Example sentences of "it [verb] [prep] several [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Said to have been illuminated in Tours by the court painter Jean Bourdichon , it passed through several libraries before being sold at Sotheby 's Sir Thomas Phillipps sale in 1946 for £900 ( $1,400 ) . |
| 2 | It passed through several hands between its capture by Maj von Keller on 18 June 1815 and its acquisition by Madame Tussaud 's in 1842 . |
| 3 | The property in Halling then came into the family of Melford , later it was sold to the family of Raynwell , who held it until the reign of Henry VII , when it passed through several hands among them , Whornes and Levesons , Barber , Golding , Wood and then to W. Baker . |
| 4 | This leads to the inevitable question ‘ Where does it all go to ? ’ and the simple answer is that most of it goes to several firms specialising in BOB ( Buyer 's Own Brand : ie , supermarket brands etc . ) |
| 5 | What hope there is resides primarily in the same section of the news-stands as it has for several years — the ‘ serious ’ and ‘ specialist ’ music press . |
| 6 | More important , it has on several occasions presented to the European Commission solutions to technical problems with the Directives which have had the unanimous support of member associations . |
| 7 | If you have put mud in the aquarium , leave it to stand for several hours , or perhaps overnight , for this to settle . |
| 8 | It occurs in several dipterocarps ( see later ) and also some Garcinia spp . |
| 9 | It arrives on several disks , in a box covered with glossy pictures and explanations ( sometimes exaggerations ) about its capabilities . |
| 10 | For a week it rained for several hours each day . |
| 11 | Interestingly , it cuts across several parishes , so that in some cases very small areas of parish land are isolated behind the massive earthworks of the dyke . |
| 12 | However , it suffers from several disadvantages . |
| 13 | We will find it echoed in several places in chapter 22 . |
| 14 | And I 've seen it happen on several occasions over the past couple of years , always when there are no TV cameras on him . |
| 15 | It seems in several ways inconsistent . |
| 16 | It went through several mutations , but he failed to convince his publisher of its commercial viability . |
| 17 | On the contrary , it appeared from several provisions relating to the Common Fisheries Policy that that policy , far from being exempt from the basic principles of Community law ( such as the prohibition of discrimination , the right of establishment and the principle of the free movement of goods ) , was expressly subjected to each of them . |
| 18 | It sounded like several skulls bouncing down the steps of some distant dungeon . |
| 19 | Which it does for several years . |
| 20 | The grass is either permanent or it remains for several years as a long ley . |
| 21 | And it works for several reasons : |
| 22 | It comes in several types , as a paper or fabric substitute . |