Example sentences of "he [verb] [prep] it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the post of Missioner at Warrington became vacant , he applied for it at the age of 38 , and he remained at Warrington until his retirement thirty years later . |
| 2 | The report on the projected sales for the next quarter , he asked for it at the last meeting , it 's okay . |
| 3 | Sometimes Gabriel 's ghost was so physical , so vivid , that Lee would almost cry out to Larry to warn him as he moved through it between the kitchen and the living-room or walked over it as Gabriel lay on the carpet in front of the television . |
| 4 | Throughout the book he referred to it as the monster or used another word which expressed his hatred for it . |
| 5 | The Archbishop arrived in Munich between performances of La finta giardiniera , and although he was not to hear the work himself , he learnt about it from the Elector and his family : |
| 6 | When he returned to it from the telephone box outside , it was unoccupied . |
| 7 | He took to it like the proverbial fish to water . |
| 8 | Seb 's apparent resignation to the fact that Anna was to marry Nahum did nothing to ease the pain he felt whenever he thought about it during the next few days . |
| 9 | He thought about it over the weekend and accepted . |
| 10 | He feels for it on the roof . |
| 11 | Luke emphasised the insult by letting his gaze roam insolently over her robe , just as if he saw through it to the single garment she still had on underneath . |
| 12 | His back thudded against the wall and he scraped along it towards the door , still giddy with fear . |
| 13 | He sat on it with the two little girls and gave them a big smile . |