Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] it [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 IBM Corp started relaxing its strict accounting practices way back in 1984 , just as the company 's core mainframe business began to lose its impetus , although no-one realised it at the time .
2 I flung it on the open ledger on the table .
3 I pinned it to the corkboard with a red drawing pin and a light heart , and went upstairs again to change back into jodhpur boots to deal with the terrain and to pick up the map and the compass in case I could n't find the trail .
4 Terrified that it would try to escape or fly away , and not wanting to risk the Corporal 's anger , I pinned it to the ground by leaning a large stone against it .
5 So I chucked it in the Tyne .
6 Carrying a tray of glasses would have been easier if the floor had been stable but I made it to the far end with only a lurch or two and delivered the goods as required .
7 I made it to the front of the clubhouse just in time to seize Jack 's bag and head for the practice ground .
8 Started with this device this is the thing I made it at the grammar school when I was working there .
9 The weather was damp and chilly but the sleeping bag felt mighty good and I made it through the first night , sleeping like a log .
10 Maggie approached Godfrey and said over his shoulder , ‘ I made it by the pound cake method .
11 I made it in the meat dish
12 The situation called for some drastic action and so I laid it on the line ; either they won this game or I would resign .
13 Folding the poem , I laid it on the table .
14 I laid it on the floor and I was hit in the back .
15 My sister had a baby about three months ago , and I met it for the first time when I went home . ’
16 I stuffed it inside the file , closed the briefcase and put that back in the wardrobe .
17 I 've got it back two or three times and then I failed it in the end .
18 I passed it on the way here from Bordeaux .
19 I rode it to the market today . ’
20 I spect someone chucked it off the bridge .
21 Oh I got it on the bloody Saturday did n't I !
22 Yeah and that 's another thing I found I had a letter from the Social Security saying would you please send your order book back you 're not entitled to any more money , your sickness benefit 's run out , I thought it ca n't have , I do n't go back until the twenty fifth of March , phones up for the appointment I got it on the fifth of March , nine days ago
23 That was , I got it on the coach quite a nice thing
24 I got it with the fourth one
25 I got it from the telly .
26 So naturally I had to get it with and it was heavier th I do n't know how much it weighed , I I I got it by the way , in my barn in farm in Indiana , one of the last relics of Brothers .
27 I got it in the summer erm but then for some reason I decided I did n't like it .
28 Yeah , I never though of that and I doubt if I get it now , all I think was well I know that I got it in the magazine rack
29 The bucket had a rope attached to its handle and I skimmed it over the stern to haul up a gallon or so of sea-water which I slammed down in front of Rickie .
30 Then I tried it on the pasture , but that was a bit rough , so I thought I would ride it down the new road through the iron gate leading out of my land .
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