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

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1 Eventually , one of them attacked it with a large branch , striking it a damaging blow .
2 And then in the , where the bath used to be , in this little bathroom I had the cooker and the washer that 's it , I made it into a little kitchen so
3 so he goes , no he goes I , I mean it as a slovenly woman , like you 're
4 And I fought it for a long time and I wanted to get kick-started back to where I was before , because I felt under a cloud .
5 I shared it with a coloured girl who I got on with and we had a good laugh .
6 I sold it for a reasonable price .
7 " I could n't possibly afford the flat if I were renting it now , but I got it on a long lease just after the war , when rents were much less than they are today , " she said .
8 ‘ I did n't know at the time it had been in the Quakers boardroom but it was a good , handmade , solid oak table and I got it for a reasonable price , ’ he said .
9 ‘ But when I tried it as a young kid I could n't even hit the pitch for several years .
10 I found it in an unexpected place .
11 EPIPHONE ET-270 , 3-a-side headstock , you 've got , I want it for a reasonable price .
12 Personally , I regarded it as a good thing .
13 I picture it as a large , grey , multi-headed dragon .
14 he does n't do that , I cut it with an electric cutter .
15 I agree with what you 're saying but when I 've done it before and involved the pupil in such a report I put it on a separate sheet , so that
16 I put it with a fine one-ply in cream and the difference is amazing .
17 That used to be a completely different tune ; I had the lyrics , but I played it on an open tuned National , then when I got the Strat and plugged it into an old Fender Vibrolux amp , it became what it became on record .
18 I receive it with a grateful heart and let the light enter into me , until I am light .
19 I soaked it in a hot bath last night ; it should be okay now . ’
20 Once I showed it to a psychical research woman who , after careful study of the plan of Versailles , said to me in a tense voice : ‘ You realize that the two ladies went bodily through a brick wall ? ’
21 There are even times when I enjoy it in a masochistic kind of way — those are the times when you are really running free , bouncing along in a relaxed and easy manner , with the mind and the body in tune .
22 Well I stuck it for a long time , Di went to sleep and I got out and I had a look and I , the only thing that I could see , and it was two o'clock , half past two this morning , er the er the one side of the big house over there was full of lights , they had all the lights on and there were two cars outside with their lights on .
23 I followed it on a snug rope and pronounced it ‘ gripping but mild ’ , but then again , it 's always easy on the blunt end .
24 I cooked it in a cheap saucepan .
25 I brought grim news , and I delivered it with a certain mournful pleasure .
26 I I I recorded it in a closed classroom during the lunch-time playtime
27 Nigel Oliver Russell — there , I pronounce it without an encrimsoned cheek .
28 I write in the past tense because I lost it in an arctic spell of weather and for some inexplicable reason have yet to replace it .
29 I felt it as a great loss because even after her retirement she remained a wonderful source of advice and inspiration to young singers .
30 It had not been out of the cupboard for some months and it really showed off until I treated it to a stiff drink ( surgical spirit ) and a nice massage with an oily rag .
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