Example sentences of "[prep] it [verb] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Lotus , now quite a rare model , came into Gordon 's possession in 1981 and he spent thousands of hours restoring it to mint condition , despite it having done an estimated 200,000 miles . |
| 2 | The publication of It had opened a new front and brought in new troops , and different ones , to the Hoggarts who had testified for Lawrence 's novel . |
| 3 | They will form a constituent assembly , which will discuss the president 's draft of the new constitution and , if all goes to plan , adopt those parts of it needed to elect a new parliament . |
| 4 | When discovered the pavement from Gloucester was in fragments , but enough of it survived to permit a convincing reconstruction ( Neal 1981 , no. 57 ) . |
| 5 | Similar to other villages in the area in most respects , a part of it has acquired a semi-industrial facade because of its proximity to the main highway . |
| 6 | English-speaking countries , however , have been relatively unaware of this activity because of language barriers , or if aware of any aspect of it have turned a blind eye due to a lack of understanding of the background of the method or a disinterest in the findings of Quantum Physics . |
| 7 | Among poisonous jellyfish and their relatives the Portuguese man-o'-war ( opposite ) is notorious as a killer , but despite its reputation there is no authenticated record of it having caused a human death . |
| 8 | It is , in fact , so easy a target that scholars reacting against it have constructed a revised view that has also been driven to excess . |
| 9 | Behind it seems to lie a powerful public need to provide a justification for social inequality by blaming those who have the rawest deal for their own fate : hence the stereotyping of immigrants , and of women , as well as of older people . |
| 10 | The dependence of the individual on the group and on certain individuals within it has become a major theme in any analysis of Japanese society . |
| 11 | Yolland saw that the BCR had installed a turntable at Stretford Bridge , constructed a platform and upon it had placed a temporary station — presumably a building of some sort . |
| 12 | And over it had meshed a concrete slab , which now the lever of the house was painfully and irresistibly easing up . |
| 13 | It had been enjoyable at the time , but after it was over it had left a disagreeable taste in the mouth . |
| 14 | She told me she did n't eat lunch any more as it had become a bourgeois meal , but I could call in for a cup of de-caff and con her into whatever it was I wanted . |