Example sentences of "an [noun] [to-vb] it [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | He had taken the Thompson with him for a practical demonstration and afterwards had not had an opportunity to exchange it for the army 's normal issue Sterling gun . |
2 | For centuries therefore , statute has placed a limit on the time after which a claimant to an interest in land may bring an action to establish it in the face of the possession of another person holding under a later title … |
3 | This chapter is an account of the process and is an attempt to see it from the family 's perspective . |
4 | ‘ During the time we had the picture in our possession , in an attempt to keep it off the international art market we consulted the criminal police , and attempted to put the picture on the index of important works of art which can not leave Germany . |
5 | Henry VIII was horrified by what he understood of Luther 's theology , and , in an attempt to rebut it during the early 1520s , he wrote with the help of a number of court scholars the theological tract The Assertion of the Seven Sacraments , for which he was rewarded by the pope with the title ‘ Defender of the Faith ’ . |
6 | It is a fixed asset as there is an intention to use it in the business . |
7 | It is a fixed asset as there is an intention to use it in the business . |
8 | It is a fixed asset as there is an intention to use it in the business . |
9 | It is a fixed asset as there is an intention to use it in the business . |
10 | It is a fixed asset as there is an intention to use it in the business . |
11 | By April 1924 the head of every firm involved had received from Buckingham Palace a signed letter in Queen Mary 's own hand describing the Dolls ' House as ‘ the most perfect present that anyone could receive ’ , and an invitation to visit it at the Palace of Arts . |
12 | It could be worse — you could live in the US where a would-be president must prove to be an Olympiad to make it to the White House . |