Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] it [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The coronet is shown in loving detail as it embodies the moment when this family of merchants made it to the princely ranks .
2 The school seemed cold and it was certainly dark for the main windows faced north and tall buildings surrounded it on the other three sides .
3 His defenders saw it as efficiency , his detractors saw it as the uncaring side of Graeme Souness .
4 But as the cockboat went aground on the sandy beach and the six men heaved it above the high-water mark , Harry saw that Sam was not with them , and by the expressions on their faces , he knew that something was wrong .
5 A wolf howled again , and then others joined it until the very cage he was in seemed full of the lonely howls of lost trapped animals .
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