Example sentences of "[verb] it in [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You wo n't know it in 2000 |
| 2 | He drew it in 1914 when he was an art student in Munich . |
| 3 | Explosions of some sort were almost unavoidable if the principle of nationality was to be extended beyond the states which embodied it in 1880 . |
| 4 | ‘ A never-never land of material values expressed in terms of gorgeous living , a plethora of high-powered cars and revolvers ’ , as A. E. Morgan described it in 1939 , ‘ of unbridled desire , of love crudely sentimental or fleshly , of vast possessions , of ruthless acquisition , of reckless violence ’ . |
| 5 | In spite of its brilliant career , the society 's delay in giving it an award of merit and a first-class certificate indicates unusual prudence , for ‘ the Château Yquem of apples ’ , as E. A. Bunyard described it in 1929 , did not receive these confirmations of its quality until 1962 . |
| 6 | A writer called Thomas Carlyle described it in 1824 as ‘ A frightful scene … a dense cloud of pestilential smoke hangs over it forever … and at night the whole region becomes like a volcano spitting fire from a thousand tubes of brick . ’ |
| 7 | It was first discovered by Gallard in 1884 , but credit has been given to Dieulafoy who described it in 1889 . |
| 8 | On 13 October , the Leader of the Opposition described it in three different ways — which is typical of him . |
| 9 | When the botanical writer John Worlidge described it in 1676 , he called the fruit ananas , a Brazilian dialect word , but went on to call it a ‘ fruit like a pineapple but much bigger ’ . |
| 10 | After having amassed around 200 hours on the Corsair since purchasing it in 1982 , the novelty of flying this beast has not diminished : ‘ Today I feel that every flight in the Corsair is as exciting as the first , mainly because with the Corsair you can not afford to be complacent , as the aircraft will sometimes bite back , so I have to be alert all the time while I am flying ’ . |
| 11 | Martial law , in force since the Feb. 23 military coup [ see p. 38003-04 ] , was lifted in most areas of the country on May 3 , although the interim government retained it in 21 sensitive border provinces and districts . |
| 12 | Prudential has poured more than $1 billion into Pru-Bache since acquiring it in 1981 . |
| 13 | Epstein had one of the most important collections of African and Oceanic sculpture ever assembled in this country and introduced a number of contemporaries to non-European art ; most recent scholarship puts the beginning of his collecting activity in 1912 when it is documented but Gardiner places it in 1904 , ( i.e. before Derain and Picasso ) when Epstein was a penniless student in Paris . |
| 14 | I blame both local councillors in Scotland and Scottish Members of Parliament , from both sides of the House , who were stupid enough to allow revaluation in Scotland to continue after the English stopped it in 1973 . |
| 15 | If y you know if you 're content to , to pocket five hundred pounds , they 'll never be able to discover it in fifteen thousand . |
| 16 | The plants are trained up a string which is zig-zagged up and down to train it in one place . |
| 17 | Here are some examples : What if you … used triangular paper ? tried it in three dimensions ? plotted a graph ? tried a simple case first ? shared your results with someone else ? tried fractions or decimals or negative numbers ? |
| 18 | Flip the lid and down it in one , like an oyster . |
| 19 | HE LOOKED for the second picture , found it in one glance , and the blood shot hot to his heart . |
| 20 | Er I du n no , I just found it in one of my |
| 21 | The project will prepare the conceptual and methodological basis for a longer-term enquiry into such issues and test it in one or more pilot studies . |
| 22 | When Pennant visited it in 1772 there were three farmers living in it with their stock and crops and at times in the summer months as many as twelve families were known to stay in it at once and it was the headquarters of those employed in the manufacture ( if kelp . |
| 23 | When Josiah Wedgwood visited it in 1773 it had ‘ the appearance of a considerable Seaport town . |
| 24 | They have a grave in Golders Green : I visited it in 1947 , a fortnight before my wedding . |
| 25 | Ruskin reviewed it in 1869 , saying that " it is the work of a poet inspired by the work of a poet ; not a copy , but a reproduction ; not a translation but the redelivery of a poetic inspiration . " |
| 26 | The well-equipped organ has two manuals and was built by T. Hopkins and Sons of York who installed it in 1910 ; the air was pumped by hand until 1950 when an electric blower was installed . |
| 27 | We have to tackle it in two directions , and I think that education is going to be incredibly important in terms of trying to create a more appropriate atmosphere in the colleges , you know , because at the end of the day that 's where people spend an enormous amount of their time . |
| 28 | ‘ Grundy picked up the series after Channel 7 dropped it in 1985 . |
| 29 | I I 've got to say that it 's somebody that 's got a personal project that has done it in one force ai n't it . |
| 30 | We made the journey in three days ; we could have done it in two but we chose not to . |