Example sentences of "they [vb past] it [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 With some , like Tony Jacklin or Susan Hampshire , it is perfectly obvious they got it through hard work in their particular calling .
2 No , the council 's took it over , they sold it to this bloke .
3 But what is really relevant is to state that against Ireland they played absolutely the right sort of game and they played it with utter conviction and quite brilliant execution .
4 And they told it without on-screen questioning , though the programme is skilfully structured to give it a coherence it might have lacked .
5 The Mitchells were granted permission to burn charcoal from coppiced timber at Hangman 's Wood if they returned it to this state of management .
6 So they achieved it in one state and then they moved on to another and started a whole new campaign .
7 And they did it for 20-year-old centre-half Darren Salton , who is still in a coma and on a life support machine after Thursday 's road crash in which Paul Telfer was also injured .
8 They did it with such tenderness that I gained new strength from their friendship , suddenly seeing the value in continuing , if only to deepen that shared bond .
9 Cos erm they gave it to this woman and the woman gave it to me .
10 yes tiny little place , and it was , it was n't totally satisfactory initially in that they erm , they left it with some sort of erm cock up , I could n't wind it up , there was something wrong with the crown click , or something of the sort , when I got it back , so I had to take it back again , but otherwise they seemed to be people who are well aware of watches in the best sense and eh , he said this is a an excellent movement and eh far better than the ones I normally see .
11 but that , as I say for England and France erm they closed it for some reason
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