Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] it [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The force of it lifted Golden Girl 's stern and for a moment Trent feared that she would bury her bows in the sea and pitch-pole .
2 The predominant over-view in this Department was that Television held a special kind of mystique ; that writing and producing drama for it demanded special levels of skill which were to be somewhere between the scopes of the Theatre and the Cinema .
3 He ran a shrewd brown eye over the formidable ramifications of Isambard 's favourite castle , and speculated on which of the stony holes under it held young Harry .
4 Moddy Dhu was the PHANTOM dog of the Isle of Man , and the sight of it caused immediate death .
5 In a two-year period of review from late 1981 the Course as a whole and all fields within it reviewed overall principles , the design of the Course and the specific contributions of subject areas .
6 Necessary as legislation was in terms of public safety , for years it was unattractive to Ministers since it required considerable expenditure whilst at the same time being unlikely to attract any votes .
7 Despite the majority in favour of merit , SCOTVEC 's implementation of it attracted critical comment .
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