Example sentences of "who [vb past] [verb] it [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | By and large , the more important a command ( importance being judged by the size of territorial authority , or , more appropriately in time of peace , by the numbers of men involved ) the more likely it was to be given to a man who had achieved it as a result of attendance at court . |
| 2 | Her dress had been made by a local dressmaker who had made it with a deep frill of black satin round the neck . |
| 3 | In 1987 the role of Lord Mayor was taken by Richard Horner , a local butcher , who had done it for a few years . |
| 4 | That table sold to dealer Meg Caldwell ( who had spotted it in a photograph of Gibson 's library in Artistic Houses , the great 1883 photographic compendium of notable American interiors of the day ) . |
| 5 | Similarly it would be stated in the estate agents ' particulars whether permission had been granted for a house which is up for sale to be sold to someone who wanted to use it as a second home . |
| 6 | Tolerated once again under President Anwar Sadat , who wanted to use it as a counterweight to the left , the Brotherhood had been prevented from operating openly by a clause in the Constitution which prohibited the recognition of political parties based on religion . |
| 7 | The man who wanted to do it with a cigarette in his mouth . |