Example sentences of "he [vb past] it in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He buried it in the back garden , near the fence , overlooking the park that overlooks the city of which his father was so proud . |
| 2 | He paid it in the same spirit that he washed himself-obsessively . |
| 3 | He turned the car , his hands moving swiftly and expertly as he manoeuvred it in the narrow lane . |
| 4 | His speech goes back into a relaxed drawl , eyebrows half-cocked this time , and a mischievous glint makes the instigator of this flash of temper wonder whether he meant it in the first place . |
| 5 | He bought it in the Swinging Sixties and had never worn it . |
| 6 | He did it in the classic manner , by pitching the ball well up and bowling very , very quickly , and the fact that he needed help from his colleagues for only two of those wickets shows just how accurate he was . |
| 7 | It was for Couples , already top of the world rankings , his first major championship and he did it in the same accomplished manner that has already marked two earlier victories on the American tour . |
| 8 | In 1968 the Government introduced the Newspaper Ordnance ( Amendment ) Bill , which empowered the president to order a newspaper to cease publication when he considered it in the public interest to do so . |