Example sentences of "[vb pp] it the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Birmingham 's lively musical scene has won it the title ‘ UK City of Music 1992 ’ in the Arts Council 's Arts 2000 scheme linking a different city or region with a particular art form each year to the year 2000 . |
| 2 | Birmingham 's lively and varied musical scene has won it the title ‘ UK City of Music 1992 . ’ |
| 3 | Its size and distinctive black and white markings have earned it the title of panda of the dolphin world , which portrays its lovable , almost cuddly qualities . |
| 4 | The beauty of its setting and its predominantly stone buildings , allied with its intellectual traditions , have justly earned it the title of ‘ Athens of the North ’ . |
| 5 | It is a handsome plant , one of the tallest of the umbelliferous herbs , with a strong distinctive , celery-like flavour which has earned it the name of the " Maggi " herb in Italy . |
| 6 | Its contributions to the International Fund have earned it the right to find out how the money is spent and what the prospects are , in political and economic terms . |
| 7 | I do n't make any apologies for that , and maybe it is going over the old ground , but unless we do it , unless we try to do it , if we 've done it the way before been and it has n't produced what we , what we want , then surely it 's not for us to sit back and say , ‘ Well , it 's been through that and it has n't worked ’ , surely we ought to try again , and that 's what I hope to be doing , sort of value your support and see you . |
| 8 | She 'd done it the night before when she 'd tried to get hold of Jessica , but Aunt Jane had turned the radio up so loudly ( to make it nice and private for her niece ) that she 'd hardly been able to decipher Mrs Roberts ' apology for her daughter 's absence . |
| 9 | Bath had felt it the week before but they had the experience and strength to overcome it . |
| 10 | When he came to , the doctor who performed it admitted to Dustin that he might have choked to death had he undergone it the night before . |
| 11 | The previous week she had posted it on Tuesday , having written it the day after Effie 's death in a white heat of sorrow and indignation . |
| 12 | In the suspended moment Jess saw a long strand of cobweb stretching from window to floor , flecks of dust spinning in a shaft of sunlight , her petticoat in a ball against a pile of hay , the filthy shirt on the nail where she 'd hung it the night before . |
| 13 | It was hanging on the wall in the sitting-room but she had n't seen it the night before . |
| 14 | The security man swung open the door to the boardroom where the party had taken place and switched on the lights , revealing the room as Blanche and Dexter had last seen it the day after the killing . |
| 15 | A tribute to the horse and people who 've made it the home of National Hunt racing . |
| 16 | The sheer scale of the service sector has made it the focus for attack by the proponents of the de-industrialisation thesis . |
| 17 | He 'd noticed it the night before . |
| 18 | She wondered about the bruise on his cheek : she had noticed it the evening before when he came back from his Tuesday round . |
| 19 | Of course , Delia Sutherland had personalised it the way women do , in her case with a trace of dog . |
| 20 | He who shall find his field , or his vineyard , or his garden , desert , let him incontinently enter thereon ; and he who shall find his husbanded , let him pay him that hath cultivated it the cost of his labour , and of the seed which he hath sown therein , and remain with his heritage , according to the law of the Moors . |
| 21 | Because you 've now got it the way you want it . |
| 22 | And I 'm thinking work on your , work on your hard drive and when you 've got it the way you want it and when you 've got it the way you want it save it to the floppy and |
| 23 | And I 'm thinking work on your , work on your hard drive and when you 've got it the way you want it and when you 've got it the way you want it save it to the floppy and |
| 24 | that 's right he 's still got it the bloke has , yeah . |
| 25 | You could have called it the year of their persecution : |
| 26 | They 've called it the Fellowship of Christian Spiritualists of 24 Stranraer Gardens , and they have a lot of fun , singing and dancing and playing the tambourine in the back room downstairs . |
| 27 | Horne had first made his name on radio in the days when most people still called it the wireless — on another wartime show which supposedly told everything you ever wanted to know about an RAF station . |
| 28 | Jonas called it the family-room , where there were plenty of comfortable chairs and couches and it did n't matter if you put your feet up . |
| 29 | The ancients called it the God of the Underworld . |
| 30 | He 's actually called it the Gazette so we do n't know if it 's political |