Example sentences of "[to-vb] it [adv prt] [prep] his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , once at the pinnacle of his ambition , his only aim could be to preserve his complete control of the Romanian Party and State , and to pass it on to his own chosen successor . |
| 2 | After Christmas he had wanted to arrange for the marriage to take place straight away , before he could change his mind , but it was difficult to fit it in with his new duties as a Governor of the Foundling Hospital which required him to spend one day a week in town . |
| 3 | But he knew it was more likely that alien golden eagles would have taken it over and it might not be easy to win it back for his own . |
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| 5 | Ruth shook her head , tried to twist it out of his menacing grasp . |
| 6 | His remedy for uncertainty was to stroke his moustache , with hard , strong fingers , as if trying to push it back into his upper lip . |
| 7 | El Capitan poked the baton hard into the small man 's stomach , doubling him , then raised it as if he was going to bring it down on his curled shoulder . |