Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [prep] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Manville toyed with it for a few moments , imagining the corridors of the Pentagon and White House alive with zooming figures , grey-flannel covered asses farting tongues of flame . |
| 2 | Disappointed at the constable 's absence , since he and Richard had prepared a verbal message for their mother , Edward remarked on it to the servant , a stranger , who brought their supper . |
| 3 | Schellenberg brooded about it for a moment . |
| 4 | Napoleon marched through it on his way to Moscow , but today the road is used by those who wish to avoid the pressures of autobahn driving and see something of the pleasant , rolling countryside of Westphalia . |
| 5 | Neil Spencer wrote about it in the New Musical Express beneath the headline ‘ Do n't Look Over Your Shoulder , But The Sex Pistols Are Coming . ’ |
| 6 | Jean pondered on it for a day while we held our breath . |
| 7 | The day came when the road was flooded and Skipper waded through it with no hesitation . |
| 8 | Standing looking up at the east front , he knew that the Alpheus lay to the south , on his left , and the Cladeus flowed into it from his right . |
| 9 | Everyone in Knockglen heard about it in record time , but what they heard bore little relation to the facts . |
| 10 | The shirt was placed separately and Curtis jabbed at it with a thick , square forefinger . |
| 11 | Eva took to it like a duck to water . |
| 12 | Watch it for its parched melancholia : watch it for the fantastic innards-eaten Erich von Stroheim ; watch it and spot which tiny , yet central , image Spielberg nicked from it for ET . |
| 13 | Muawiyah dealt with it by quite simply nominating his son Yazid in advance . |
| 14 | It was too tempting a target , and the Zeppelin aimed for it with the last of its deadly cargo , but this time , they overshot the mark . |
| 15 | Reluctantly she made her way back to the house , then gave a gasp of dismay as Penry erupted from it like a rocket . |
| 16 | A succession of heavy trucks rumbled down Amwell Street as Graham turned onto it from Rosebery Avenue ; they were big grey lorries , stone or chippings carriers with great corrugated sides and a plume of dust trailing after them in the near-still air , Graham was heading slightly uphill now , and slowed his pace accordingly . |
| 17 | I am told Dickens partook of it at home . ’ |
| 18 | Julia listened to it with professional interest , expecting the usual Nazi defence of obedience to superior orders . |
| 19 | Fred thought about it for a few seconds . |
| 20 | Matthew kicked at it with his foot . |
| 21 | Although most wireless owners had opened their doors so that people could listen to the King 's message , Mr Peters talked about it for those who had missed it . |
| 22 | It was like a door opening suddenly , and for a split second Sarella saw behind it to the affection Marc felt for his feckless younger brother . |
| 23 | Beside this was a more interesting find , a narrow leather case with the initials PSB stamped on it in faded gold . |
| 24 | Poindexter discoursed on it at the hearings , tamping his pipe , with the aid of the sort of brightly-coloured maps usually found in school atlases . |
| 25 | When the telephone rang , Crosland leapt at it with unconcealed anxiety . |
| 26 | Connon poked at it with his forefinger . |
| 27 | but this diet is the one that Shelly , she lost quite a lot and Jill went on it for quite a while |
| 28 | Miss Harker looked at it with distaste as if it were a species of repellent insect wriggling on a pin , then took it carefully between her finger and thumb and held it up to the light of the candle . |
| 29 | Shirley Valentine fitted the bill and Paula appeared in it at the Playhouse . |
| 30 | Jazz looked at it for a long time , then he propped it back against the lamp , and turned the light out . |