Example sentences of "he [verb] [prep] it [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Different as his experience was from that of the curia , he found in it an ally far more than had Paul with his long curial background . |
| 2 | He drew from it the photograph of Elsie McAndrew that he had shown to Mrs Wilson in London . |
| 3 | One of these whipped back at him and as he caught at it a thorn drove into the fleshy pad of his finger . |
| 4 | But the shed at the side of the road had been unlocked , and when he peered into it the outline of the covered carriage he had been able to make out in the darkness promised adequate protection and a degree of comfort . |
| 5 | He says without it the war would have gone on for many more years . |
| 6 | He passes through it every time he rides to the old earth fort on the crest . |
| 7 | In The Silmarillion Tolkien played through once more the drama of ‘ paradise lost ’ ; but he added to it a hint of ‘ paradise well lost ’ ( for many of the elves preferred Middle-earth even to immortal life , like Arwen ) ; and through the story there runs a delight in mutability , as languages change and treasures pass from hand to hand ; the deepest fable is of beauty forged , stolen , and lost forever in recovery . |
| 8 | Another might be attracted to it because he sees in it the possibility of calendar reform . |
| 9 | He took from it a ten-shilling note which he placed on the tea-chest , smoothing out the folds to make it lie flat . |
| 10 | He thought about it a bit more and decided that home was the wrong word ; it was just the place where he lived . |
| 11 | Sir : I am sorry that John Torode ( 3 October ) found the Salman Rushdie seminar ‘ dispiriting ’ , and even more sorry that he perceives in it the birth of a ‘ dangerously illiberal orthodoxy ’ . |
| 12 | But er he went on it a couple of times could n't did n't like . |
| 13 | A large hand smacked into his mouth and although he bit at it the thumb was forced like a gag between his teeth . |
| 14 | He stared at it a while , feeling hollow , emptied of all feeling , then looked away sharply , bitter with himself . |
| 15 | He stared at it a moment , then handed it across to Karr . |
| 16 | He stared at it a moment , then looked up at her . |
| 17 | He spoke of it a lot that evening : not to bring home to her all he 'd done but rather because it 'd been perhaps the biggest single event in his ( now rather dull ) life . |