Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [verb] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The coin looked as if the minter struck it on a single die , punching the image in the metal in repoussé , so hard that the inverted ear on the reverse would appear on the other side , and could be read the right way round in shallow relief when the coin was turned over . |
| 2 | All that was necessary was for the porter to replace it on the wrong nail before going to Compline , and leave her its ineffective twin . |
| 3 | The policy is to educate pupils to cope with the technology and give them the opportunity to exploit it in their future work and leisure . |
| 4 | Marc would lap up the opportunity to use it against her . |
| 5 | More important , support for the League would be maximized if people were given the opportunity to support it without supporting war . |
| 6 | to do and we 're going to have the opportunity to do it in a slightly interesting way and you failed miserably because you sat and chatted and did n't get any work done . |
| 7 | You will receive a copy of the report and have the opportunity to discuss it in an interview . |
| 8 | All of these methods of teaching are based on the understanding that , in addition to being given information , young people need the opportunity to discover it for themselves . |
| 9 | The Earl had ruled Cornwall almost as an independent principality , separate from the royal administration of the English shires , and Henry was doubtless glad of the opportunity to integrate it into his system of government especially since at this period production of tin from the Cornish mines was booming . |
| 10 | Unable to stop the spell which has made the broom fetch water , the apprentice breaks it in two only to have both halves doing the job at twice the speed . |
| 11 | Building societies are a bit naughty in that they 're regularly advertising rates at over fifty thousand pounds , the Loughborough do it for one , in er my local paper . |
| 12 | Why not take it down to the firm 's office and let the experts see it for themselves ? |
| 13 | It 's about six feet in height and just about shoulder width , er it 's coloured black and it has a bullet proof glass window of about six inches by four inches which enables the er officer behind the shield to manoeuvre it in the correct position . |
| 14 | This was the theme tune at last month 's revolutionary rallies , where the crowds sang it with great gusto and clapped to the jaunty rhythm of its concluding lines . |
| 15 | The two owners were aged 84 and 71 and , after the chewing incident , the RSPCA swapped it for a smaller dog . |
| 16 | Having said that , though , there is undoubtedly something wild and magnificent about an institution quite as cussed , mercurial and downright weird as the NME making it through four decades of turbulent cultural and commercial waters . |
| 17 | The prince sent it to her with his love , just like that . |
| 18 | When Anna brought it home — some thirty years ago it must be — the prince put it in his pocket . |
| 19 | The Prince inherited it upon becoming Prince of Wales and will lose it if and when he becomes King . |
| 20 | They are centred around a flower festival at St John 's from today until Sunday and include two organ recitals by Dr Donald Davison and an exhibition on the history of Malone parish , which will be presented by parishioner Dr Paul Larmour , the writer Take it from me , nobody knows more about the past of that part of Belfast than Paul . |
| 21 | When mounting the mercury switch S1 , position the switch body about 10mm above the board to allow it to be angled to adjust its sensitivity . |
| 22 | Sister Eillen Regan , from the board of education of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of San Francisco , says the board shunned it for two reasons : ‘ It treats nuclear war as survivable and implies nuclear war is a political option ’ . |
| 23 | If , in these cases , the creditor leaves it to the debtor to procure the third party to provide the security , it is , in my opinion , almost inconceivable that the approach referred to by Dixon J. would be adopted so as to enable the surety to repudiate liability . |
| 24 | The debtor is not , in general , the agent of the creditor whether or not the creditor leaves it to the debtor to procure the third party security . |
| 25 | ( 3 ) Where the creditor leaves it to the debtor to obtain the signature of a third party surety on documents of guarantee or on documents charging the surety 's principal or important asset , it exposes itself to the possibility of being restrained under applicable equitable doctrines . |
| 26 | Yet a couple of features in the sentence push it towards Orientation : it contains an explicit temporal signal in the form of " when " and , more significantly , contains a past progressive verb phrase ( " he was sitting " ) . |
| 27 | But its real take-off period was the 1870S when the introduction of a new cooling apparatus and the addition of chemical preservatives to the milk enabled it to be transported very long distances while remaining fresh . |
| 28 | A few seconds later he was followed by Rocky 's rig , the chains linking it to the ruined gates having been released from its rear axle by Springfield . |
| 29 | The south-west was far enough from the established centres of power for those who felt excluded from the throne to use it as a launching pad for rebellion . |
| 30 | Graham 's father actually gave him the money to buy it from Brixton , after we 'd been there to see it . |