Example sentences of "he [vb past] it [verb] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Straight away though , despite the technical wizardry of the medium , he found it had its limitations .
2 He opened it shaking his head .
3 And he heard the shadow speak as it moved , and tentatively , questioningly , he heard it speak his name
4 He saw it break its flight over a dell between the dunes , soar vertically and then head off at an angle .
5 In his mind 's eye he saw it boring its way into the earth , down , down , until it reached his brother 's face .
6 , Jewish and proud of it , and South African by origin , was an iconoclast in the limited sense that he saw it has his duty within the government and outside to tell people , officials and politicians when he considered that they were wrong .
7 Switching off the torch , he pocketed it to leave his hands clear for handling his gun .
8 I do n't like being called sir , and the way he said it made my flesh grue .
9 He said it missed her head by inches , while they watched election coverage on television last night .
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