Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb past] it [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As one jaundiced critic put it in 1733 : " A set of brocaded tradesmen cloathed in purple and fine linen , and faring sumptuously every day , raising to themselves immense wealth , so as to marry their daughters to the first rank , and leave their sons such estates as to enable them to live in the same degree . |
| 2 | His favourite horse was shot and draped over the grave and a dreamer bell was suspended over the chief 's body , to ring in the wind until a white man stole it in 1874 . |
| 3 | Against the implacable opposition of its lord , Aylesbury failed utterly to hold on to the corporate status granted it in 1554 . |
| 4 | His great horse earned it with apparent ease — but lost 29lb in the process and came home to Ballydoyle more exhausted than after any of his previous races . |
| 5 | The hands that normally give the despatch box a confident caress gripped it in white-knuckled nervousness . |
| 6 | The guy in the black leather took it in both hands . |
| 7 | Martial law , in force since the Feb. 23 military coup [ see p. 38003-04 ] , was lifted in most areas of the country on May 3 , although the interim government retained it in 21 sensitive border provinces and districts . |
| 8 | Thick hedgerows surrounded it on three sides . |
| 9 | The Soviet authorities presented it to those in the Royal Navy and merchant service who operated in Russian waters during the war . |
| 10 | Villa Banfi is an American firm which bought an abandoned estate in an area famous for its wine production , and through massive investment developed it into one of the largest single enterprises of its kind in Europe . |