Example sentences of "[prep] it [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sound of it brought Silas into the shearers ' quarters . |
| 2 | The front of it had oak beams and curved glass in the shape of a Wurlitzer jukebox . |
| 3 | In the ninth century , one poet praised its beauty , while another drowned in it ; salt-traders and vintners plied it as a matter of routine ; nobles and religious communities with estates on both sides of it had boats ready for regular crossings and landing-stages where their men could send off surplus produce for sale and unload imports for their masters ' consumption ; Vikings contemplated arduous upstream journeys , but quick getaways ; Charles the Bald , worried over strategic problems , planned the river 's blocking , and policing , and also exploited the symbolic possibilities of meetings at Orléans , Fleury , Cosne , Meung , Pouilly to which nobles must come from Aquitaine by crossing the river while Charles himself received his visitors on the Frankish side . |
| 4 | There was a terrible resignation about it and a patience , and the pity of it slammed Taliesin at the base of his throat . |
| 5 | The moon , the mountains , the man — himself — standing there in the darkness : none of it made sense to him . |
| 6 | None of it made sense . |
| 7 | Holly and ivy , the green leaves of winter … the thought of it made Tallis sing the carol , and Wynne-Jones joined in , adding his cracking voice to the melancholy memory of Christmas festivity . |
| 8 | The size of the camp when they came in sight of it made Rostov 's eyes widen with surprise . |
| 9 | Abundance of it represented laughter and joy ; scarcity represented suffering and even death . |
| 10 | The diversity of material was due to the fact that much of it came courtesy of local mill-owners . |
| 11 | And although Big Flame was never an ‘ entryist ’ party-within-a-party , like some of the Trotskyite groups , including Militant Tendency , everyone who had been part of it remained friends . |
| 12 | The deliberate cruelty of it gave Theda the strength she needed . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Most of it happened thanks to tireless negotiations with opera houses , TV crews and recording companies in the west , but it has not so far turned out to be anything like a pact with the devil . |
| 15 | The sight of it snapped Marie out of her dreamworld . |
| 16 | The house was beautiful and the sight of it silenced Jenna utterly . |
| 17 | If the lightning had struck me like it had Ben , it would have meant no hope for me . |
| 18 | Unfortunately Mrs Buckley could n't sing a note in tune ; her throat sounded like it had gravel down it . |
| 19 | It will probably haunt me like it did Walter Winterbottom when he lost to the States in 1950 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | When it was transferred last year with it went pilot line supremo on a three-year secondment . |
| 22 | They won a penalty just after half-time when Martin Ling was pulled down , but Craig Maskell threw the kick away and with it went Swindon 's chances . |
| 23 | Offers from the new paper that Central students help with It left Marchbank unmoved . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | With it came strings of skin , leaving Zulei 's skull pitted with the strip-mines of her disease . |
| 26 | Brandy arrived and with it came Mary , carrying a wrap , aromatic salts and a fan , ready for any eventuality . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | As so often , this greater freedom brings with it increased responsibility ; the choice of how much to smooth will depend on judgement and needs . |
| 30 | 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 . ’ |