Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The coin looked as if the minter struck it on a single die , punching the image in the metal in repoussé , so hard that the inverted ear on the reverse would appear on the other side , and could be read the right way round in shallow relief when the coin was turned over . |
| 2 | Hence rather than simply investigate the ability of a tag to follow other tags , it also incorporates the ability of the tag to precede it 's successors . |
| 3 | The porter fetches it every morning . ’ |
| 4 | All that was necessary was for the porter to replace it on the wrong nail before going to Compline , and leave her its ineffective twin . |
| 5 | The prosecution says it belonged to Westmore James , the defence say it could have been owned by Ian Barnes and Westmore James had been acting inself defence . |
| 6 | The sort of people who wanted a house that size these days did not want it in the high street of a market town , and this young woman surely would not have the income to keep it up . |
| 7 | The Premier made it clear he was not being forced out . |
| 8 | I dived angrily inside the tent to clear it , dumbfounded as to how sand could have got in . |
| 9 | First , those who come to the Park to enjoy it can not do so , because of all the traffic . |
| 10 | The policy is to educate pupils to cope with the technology and give them the opportunity to exploit it in their future work and leisure . |
| 11 | At the same time , the early Church had no compunction about modifying its own tenets and dogma in order to capitalise on the opportunity afforded it . |
| 12 | The baby nest I bought , a sort of quilted bag , was a waste of money because I never seemed to have the opportunity to use it . |
| 13 | But it it now gives me the opportunity to use it er for the purpose in which |
| 14 | Marc would lap up the opportunity to use it against her . |
| 15 | It may be nothing or it may be something that Durham Theatre Company , formed one thought to take theatre to places in the county which never have the opportunity to see it , has a new production out soon . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh , I 've had it for aaaages — just never had the opportunity to wear it , so , y'know , I thought I might as well … |
| 17 | More important , support for the League would be maximized if people were given the opportunity to support it without supporting war . |
| 18 | The police , probation and prison services have the information families need , and they generally have the opportunity to impart it . |
| 19 | He was delighted to have the opportunity to do it . |
| 20 | I think people felt we were aiming for this point , but we never had the opportunity to do it before . |
| 21 | ‘ I think we have the team to do it , and this is the opportunity to do it ’ , he told the players . |
| 22 | And if you do n't feel that you can fit in a pupil comment , you have to be very careful here because some people will take it as a cop-out and not do it and a that worries me and it has happened and I think it is important that the youngsters are actually given some guidance and the opportunity to do it . |
| 23 | The photographer only had the opportunity to do it because it was a benefit and he had access to the models that he would n't normally have . |
| 24 | She had the opportunity to do it . ’ |
| 25 | to do and we 're going to have the opportunity to do it in a slightly interesting way and you failed miserably because you sat and chatted and did n't get any work done . |
| 26 | He longed for the opportunity to destroy it . |
| 27 | The court was told Terence Jowers had his own grievance against Mr Archer and had taken the opportunity to sort it out . |
| 28 | The extraordinary piece of good fortune that I had been given was the opportunity to fight it my way . |
| 29 | But we have n't had the opportunity to read it . |
| 30 | You will receive a copy of the report and have the opportunity to discuss it in an interview . |