Example sentences of "the [noun] [noun prp] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | After collecting the award Reeves slipped it into a plastic carrier bag and shortly after dropped it . |
| 2 | Look at the new 348 and try to imagine , step by step , year after year , how you should update the design features of the Berlinetta Speciale to make it more contemporary . |
| 3 | From the shape of the building Maggie thought it might be Ralston 's Fruitshop , but could n't be sure . |
| 4 | The Mother Superior knew it was time to end this interview , so now she stood up , saying , ‘ Well , Mrs Winkowski , I 'm sure you can leave your charge with us with an easy mind . |
| 5 | The captain of the Rebecca Sims described it in the ship 's log as a brownish-grey reptile at least 45 metres long . |
| 6 | When he got back to the car Ivy took it away from him and opened the other end . |
| 7 | As the poet Heine put it in 1844 in ‘ A Winter 's Tale ’ , the land belongs to the French and the Russians , the sea to the British , but the Germans ‘ are the unchallenged rulers of the kingdom of dreams . ’ |
| 8 | He too , dies the early death of romance — en poète , as the poet Burns put it with reference to his own fate — and his end is enveloped in the consequences of his supposing that he has lit upon some Chatterton manuscripts . |
| 9 | When the Scottish Office published the Touche Ross report it had stated that further work on costing might be needed . |
| 10 | The Range Rover left it behind quickly on a steep road which wound up in hairpin bends for a mile before levelling out on the road to Haverfordwest . |
| 11 | The Home Ofice says it will now investigate these catalogues . |
| 12 | The Dalai Lama admired it . |
| 13 | Given the fact that another property developer , and star of the bull market of the Nineties Mountleigh , had gone into receivership and that administrators have been appointed to the Canary Wharf project it could rank as one of the understatements of the 1992 financial year . |
| 14 | Usually when she got home with the bread Léonie dumped it on the kitchen table . |
| 15 | The lady Alianor makes it her business to discover all that goes on , and has many influential friends — yet she has made no mention of it . ’ |
| 16 | Then one morning I did not go early for my paper , and seeing it on the mat Cedric brought it to me . |
| 17 | Part of the Christian 's responsibility is to understand and be able to express what and why he believes or , as the apostle Peter expressed it , ‘ Be always ready with your defence whenever you are called to account for the hope that is in you . ’ |
| 18 | When we have cares , we are not to look to pagan religious practices and philosophies for respite , but we are to be as the Apostle Peter put it ‘ Casting all your care upon him , for he careth for you . ’ |
| 19 | Meanwhile the United States said it was studying the possibility of parachuting relief supplies to civilians in Bosnia , though it emphasised that such an operation might not be successful in the rugged country . |
| 20 | SYRIA expressed a strong desire yesterday to resume Middle East peace negotiations as soon as possible and the United States said it would play a more active role in the talks than in the past . |
| 21 | However , the United States persuaded it to accept UN Security Council Resolution 242 , giving an assurance that it would ensure that the critical wording ‘ withdrawal from territories captured ’ would mean no more than minor border rectifications . |
| 22 | Cray Research Inc. in Minnesota , which has traditionally asked university scientists in the United States to help it to develop software , hopes to work with European scientists to develop specific software . |
| 23 | Sources say DEC decided on the following tags for the Alpha RISC machines it launches this Tuesday : $15,000 for the Sandpiper desktop and $18,000 for the server . |
| 24 | If Richemont should buy out the Philip Morris stake it would trigger an obligation to bid for the rest of the shares . |
| 25 | You may tell me why a young lady who , whatever she says , has never done any work in her life before , has come to the East End to find it . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ When you consider the difficulties Diana has it speaks volumes that all she could think about was someone else . |
| 27 | In the beginning Lee took it to heart , and at one time threatened to walk off the course . |
| 28 | Punch lace is the name Silver give it , thread lace is Brother 's name . |
| 29 | No ditch was observed here , presumably because the steep slope down to the River Alne rendered it unnecessary . |
| 30 | 1932 was a momentous year in Chiswick , which had found itself almost isolated and unable to expand due to the River Thames cutting it off from the County of Surrey , and the boundary of Hammersmith to the east , being also the boundary with the London County Council ; with little or no contact or matters of interest with Acton to the north , but nevertheless a narrow link with Brentford , to the west ( Chiswick High Road had been called the Brentford Road for very many years ) , which link was considerably enhanced by the construction of the Great West Road . |