Example sentences of "[verb] it [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nonetheless , the authoritarian nature of the regime has won it many enemies both inside and outside the country , creating an atmosphere of suspicion and intrigue amongst the educated elite . |
| 2 | Yet its conversion to studios , workshops , flats and a drama school has won it several awards . |
| 3 | She had discarded it several years ago , as being much fuller than she really liked , but everything came into its own , she reflected , for every article purchased she took pride in finding an eventual use . |
| 4 | It did n't win it any friends in the Sun Microsystems Inc camp , where they could stand a few friends . |
| 5 | ‘ You 'd better buy it some flowers . |
| 6 | The same effect can be obtained by filling the pool with water and emptying it several times over a period of two or three weeks . |
| 7 | " Take a good piece of veal , about three pounds in weight , brown it both sides in butter . |
| 8 | Since this shot occurs in two different scenes , maybe he tried it both ways , but it looks the same in each , tough repeated inspection fails to disclose conclusively which of the two possibilities it actually is . |
| 9 | they want it both sides of the coin do n't they ? |
| 10 | Matisse comes at the end of a tradition of Renaissance illusionism and volumetric painting which is irrevocably shifting into something different and he wants it both ways , just as Giotto wanted it both ways . |
| 11 | He had done it many times before . |
| 12 | For swiftly , and with such adroitness that Fabia felt he must have done it many times before , in no time , and before she could blink , Lubor had caught her in his arms . |
| 13 | I 've done it many times , and they 're wondering who they 're speaking to , is it the press , or is it some private number they 've got instead . |
| 14 | The clock chimed in the hall : it must have done it several times but I had n't heard . |
| 15 | By the time she had done it several times , and copied out the postscript , and redone the drawing , it sounded false to her and she lost her nerve completely . |
| 16 | I mean f I d I doubt whether firms would do it these days eh ? |
| 17 | There 's a lot that do n't do it these days ! |
| 18 | How would you do it these days ? |
| 19 | She lifted her head and banged it several times on the floor . |
| 20 | He had said it several times before and we had stopped believing him . |
| 21 | As the House knows , because I have said it several times in business questions , my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has said that the establishment of a Northern Ireland Select Committee is best taken forward in the context of the fresh political talks . |
| 22 | The ticket collector had seen it many times and would see it many times more before the railways returned to normal . |
| 23 | He 'd seen it many times . |
| 24 | I think there must be because I 've seen it several times now and just in , in , you know |
| 25 | Research by London Weekend Television , however , has shown that light ITV viewers , who can be expected to see a given commercial very few times , are just as likely to recognize it as those who should have seen it several times . |
| 26 | His code was no problem ; had n't she seen it enough times anyway when he powered up the network ? |
| 27 | I practised it enough times in the car coming here , ’ Whitlock replied with a grin . |
| 28 | Dutifully she and Luke followed Anna and Sam through the house ; they discovered that they had both visited it several times in the past . |
| 29 | She says she likes Cheltenham , she 's visited it several times . |
| 30 | I had noticed it several times since I left the Monogram Building . |