Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [prep] it the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our generation must take on the task of thinking about the future , of assuming towards it the responsibility that we assume towards our children . |
| 2 | Where the Ministry of Defence has occupied land for generations or even for centuries , will my hon. Friend ensure that in disposing of it the Ministry will work as closely as possible with local authorities to ensure that it is developed consistently in accordance with the wishes of local people ? |
| 3 | Before moving into it the family had lived with Sally 's grandparents and it had been very cramped . |
| 4 | This ‘ conventional ’ behaviour is described with scare quotes because it is not clear that one would be justified in reading into it the constellation of reciprocal beliefs and intentions that someone like Lewis takes as constitutive of conventional behaviour . |
| 5 | Most people have experienced directly or through reading about it the business of opinion research . |