Example sentences of "[vb pp] it [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nonetheless , the authoritarian nature of the regime has won it many enemies both inside and outside the country , creating an atmosphere of suspicion and intrigue amongst the educated elite . |
| 2 | Yet its conversion to studios , workshops , flats and a drama school has won it several awards . |
| 3 | She had discarded it several years ago , as being much fuller than she really liked , but everything came into its own , she reflected , for every article purchased she took pride in finding an eventual use . |
| 4 | He had done it many times before . |
| 5 | For swiftly , and with such adroitness that Fabia felt he must have done it many times before , in no time , and before she could blink , Lubor had caught her in his arms . |
| 6 | I 've done it many times , and they 're wondering who they 're speaking to , is it the press , or is it some private number they 've got instead . |
| 7 | The clock chimed in the hall : it must have done it several times but I had n't heard . |
| 8 | By the time she had done it several times , and copied out the postscript , and redone the drawing , it sounded false to her and she lost her nerve completely . |
| 9 | He had said it several times before and we had stopped believing him . |
| 10 | As the House knows , because I have said it several times in business questions , my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has said that the establishment of a Northern Ireland Select Committee is best taken forward in the context of the fresh political talks . |
| 11 | The ticket collector had seen it many times and would see it many times more before the railways returned to normal . |
| 12 | He 'd seen it many times . |
| 13 | I think there must be because I 've seen it several times now and just in , in , you know |
| 14 | Research by London Weekend Television , however , has shown that light ITV viewers , who can be expected to see a given commercial very few times , are just as likely to recognize it as those who should have seen it several times . |
| 15 | His code was no problem ; had n't she seen it enough times anyway when he powered up the network ? |
| 16 | Dutifully she and Luke followed Anna and Sam through the house ; they discovered that they had both visited it several times in the past . |
| 17 | She says she likes Cheltenham , she 's visited it several times . |
| 18 | I had noticed it several times since I left the Monogram Building . |
| 19 | She was n't at all sure she wanted to be shown this short-cut through the woods , although Isabelle must have used it many times , when she was living at Les Hiboux and working at the château . |
| 20 | For men have always had it both ways : the begetting and the travail ( the travail which , as ‘ work ’ belongs to culture , but which as bearing and ‘ labour ’ belongs to nature ) ; the genius and the work ( the genius which is itself both passive possession and authoritative production ) , the penis and the womb . |
| 21 | Sleepless in Scotland she had walked it many times in her mind . |
| 22 | When you 've hit it enough times it 'll die and leave an extra weapon potion and some bird seed . |
| 23 | Thank you very much , you 've copped it both ends Mr |
| 24 | Heard Island , comparatively tiny , has little open ground and a smaller range of habitats ; comparative remoteness has presumably given it fewer opportunities to acquire a flora . |
| 25 | that 's it , how are you turning round when I 've got you strapped in ? , are you , I 've fastened it both sides |
| 26 | She knew this hedge well , having jumped it both ways innumerable times . |
| 27 | I 've heard it many times before . |
| 28 | We 've discussed it many times , Enid . |
| 29 | Having tried it both ways , I am more comfortable with the single act approach , and in the history of rock management , that has generally been the most successful route . |
| 30 | Sarah has tried it both ways . |