Example sentences of "[prep] it [verb] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | This did not in fact happen , but the earlier suggestion of it kept some of the wealthier clients on tap . |
| 2 | In Easton , the dislike of it made some policemen reluctant to attend certain sorts of incident where a great deal of paperwork could be expected ( such as road traffic accidents ) , although means of formal control usually ensured they responded in the end . |
| 3 | And some masticate earth with saliva to produce a cement that sets as hard as rock and with it build some of the most magnificent and complex mansions to be found anywhere on earth except for those made by mankind . |
| 4 | But its brightness was dimming quickly and its shafts withdrawing from the near buildings and then further and further away across the roofs , so that she ran out into it to catch some before it should go beyond her reach . |
| 5 | By attempting to create rules for the exercise of power , the people subject to it have some hope of being able to control it and to make it legitimate in their own eyes . |
| 6 | It was a number of weeks ago I had cause to sit on it to do some paperwork ; I then found out I was to be a father again . |
| 7 | Having pledged its support for the environment and the poor , there is mounting pressure for it to institutionalize some safeguards . |
| 8 | The Scheme and the debates about it highlight some of the long-standing tensions in English educational policy . |
| 9 | On the one hand , the local situation and knowledge about it encouraged some people to retire at the same time as they were made redundant . |
| 10 | Happily there was some friendly cloud ; this time I went right through it to regain some horizontal reference , then bob in and out of the cloud until Jock had repaired the damage , I stayed near the cloud base just in case we were jumped again . |
| 11 | And all around it rise some of the most shapely and challenging mountains in Europe : Ushba , Schkelda , Dykhtau , Koshtan Tau , the great block of Dongus Orun and countless others crying out for attention . |