Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [vb pp] it [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I 've bought you a safety seat and fitted it in the back . ’
2 If an employee has produced a computer program outside the normal course of his duties , but has used his employer 's equipment or done it during the hours of his employment , the ownership of copyright is more difficult to predict , although it is more likely that the employer will be treated as owner .
3 Anna picked up the saucepan into which she had been putting potatoes and transferred it to the stove .
4 The other car , the other De Dion we had , burst its radiator , but we are very resourceful ; we went and bought thirty foot of garden hose and connected it to the engine and sent the water round and round the car and that acted as a radiator , and we drove it for a week like that .
5 The artist calmly took a small mechanical device and positioned it against the side of her finger which wore a glittering pair of rings in emerald and diamond .
6 As the then district administrator put it , the district had scratched around for every spare penny over the years and sunk it into the hospital , and yet more and more resources were being demanded .
7 Over a period of 22 years , the Caldwells have tamed a rough diamond and beaten it into the gem it is today .
8 Tuan Ti Fo stoppered the bottle and fixed it to the small hook on his belt , then straightened up .
9 So Alfred had laced his own brandy and taken it to the little hut which had youthful associations , there to kill himself in a manner that was almost ceremonial .
10 Alon also experimented with the basic design , building a 130 hp Franklin-engined version and a prototype Alon A–4 with a Lycoming O–320 160 hp motor , before selling the type certificate of the Aircoupe to Mooney Aircraft , whereupon Mooney changed it to a single-tail design and manufactured it as the M–10 Cadet , producing 61 at $9,295 each before shutting the line down for good in 1970 .
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