Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [to-vb] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | LIKE BEAUTY , tawdriness is in the eye of the beholder , and on their country 's 40th birthday East Germans tend to see it through the cruelly unblinking eyes of thoroughly Westernised consumers . |
| 2 | In 1336 , as on earlier occasions , a tax of 20s a sack had been agreed by an assembly of merchants , and in 1338 the merchants agreed to increase it to 40s . |
| 3 | Dr Michael Dingle 's surgery is on the third floor , reached by an impossibly small lift ( Kenneth has to do it in two trips ) . |
| 4 | The question was one of site , and the Health chairman proposed to build it near Huaiwiri , the small outlying Mannaia oasis close to the route of the new road destined to link Kufra to the Mediterranean ; also close to Hawari , the larger Jlulat oasis . |
| 5 | When the heroin shows up in the flour , Gary wants to return it to the mob . |
| 6 | Ben Nevis really needs no introduction , and as most walkers intend to climb it at some point it 's worthy of inclusion . |
| 7 | Mrs Hawkins agreed to put it into practice after an appeal to the public . |
| 8 | The defendant then made an agreement with the plaintiffs in which ‘ in consideration that the plaintiffs , at the request of the defendant , would deliver to the defendant ’ the cargo of coal , the defendant promised to unload it at a stated rate . |
| 9 | Er well we always start from what does the operator of this aircraft want to use it for . |
| 10 | ‘ We were a bit shocked when the fire brigade arrived to cover it in foam . ’ |
| 11 | But is Bigwig going to see it like that ? " |
| 12 | Historical knowledge is in the end indivisible , even if the multiplication of specialisms seem to subdivide it into separate spheres . |
| 13 | Flooring : Pastelle 100 per cent nylon carpet from the Shades of White range is treated with Stainmaster finish to protect it against spills and stains . |
| 14 | Besides , some heads like to lord it over local parents — particularly over the pushy ones . |
| 15 | Without specifying whether the state would grant the Roman Catholic Church legal recognition , Salinas undertook to promote it to a " new legal position " . |
| 16 | Handed over in 1939 by Its owners In response to an advertisement in The Times , Youth Allyah decided to use it as a transit camp for refugee children who were waiting for permanent hachshara . |
| 17 | Still tied together with the strands of wool we moved towards the fence intending to drape it on the wire . |
| 18 | Financial problems aside , the company had already received the kiss of death in that , two years ago , the Department of Trade and Industry chose to feature it as a prime example of the Enterprise Initiative . |
| 19 | It is not usually considered to be an important tone for foreign learners to acquire , though it is still useful practice to learn to distinguish it from other tones . |
| 20 | This was a basic Ford shooting-brake which had had the windows and roof removed to turn it into an open truck . |
| 21 | However , difficulties may arise if a strict time limit is set for the publication of the decision , and the decision is published after it has expired : it may suit one of the parties to refuse to accept it on that ground . |
| 22 | Soon it could no longer be seen by the naked eye , but the professor continued to watch it through binoculars . |
| 23 | Freud seeks to use it in this book as if it were a purely biological concept , and furthermore , one which is found among all living organisms . |
| 24 | But according to a report in The Builder , some architects protested against the competition , while P. L. Hardwick wanted to limit it to British architects . |
| 25 | This interest only loan ties the profits from a unit trust savings plan to repay it at the end of term . |
| 26 | Heritage groups had feared it would leave the country after the Tate Gallery failed to buy it before the sale . |
| 27 | But officials at both the DES and the HSE want to turn it into a specialist advisory group to the HSE . |
| 28 | She found it behind the chair and picked it up , but Maggie tried to take it from her . |
| 29 | Barbra Streisand wants to do it with me . ’ |
| 30 | However , the museum plans to display it in the spring in the Egyptian galleries . |