Example sentences of "[prep] it [vb past] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The front of it had oak beams and curved glass in the shape of a Wurlitzer jukebox . |
| 2 | The moon , the mountains , the man — himself — standing there in the darkness : none of it made sense to him . |
| 3 | None of it made sense . |
| 4 | Abundance of it represented laughter and joy ; scarcity represented suffering and even death . |
| 5 | The diversity of material was due to the fact that much of it came courtesy of local mill-owners . |
| 6 | On 9 October , 1957 the atomic pile of No. 1 Reactor at Windscale in Cumberland , north-west England , began to overheat and part of it caught fire . |
| 7 | Unfortunately Mrs Buckley could n't sing a note in tune ; her throat sounded like it had gravel down it . |
| 8 | It had been advocated countless times , but prejudice against it held sway , and it was argued that identifying players would pander to their individual egos . |
| 9 | When it was transferred last year with it went pilot line supremo on a three-year secondment . |
| 10 | But the national church organization , which the papacy had encouraged , brought with it lay investiture , the giving to the bishop of the ring and staff and the performance of homage to the ruler . |
| 11 | The EOC reports that it was apparent that the Society 's mobility requirement and a candidate 's ability to comply with it gave rise to both direct and indirect discrimination . |
| 12 | Fortunately , the German spirit that found expression in the Reformation , and with it gave rise to the first German music , has never yet fully lost itself in the dominant Alexandrianism . |
| 13 | As so often , this greater freedom brings with it increased responsibility ; the choice of how much to smooth will depend on judgement and needs . |
| 14 | The most frequently quoted definition of non-natural user is that given by the Judicial Committee in Rickards v. Lothian , ‘ It must be some special use bringing with it increased danger to others and must not merely be the ordinary use of the land or such a use as is proper for the general benefit of the community . ’ |
| 15 | In this process , the tentacles serve another and important function , for the water brings with it dissolved oxygen which Lingula needs in order to respire . |
| 16 | Affection bringing with it devoted support , brought success from a role undertaken reluctantly . |
| 17 | The beginning of civilisation was almost certainly a mental development which came long before it affected man 's physical abilities , and it could well have been the moment when for the first time , a primitive creature found that he could override and control the instinctive urge to act , which up to that time would have been the only source of motivation . |
| 18 | Joe Kennedy , a Democratic member of the House , is crafting a resolution that would commit America to exhaust sanctions before it used force in the Gulf — and suggests that sanctions should run for at least six months from the passing of the resolution . |
| 19 | The company was engaged in a delicate balancing act ; it could not afford first-rate machinery or transport until it had expanded , but it could not expand ( as a wholesaler at least ) until it improved quality through more sophisticated machinery . |
| 20 | If successful a place in the ‘ A ’ stream was guaranteed and beyond it lay grammar school and perhaps college or university . |
| 21 | The empire was the natural home of Christianity ; beyond it lay barbarity , all that was un-Roman and uncivilized . |
| 22 | The desire was pulsing in her veins , but beyond it lay emotion , such dark , intense emotion , and she knew the fight was over . |
| 23 | ‘ Mankind has always been alone , ever since it left Earth , millennia ago . |
| 24 | One of them she was not prepared to reveal , since it concerned Fen himself . |
| 25 | Picasso himself , on the other hand , said that he became familiar with negro art only after having painted the Demoiselles , and that his introduction to it took place in the Trocadero . |
| 26 | On hearing ‘ Go to it Rose Section — go to it ’ I decided it was Rose Section although the section was too far off to be identified definitely . |
| 27 | Everything about it exceeded expectation , though one of the things that struck him was that while the fairways are wide , the hitting area is in fact very narrow if there is to be a chance of attacking the flagsticks . |
| 28 | In the nations around it marked admission to adult status in the tribe . |