Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] it [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not sure why this quarter was called ‘ Chinese ’ except that perhaps its apartness from the regular secular and religious life of Salamanca made it seem like another country , and a far-off , exotic one at that . |
| 2 | Swindon made it count too . |
| 3 | I know for a fact she 's had her eye on my mother 's matinée jacket collection for years and when I once , in passing , said I wondered what happened to those old prosthetic devices in the estates of deceased senior citizens , Madge let it slip that she knew a way of turning a Zimmer frame into an attractive lamp ! ’ |
| 4 | Corbett let it drop as the trumpets brayed again and royal serjeants-at-arms , staves in their hands , moved into the hall and began to impose order . |
| 5 | It was yet another dig , and again Shiona felt it bruise her . |
| 6 | ‘ You got that sort of money ? ’ he said , ‘ even if Bert lets it go , he will want a pretty penny for it . |
| 7 | Trent let it go . |
| 8 | Mrs Geary made it sound a quite unorthodox request . |
| 9 | A miasma of despair rose from the cluster of black Workshops and Fenella felt it billow out and engulf them in its sick , cold desolation . |
| 10 | Chopra felt it happen . |
| 11 | Only when it was made into a glitzy film by Steven Spielberg did it become widely read and talked about outside feminist circles . |
| 12 | I found it interesting last night because of course my reaction to all that was imagine how Gillette did it matter ? |
| 13 | When sitting astride a conveyance that prefers hay to unleaded , you should remember that John Wayne made it look a lot easier than it is . |
| 14 | One such poem is by Wordsworth , where he repeats the old legend that if anyone approaches the Isle of Man to do it harm , a mist springs up and hides the Island . |
| 15 | right , Mr did it require his approval , as the , as it were officer in charge of brochures ? |
| 16 | To neither Pound nor Yeats did it seem that Virgil had much or anything to say about this matter which so preoccupied them . |
| 17 | However the wily old man gets his way , surreptitiously sabotaging the TARDIS to make it look like mechanical failure , and suggesting the city as the only source of repair . |
| 18 | For though the boat 's interior was a masterpiece of functional yet elegant design which created an impression of light , airy spaciousness , the very presence of Nathan Bryce made it feel cramped and claustrophobic . |
| 19 | But on the contrary Willie made it seem a prop of the work , like ripe thighs in a chorus girl or the swivel eye of Ben Turpin . |
| 20 | ‘ No bank would lend him the money but Harry made it work . ’ |
| 21 | Placing the egg in the palm of his right hand , Vic let it roll up his forearm and then jerked his elbow so that it was propelled into the air . |
| 22 | Miranda let it pass , though his assumption of a single owner rather riled her . |
| 23 | Sam let it drop , frowning . |
| 24 | The Namibian government has turned to South Africa to help it prevent illegal fishing in its territorial waters . |
| 25 | The US House of Representatives approved on March 10 a US$4,100 million emergency spending bill containing US$650 million in aid for Israel to help it meet expenses caused by the Gulf war . |
| 26 | Singapore may have to look to China to help it meet its labour needs in future . |
| 27 | Rosalba pressed her sister 's hand , and Caterina felt it dry and hot , clasped in hers . |
| 28 | Withel saw it arrive . |
| 29 | But not this last time cos Rose did it last time . |
| 30 | Francesca made it sound like someone who came to clean the telephone . |