Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] it the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Ideal had to close down , and a vandal 's brick made it the Id al , which spelled the end of an era . |
| 2 | And the dam is turf Ed on the land ward side to give it the appearance of a gently sloping field . |
| 3 | Firstly , it was accepted by all Scots that the coronation of their king was valid only if carried out upon the Stone of Destiny , and in spite of the Christian ceremony accompanying it the right to place the crown on the new monarch 's head belonged irrevocably to the Earl of Fife , premier layman of the realm . |
| 4 | The side Quiss belonged to called it Castle Doors , Ajayi 's side named it the Castle of Bequest . |
| 5 | The company says the deal gives it the opportunity to distribute financial information to clients ' branch offices by using their own hardware and networks . |
| 6 | But when he had leapt off his horse to approach it the chest had sprouted legs and had gone trotting off into the forest , stopping again a few hundred yards away . |
| 7 | The power and complexity of this latest offering makes it the world 's fastest single-chip computer , according to its maker . |
| 8 | The power and complexity of this latest offering makes it the world 's fastest single-chip computer , according to its maker . |
| 9 | We are committed to it and it is our intention to make it the centre of a big programme of tennis in the city . ’ |
| 10 | Pluralists make it the outcome of bureaucratic battles within each state . |
| 11 | Stephens called it the curve of least exertion , a design that was mathematically perfect for the use to which it was put . |
| 12 | Acutely embarrassed by this unexpected disclosure , the British government hastily added a clause to the 1911 Official Secrets Act giving it the right to see copies of all cables if an emergency existed . |
| 13 | This figure was painted in the same syrupy pastel shades as the rest of the crucifix , but when Zen tapped it the head resounded not with the dull thud of plaster but with a light metallic ring |
| 14 | Continuity in marketing can count for a lot , but not if consumer attitudes are going through a sea change , and BMW 's light-footedness in launching the 3-series earned it the brand of the year award for durables . |
| 15 | Tonight 's crowd was a good one — Rory knew it the second her fingers curled possessively round the microphone , the atmosphere reaching out to enfold her like a lover 's embrace , and she revelled in it , her eyes glowing , her whole body tingling in response . |
| 16 | The possession of South Korea is not essential for Allied strategic plans , and though it would obviously be desirable to deny it to the enemy , it would not be of sufficient importance to make it the cause of World War III . |
| 17 | Early writers called it the battle of Branxton , but Flodden came to be preferred , probably because of balladeers like Sir Walter Scott and Jane Elliott ( The Flowers of the Forest ) . |
| 18 | This neatly matches the region 's external debt and , says David Forrest — underwriting director of the London-based political risk insurer EIGA — ‘ we have to encourage investors to give it the ability to earn the foreign exchange to repay that debt . ’ |
| 19 | Indeed , the DLP 's control of two-thirds of the seats in the National Assembly gave it the option of amending the Constitution of the Sixth Republic from a presidential to a Cabinet-based system . |
| 20 | Its poised , out-thrust head gave it the appearance of a cobra , a white cobra . |
| 21 | The huntsmen call it the Autumn Hunt . |
| 22 | Despite all her efforts to ignore it the sensation lingered on to torment her long after the contact had been broken . |
| 23 | She thought the remark was odd but before she had a chance to query it the attendant 's phone rang and as he disappeared Rachel went on to the changing-rooms . |
| 24 | Though the picture again promotes Bowler 's husky good looks , it is a less openly sensual work than the earlier Portrait , its greater formality giving it the air of a grand public statement . |
| 25 | Local folk tales made it the home of mythical monsters . |
| 26 | When Marian uncovered it the wound was raw and open and the flesh around it inflamed . |
| 27 | Winston calls it the Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare , you know — although we have no riffraff , naturally . |
| 28 | The villagers called it The Mansion and viewed it and its formal garden of still and silent yew trees with awe . |
| 29 | The reason is simple , if you have taken the trouble to read it the content is fresh in your mind and so it is easier to find a reply . |
| 30 | Now that this good party of concerted artistes is safely ensconced in the vessel that is to be its forward conducting medium , let all good-thinking people wish it the Speed of God and safe from the influence of diverse foreign bodies that lurk in animated suspension in this murky putrescence of Thames . |