Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] it in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a diversion , which would allow time for the passing of the trembling , I reached into my pocket , pulled out the tin of rubbers , and tried to open it in the dark . |
| 2 | And then she tried to put it in the washing machine for a joke and the dog was gon na get in . |
| 3 | So that that just stopped did it in the end . |
| 4 | Many , however , came to accept it in the context of their hopes for future labour success : capitalist bureaucracy was undesirable , but when labour came to dominate Parliament , the bureaucracy would act in sympathy with the needs and condition of the working class and would no longer be regarded as an alien intrusion . |
| 5 | It was a look she recognised instantly , although it was the first time she 'd seen it in the flesh . |
| 6 | Well only because we 'd seen it in the shop |
| 7 | He 'd bought it in the Bazaar from an Indian trader who told him it would make the muscle grow . |
| 8 | He said he learnt to do it in the field during the Falklands War . |
| 9 | The wedding-dress was in the faded green trunk , just as he 'd imagined it in the night . |
| 10 | Much bigger than she 'd imagined it in the dark . |
| 11 | Well apparently it had gone to Andrew , and , Andrew had cos Andrew is n't in the office all the time , and he 'd left it in the office , and I think they faxed it by th Andrew was gon na talk to somebody about it , but of course , by the time he 'd got there , it 'd already been done and this had happened so I 'm gon na ring erm Job Centre when I get home . |
| 12 | I 'd kept it in the bottom of my bra-and-pants drawer ever since I stole it from Dad . |
| 13 | The obvious thing to do is raise income tax , but the Government pledged to reduce it in the election manifesto — just after the commitment to the exchange rate mechanism ( ERM ) . |
| 14 | 13–1–1906 They had under consideration the question of using the Hymnary in the public worship and agreed to use it in the summer if there was no serious collection among the people . |
| 15 | For a fraction of a second , a strange , satanic glitter lit up Lucie 's eyes and his fist clenched and he began to punch it in the air . |
| 16 | They decided to price it in the middle of the range , at the ‘ black label ’ level , but they issued the actual record with a special Royal Purple design . |
| 17 | I thumbed through the aeroplane magazine looking for articles on pre-ski protuberances — curiously there were none , and we decided to ignore it in the hope that it would go down roughly when the plane did . |
| 18 | I went to fetch it in the van . |
| 19 | Lady Grubb picked up her plate of junket and went to eat it in the drawing-room , shaking with a passion she did n't care to scrutinize because it contained not only fury but also amazement and fear . |
| 20 | So erm anyway they they they did do it in the end . |
| 21 | They did exchange it in the end but I had to be very insistent and it took three months . |
| 22 | B : I did n't say you did leave it in the car . |
| 23 | I know we did saw it in the fridge . |
| 24 | A short time before , estate agents ' men had put up a board to say that five houses were to be built — but they had erected it in the flower garden of the house instead of in the field as they had been instructed . |
| 25 | She implied that they had heard it in the shop and Tony said reassuringly , ‘ Do n't worry about it . |
| 26 | He had received it in the post almost a week ago , and the moment he read it his heart had frozen — he had actually felt himself go ice-cold . |
| 27 | The Verulamium report was to hand , as Maurice had included it in the School library . |
| 28 | Sue had designed it in the shape of a dove and the message read : ‘ How to give your MP the bird ’ . |
| 29 | President Carter had applied it in the form of an embargo on grain sales to the Soviet Union after the Christmas 1979 invasion of Afghanistan ; and it was to prove as ineffective as the Arab oil embargo . |
| 30 | He had done it in the street in front of everyone . |