edge … and with a little more luck it could have gone their way … confidence is not quite there and Gloucester have to turn their pressure into points … |
| 19 | The fighting chair on her aft deck had thick white leather straps giving it the appearance of a padded electric chair , while the dazzle paint gave the boat an oddly military look that was completed by the number 666 that was painted on her bows in silver-edged black numerals like those warships use to display their commissioning numbers . |
| 20 | By 1225 the loss of Poitiers and La Rochelle made it the effective capital of the remaining Plantagenet dominions . |
| 21 | Our programme has been extended to parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland making it the largest of its kind in the UK . |
| 22 | I thought , I mean I , the fire people gave it the all clear . |
| 23 | The dealer will himself complete another form which will constitute an offer by him to the finance company to sell it the goods . |
| 24 | James Brown made it the perfunctory Single Of The Week and concentrated mainly on the depth of lyrical content . |
| 25 | James Joyce called it The Wine of the Country . |
| 26 | When Scrooge was premiered in Birmingham last year Gloria Honeyford called it the hottest selling ticket outside of London . |