Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [verb] it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could n't be alone with your tragedy , you were expected to bring it into the living-room with you , as the others brought their newspapers , knitting , homework . |
| 2 | It was decided to adopt it as the standard background , keeping open the possibility of using pieces of velvet in special cases . |
| 3 | Having obtained a fairly comprehensive view of the farm situation in Great Britain as it relates to training an attempt was made to compare it with the position in Europe . |
| 4 | Prior to completion of the missives a meeting took place at the farm when an offer was made to purchase it from the defender at a price of £65,000 . |
| 5 | In the 16th century , an east wing was added to replace the earlier parlour , while in the 17th century a kitchen wing was built to balance it to the west . |
| 6 | Upon wiping away the icy incrustation from the face , the countenance was immediately recollected ; but , the frame appearing lifeless , assistance was procured to convey it to the first house upon the skirts of the village , when , a pulsation being observed , every possible means was instantly adopted to promote his recovery . |
| 7 | His invention of photogenic drawing dated back four years earlier but he was spurred to bring it to the attention of the scientific world by the announcement by the Frenchman Daguerre of his revolutionary invention , the Daguerreotype . |
| 8 | Minutes after appearing before a television crew to defend a jockey 's right to have the whip in his armoury , Steve Cauthen was forced to use it aboard the short-head winner . |
| 9 | But the Prince was determined to get it to the finishing line . |
| 10 | The proper instrument for the purpose not being at hand , a man was sent to get it from the Bedford Infirmary . |