Example sentences of "[vb past] it [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | When Dixie Dean was on holiday in Ayr , he noticed that a professional sprint was to be held and entered it as an outsider and won ; he thereby not only demonstrated the outstanding athletic abilities of top footballers ( Matthews was also a fine athlete ) , but underlined the survival of the old pedestrian traditions at the new resorts catering for working-class holiday-makers . |
| 2 | It was an old town , its wealth based on brewing before the Second World War came along and transformed it into a steel and munitions centre . |
| 3 | The ‘ industrialization ’ of the press ( see also pp. 67 — 78 ) transformed it into a commodity and an industrial product . |
| 4 | A sky-blue bus lumbered past , then they shot out on to the curving mountain road behind it , and a second later overtook it with a roar that must have terrified the already nervous passengers , as the buses always drove maniacally around these bends , desperate to stick to their schedule right down to the last fraction of a second . |
| 5 | Ellen caught it in a towel and put it out and went back to sleep . |
| 6 | He swung the metal bucket he was carrying in an arc and crashed it against a wall and he stood shaking with horror at himself . |
| 7 | Already I 've heard aghast whispers about the details of the Milwaukee cannibal : ‘ Do you know , ’ they hiss in your ear , ‘ he cut out one chap 's bicep , fried it on a griddle and ate it for his breakfast ? ’ |
| 8 | The 1865 Salon did exhibit Manet 's Olympia but quickly moved it to a place that made viewing almost impossible for the public . |
| 9 | I bumped it against a door-frame when the earthquake started this morning and I lost my balance . ’ |
| 10 | One fire engine was damaged as crews used it as a barrier while they tried to extinguish the fire in the building 's upper floor and roof . |
| 11 | He tried it with a pig but the pig just pissed everywhere , he was n't having it . ’ |
| 12 | The 17th is a par-5 of 500 yards or more , but Tom reduced it to a drive and a sand-iron ! |
| 13 | We drilled a small hole in the bracket and secured it with a nut and bolt to the front panel . |
| 14 | ‘ David played it at a soundcheck and when I asked him if it was about Shaun he just smiled and then denied it . |
| 15 | Opening her case , she took out a syringe and filled it with a heart and respiratory stimulant . |
| 16 | The Teifi Valley Sports and Leisure Centre Management Committee is a group which renovated a disused woollen mill and turned it into a sports and leisure centre . |
| 17 | In fact , any other time it would probably have terrified her , now she rather welcomed it as a sign that life was normal after all . |
| 18 | He shook it for a while until it gurgled and moved its head weakly . |
| 19 | Duke reckoned it at a mile and three-quarters ; the most conservative estimates put it at over a mile . |
| 20 | I 'd forgotten to fetch something to put my hair up with , and so I brushed it into a ponytail and held it in place with a pair of knickers from the airing cupboard , which I twisted round and used like a scrunchie . |
| 21 | But instead of making the pudding with stale bread and milk , Kevin and Tabitha used fresh bread and cream , cooked it in ramekin dishes and served it with a whisky and honey cream , which would be a new experience for anyone . |
| 22 | Again , he was deeply drawn to it , he loved it like a woman and wore it at his side . |
| 23 | They recorded information on the circumstances of the death and the symptoms and signs that preceded it on a form that included both an open history of the final illness and screening questions for the presence of common symptoms , followed by the application of appropriate modules with precoded answers . |
| 24 | Apparently this new method had been tried out down south and it seemed ideal for the temperamental Orkney climate because you harvested when it was green and then you put it in a pit and packed it with a tractor and then you left it until it turned black and rotted and then you cut it up in chunks and fed it to the cattle . |
| 25 | If you was greedy and went for a shilling you lost it after a week or two you see ? |
| 26 | But she was still smiling at me , so I just tied it in a knot and left it . |
| 27 | I watched it for a day or two , then they sent me out of that part of the house , because they knew I was watching what went on . |
| 28 | She watched it for a while until the ball came rather close . |
| 29 | And the thing that was said a lot was a Slippery Elm stick , well I still do n't really know what it was but er it was a kind of a s , bark of the Slippery Elms , a Slippery Elm bark or something and they sharpened it to a point and inserted that into the womb you see and it was done , and then of course I heard a lot about gin , sitting in a hot bath with gin . |
| 30 | The main problem with this miracle is the question of whether or not Mark meant it as a healing or a raising from the dead miracle . |