Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] it [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Le Gall translated it by forme , thus by the choice of two words remoulding the whole Neo-Confucian cosmology after the analogy of Aristotelian form and matter .
2 Competitors were housed in the Belfry Hotel within the grounds and one frustrated writer described it as fortress Belfry .
3 The See Hear programme publicised it on television .
4 After starting out with a Honda VF500 in ‘ 84 , Bradl made it to factory rider in just four and a half years , making a name for himself on the way as a man bursting with aggression .
5 TOP music man Simon Draper is quitting Virgin Music just seven months after he and co-founder Richard Branson sold it to Thorn EMI for £560m .
6 The original is in Catalan , but Tristram translated it into English .
7 Together they form the best picture of their love as Edward described it to Harry before his life at Lincoln began : ‘ For some reason or another we are happier now than ever before .
8 ‘ Curious ’ , after all , meant ‘ investigative ’ when the Earl of Hyndford used it of Thomas Goldney III , and that is what universities are meant to be about .
9 ‘ The itinerary , ’ Mary Ann pronounced it with care .
10 This theory holds that , although human society originated as Freud described it in Totem and Taboo , subsequent social evolution led to repetitions and expansion of that primal trauma which , although on a smaller scale than the original one , nevertheless share something of its traumatic nature and crucial consequences — particularly for the subsequent evolution of the superego .
11 ‘ Then when Omicron upgraded it to multiuser , so did Nabb , ’ says the European financial director Barry Westbrook .
12 The Fourstars ' lawyer showed it to Medicare which finally relented .
13 In the sixty fourth minute , Pedro Herbert restored the home side 's lead when he picked up the ball on the break and side footed it past keeper Cummings , to make it two one to Harefield .
14 Donna jammed it into reverse .
15 Linda loved it at Saville Garden last weekend , weekend before . .
16 Way back at the beginning of the club 's history there was a Ramsbottom as hall porter , and the wags in the club shortened it to Ramsbum .
17 The saxophonist 's widow refused to lie in Ken and Rhoda 's bed , so Ken offered it to Bernard and Ellen : they took the offer , rightly , as a gesture of approval , and the four of them carried it one very early morning from No. 97 to No. 93 .
18 But he had written his book — the people in Glasgow and Paisley knew it by heart , nearly — now it was up to themselves .
19 In spite of what Eddie said , it 's possible that Angy gave it to Delia but if Eddie 's right , then it looks very much as if Delia — or someone else — took it .
20 Branson bought it for £400,000 .
21 Ken put it on top of the locker , where it staggered around the perimeter mewing and testing space with its paw .
22 Mummy bought it for Daddy really !
23 The poet gave it to Alice Stopford Green wife of that frail and ‘ singularly attractive ’ priest of St. Philip 's , Stepney , who awoke one day to find himself famous with the publication of his Short History of the English People , one of the most vivid and colourful of histories , first issued in 1874 and later ( 1877–80 ) expanded to four handsome illustrated volumes .
24 Many similar statements can be found in the Law Reports : as Lord Wright put it in Luxor ( Eastbourne ) Ltd v Cooper [ 1941 ] AC 108 " Decisions on one contract may help by way of analogy and illustration in the decision of another contract .
25 Sylvie drank it with relief .
26 Hoskyns said it in Cambridge .
27 Top designers said it with flowers this spring : a floral jungle by Bill Blass ( above ) ; black and floral trousers by Krizia ( above left ) ; a splash of colour from Chanel ( far left ) and Ungaro 's tropical sarong-style fantasy ( left ) .
28 He pick a ball up Oldfield carried it along way with pace and power and then just kept his retained the ball for his side .
29 SUNDERLAND ambulanceman Ian Archbold played it by ear last night to win the North-East Championships 10,000 metres in convincing style at the Cleveland County Stadium , Middlesbrough .
30 Eva read it from cover to cover ; films , music , book reviews as well as the politics .
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