Example sentences of "[vb past] it with [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mountain goat 's ancestry , as a member of the Bovid family , gave it a good start : it gave the animal the means of subsisting on the poor mountain vegetation , and it provided it with feet that could be adapted to moving around in the precipitous terrain . |
| 2 | ‘ The itinerary , ’ Mary Ann pronounced it with care . |
| 3 | She commanded Rune 's gaze briefly and dismissed it with disdain . |
| 4 | It flooded his head , charged it with recklessness and brought — he could feel it happening — a warm flush to his face . |
| 5 | One guide in 1861 ranked it with St Paul 's and Buckingham Palace and began its report : ‘ We are not a race of giants , but we enter on gigantic works . |
| 6 | Overthrow made from ticking , 130cm wide , £13.50/m , wire basket with candleholders , £21 ; all from The Conran Shop ; we painted the basket red , twined ivy around it and lined it with moss , before filling with fruit . |
| 7 | The Glovers approached it with apprehension , unused to such places . |
| 8 | McClellan 's own authority , Tottenham Public Libraries , used it with success , and in the local government reorganization of Greater London , Haringey adopted the system from them . |
| 9 | She used it with people who did n't know her very well . |
| 10 | I regarded it with distaste , decided that the rain would have washed it reasonably clean , then dragged it clear of the bog myrtle and looked around me for somewhere to dump it out of sight . |
| 11 | He regarded it with suspicion , as if afraid that it might suddenly sprout legs and run off . |
| 12 | We tried it with diesel no unleaded petrol we tried it with did n't work very well . |
| 13 | I think I 've made the right decision because Foyly scored two goals , and I do n't think you stop a player of his quality , I mean they tried it with George Best , they 've tried it with , you know Manfred Mann and they always do something special do n't they ? |
| 14 | ‘ We … we doused it with paraffin in the car … |
| 15 | ‘ That is Alain 's , ’ Marguerite said as Jenna inspected it with interest . |
| 16 | I ladled the curried object , whatever it was , on to a heap of saffron rice , smothered it with sauce , rolled up a chipathi and set to . |
| 17 | Highbury boss Graham said afterwards : ‘ He first picked up the injury against Nottingham Forest , then aggravated it with England and he 's aggravated it again . |
| 18 | Urging a review of the UK system , compared it with France where , although special support went to deprived regions , there was a wide range of financial incentives specially tailored to industrial programmes so a higher proportion went to businesses most likely to produce the best results . |
| 19 | Doctors at the paediatrics department of the University of Vienna heated samples of infant milk formula for 10 minutes in a microwave used for warming baby food and compared it with milk heated in a water bath to 80C . |
| 20 | They studied the development of germ cells in the ovaries of many fetal and neonatal mules and hinnies and compared it with development in the parental stocks . |
| 21 | Leonora received it with rapture . |
| 22 | Mum , he swapped it with Neil ! |
| 23 | He swapped it with Neil ! |
| 24 | He came across it raiding his fruit garden , unwisely wounded it with buckshot , and was chased up a tree for his trouble . |
| 25 | I only ever half-believed her , but she always told it with conviction . |
| 26 | Y'know I I drove the minibus with only somebody in with me before I drove it with people in it |
| 27 | Siegfried carefully lifted the thing , shook the milk from his fingers and studied it with interest . |
| 28 | Four Winds was built on rising ground on the northern outskirts of the city , and Merrill studied it with interest as she got out of her car . |
| 29 | It was certainly a Cheltenham to remember for Charlie and he recalled it with relish . |
| 30 | Without a word , he took the staff I 'd been using , drove it into the ground with his sledge hammer , secured it with guy ropes and tied a washing line for me from it to the Land Rover . |