Example sentences of "in [noun] [vb past] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Has the British embassy in Germany made it clear to the German authorities how deeply shocking and despicable have been the racist attacks by Nazi thugs there ? |
| 2 | and a bloke down in Cardiff put it on the jig and he erm he er does all the taxi 's you know |
| 3 | Danny Kelly in NME said it was : ‘ An unmitigated delight , the best British debut of the year , and the most remarkable contribution to humanity ever achieved by supporters of Leeds United . ’ |
| 4 | The party group appealed , but the court in Henley agreed it would be a serious threat to the 150 sows , 300 piglets and 12 boars , which are the subject of a major research project . |
| 5 | Sotheby 's , determined to protect Irises ’ ‘ most expensive ’ tag , repossessed it , and in March sold it to the Getty museum , probably for $40 to $45 million . |
| 6 | Nevertheless the episode had shown the Government that it had no authority to ban newspapers published in Tanzania which were properly registered and also that it might have been in difficulty had it not discovered a technical irregularity in the case of Ulimwengu . |
| 7 | The only area health board which provided a written policy statement on health education in schools made it clear that direct pupil contact was not part of its role . |
| 8 | The large number of forms in circulation made it difficult for the authorities to keep track of them . |
| 9 | However , the Conservative Party in opposition made it clear that they too would maintain a strong central guidance over the economy , when returned to power . |
| 10 | Whenever the flow of emigrants slowed , the government in Lisbon encouraged it again . |
| 11 | Harvey said no we did n't , and then the man in Riga said good-bye , and we said good-bye , so the man in Riga said it again and was still saying it when he melted . |
| 12 | Only in winter did it snap their necks to gorge upon their warm sap . |
| 13 | Films In Review insisted it was ‘ a disgusting example of the nastiness that has recently become part of the nihilism promoted by those films which are put together by Britain 's modmonsters ( infantile leftists , smarty-pant degenerates , jungle-&-junkie-headed rock-n-folkas , addled well-meaners et al ) ’ . |
| 14 | The Moscow agreement could have offered the basis for a settlement had the United States and the Soviet Union cooperated and had the bulk of opinion in Korea accepted it . |
| 15 | In this case the finding that the father had acquiesced in the removal and/or retention of the children in England made it appropriate for the court to consider whether to decline to order the return of the children . |
| 16 | I think the best in England gave it away and the lines in the grass . |
| 17 | ‘ But do n't you think Sunil might have been in danger had it been realised that he had the run of the Admiral 's computer ? ’ |
| 18 | Nevertheless in a statement released on Aug. 23 the United States embassy in Beijing said it was " deeply disturbed " by news of the hunger strike , and urged the government to grant an amnesty to all political prisoners . |
| 19 | The military government in Burma said it would hand over power to the pro-democracy opposition which took an overwhelming lead in the elections for the National Assembly . |
| 20 | The answer on this subject that I gave in November made it perfectly clear that the decision is mine and nobody else 's . |
| 21 | He records Smart 's statement that he ‘ must have finished an unfortunate life in jail had it not been for the good nature of a Friend , who could not bear to see his tears ’ . |
| 22 | At the same time , United Nations sources in Sarajevo said it was hoped to use helicopters to evacuate more refugees from the besieged Muslim town of Srebrenica , but final approval was still awaited . |
| 23 | Art was dying : no one in Paris needed it . |
| 24 | Ron Rom in Sounds said it was : ‘ A great album , packed with great songs , great guitars and great lyrics . ’ |
| 25 | Dave Simpson in Sounds described it as : ‘ Serious dinosauric dripping death guitar noise . ’ |
| 26 | David Stubbs , in the reliably rude Melody Maker said Gedge sounded like ‘ an existentialist garden gnome ’ and Andy Hurt in Sounds described it as having ‘ hapless vocals , an oh-so-ordinary melody line and limp-wristed production . ’ |
| 27 | But the UN Protection Force in Bosnia said it welcomed the UN move , despite the possibility it may increase military tension on the ground . |
| 28 | Meanwhile , Arfon Council 's planning section in Caernarfon confirmed it was still considering the Sainsbury 's plan and the application would be judged on its merits . |
| 29 | Many who subscribed to COS principles in theory found it difficult in practice to abandon to destitution or the Poor Law many who were in desperate and immediate need . |
| 30 | Meeting clubbers from both Manchester and Liverpool that night in Atlantis proved it was n't an idle boast . |