Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] it [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | The Formula One world champion test drives it for the first time in Phoenix on January 4 and will find his sleek , high-speed T93 series chassis also longer , bigger , heavier and cheaper than any previous IndyCar or championship-winning Canon Williams Renault FW14 . |
2 | If a child has it for the first ten years hardly anything else matters . |
3 | But remember it was your decision to buy it in the first place , nobody else 's , and if it 's you that 's wrong , or you that does n't suit the item , then you probably do n't have any entitlement to an exchange or a refund . |
4 | In a nasty , but highly entertaining tirade , one of the more perceptive remarks was that if it was n't for The Wedding Present , Ukrainian music would be confined solely to Blue Peter specials ; surely one of the main reasons the band did it in the first place . |
5 | In fact , a musical dedicated to Elvis is on tour , giving two fans the chance to see it for the FORTIETH time . |
6 | If the success of Drury 's frame-up was breathtaking in its audacity , the failure of the Appeal Court to expose it during the next ten years was no less so in its crassness . |
7 | I will call it the principle of comprehensive ( political ) neutrality to distinguish it from the second principle which will be called the principle of narrow ( political ) neutrality . |
8 | The movie version blows it in the first couple of minutes . |
9 | Fortunately , the result of this test proved to be negative but , given the temperance of her lifestyle , her decision to take it in the first place would , at the very least , seem as bizarre as Mr Oliver Reed , the thirst , embarking upon an assertiveness training course . |
10 | Villa won it in the second half . |
11 | When the data base for syntactic analysis is a body of naturally occurring speech rather than experimentally elicited material , analysis and interpretation of that data is liable to raise even more problems than finding a way to collect it in the first place ( see 7.2 ) . |
12 | Also , it 's not simply a garrison , it 's a fortified city ; with damned great walls and ditches and bastions built on three sides of it , and the sea to defend it on the fourth . ’ |
13 | Ludo notices it for the first time , and asks what he can do for me . |
14 | Mr Cinnamond said all the money was ploughed back into the club , except for what it took to pay back those who had put up the finance to buy it in the first place . |
15 | Sometimes there might be the temptation to leave it until the next day if the weather is bad or your car will not start . |
16 | His swarming attacks gradually overwhelmed wright who took two knock downs and a standing count before the referee halted it in the third . |