Example sentences of "[prep] it [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Easton , the dislike of it made some policemen reluctant to attend certain sorts of incident where a great deal of paperwork could be expected ( such as road traffic accidents ) , although means of formal control usually ensured they responded in the end . |
| 2 | By attempting to create rules for the exercise of power , the people subject to it have some hope of being able to control it and to make it legitimate in their own eyes . |
| 3 | It was a number of weeks ago I had cause to sit on it to do some paperwork ; I then found out I was to be a father again . |
| 4 | Having pledged its support for the environment and the poor , there is mounting pressure for it to institutionalize some safeguards . |
| 5 | On the one hand , the local situation and knowledge about it encouraged some people to retire at the same time as they were made redundant . |