Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] it [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually , one of them attacked it with a large branch , striking it a damaging blow . |
| 2 | And then in the , where the bath used to be , in this little bathroom I had the cooker and the washer that 's it , I made it into a little kitchen so |
| 3 | so he goes , no he goes I , I mean it as a slovenly woman , like you 're |
| 4 | I commandeered it without a second thought . ’ |
| 5 | And I fought it for a long time and I wanted to get kick-started back to where I was before , because I felt under a cloud . |
| 6 | I shared it with a coloured girl who I got on with and we had a good laugh . |
| 7 | I sold it for a reasonable price . |
| 8 | " I could n't possibly afford the flat if I were renting it now , but I got it on a long lease just after the war , when rents were much less than they are today , " she said . |
| 9 | ‘ I did n't know at the time it had been in the Quakers boardroom but it was a good , handmade , solid oak table and I got it for a reasonable price , ’ he said . |
| 10 | ‘ But when I tried it as a young kid I could n't even hit the pitch for several years . |
| 11 | EPIPHONE ET-270 , 3-a-side headstock , you 've got , I want it for a reasonable price . |
| 12 | Personally , I regarded it as a good thing . |
| 13 | I picture it as a large , grey , multi-headed dragon . |
| 14 | I agree with what you 're saying but when I 've done it before and involved the pupil in such a report I put it on a separate sheet , so that |
| 15 | I put it with a fine one-ply in cream and the difference is amazing . |
| 16 | I receive it with a grateful heart and let the light enter into me , until I am light . |
| 17 | I soaked it in a hot bath last night ; it should be okay now . ’ |
| 18 | Once I showed it to a psychical research woman who , after careful study of the plan of Versailles , said to me in a tense voice : ‘ You realize that the two ladies went bodily through a brick wall ? ’ |
| 19 | I handed it to a former flight engineer of 213 when I visited him in Toronto some years ago . |
| 20 | There are even times when I enjoy it in a masochistic kind of way — those are the times when you are really running free , bouncing along in a relaxed and easy manner , with the mind and the body in tune . |
| 21 | I enjoyed it for a few weeks but then went to Stanley . ’ |
| 22 | Well I stuck it for a long time , Di went to sleep and I got out and I had a look and I , the only thing that I could see , and it was two o'clock , half past two this morning , er the er the one side of the big house over there was full of lights , they had all the lights on and there were two cars outside with their lights on . |
| 23 | I followed it on a snug rope and pronounced it ‘ gripping but mild ’ , but then again , it 's always easy on the blunt end . |
| 24 | I cooked it in a cheap saucepan . |
| 25 | I brought grim news , and I delivered it with a certain mournful pleasure . |
| 26 | I I I recorded it in a closed classroom during the lunch-time playtime |
| 27 | I felt it as a great loss because even after her retirement she remained a wonderful source of advice and inspiration to young singers . |
| 28 | It had not been out of the cupboard for some months and it really showed off until I treated it to a stiff drink ( surgical spirit ) and a nice massage with an oily rag . |
| 29 | ‘ I treated it with a three-month course of Danocrine , followed by surgery which was necessary by this time , but was only effective and permanent because of the follow-up Danocrine treatment . ’ |
| 30 | I had been there and I knew it as a beautiful seaside resort , but that was n't why I was so delighted . |