Example sentences of "[prep] it a [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 In course of it a young woman came up to her .
2 The infinite possibilities of Masai life , on the face of it a simple desire to wander the earth following the cattle , have been denied .
3 Underneath it a second note reads , ‘ Capt FitzRoy Parrot beaked finch comes from James Island ’ .
4 ‘ But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind called Euroclydon .
5 ‘ Josephinism ’ in religious matters , again , it is now clear , had behind it a long tradition extending back to the first years of the century .
6 The linear trim position indicator runs immediately behind it a red pointer moving back and forward to markings numbered either side of a central zero .
7 Incorporation thus brings with it a useful device to facilitate borrowing , from both the company and the lender 's viewpoint .
8 For the purposes of this chapter , this question of chronology makes only one difference , and that is in assessing how long the two separate procedural regimes lasted ; how long therefore the use of a trust brought with it a distinct advantage compared with the use of a modal legacy .
9 Shell have a large oil refinery at Stanlow near Ellesmere Port and with it a petrochemical works producing plastics .
10 The water was covered with a film of ice whilst above it a grey mist boiled .
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