Example sentences of "[verb] a [noun] [vb past] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , the resolution might still have won a majority had it not been for the stolen goods in the outhouse . |
| 2 | How do you know a car killed it ? |
| 3 | ‘ The fact that the Department had , in effect , advised the partnership that it did not need a licence made it difficult for the Department to point a finger of blame at them , ’ says Sir Anthony . |
| 4 | NOW that Lennox Lewis has earned a world-title shot it 's interesting to see so many people who previously dubbed him a Canadian imposter jumping on the Brit-for-Champ bandwagon . |
| 5 | That helped a bit did it ? |
| 6 | ‘ He 'll only think a weasel got it , ’ said Lydia . |
| 7 | Our opinion survey in Chapter 6 showed that most voters felt television news on both networks was unbiased ; but amongst the minority who felt it was biased a majority thought it was biased towards the Conservatives and against both Labour and the Alliance . |
| 8 | He walked across to the window , and producing a knife ran it round the paper sealing strip , then opened it . |
| 9 | Because I 've had it for four years now and I 'm you know a woman touched it the other day and she got really paranoid . |
| 10 | When it finds a label declared it generates a BBCBASIC(Z80) variable with that name and loads it with the current value of the program counter ( P% ) . |
| 11 | Did n't like have a finale did it ? |
| 12 | Rumours that the Football Association had ordered a replay made it necessary for secretary Sir Frederick Wall to issue a statement confirming the result . |