Example sentences of "[noun] it [verb] one [prep] " in BNC.

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1 in Hungary it produced one of the performances , completing five laps in pre-qualifying , the best of which was 23.5secs slower than Thierry Boutsen 's pole winning time .
2 And in the boot it had one of these things .
3 Under her leadership it became one of the most respected periodicals in the field .
4 In a sense it reflects one of the themes of my novels : the mingling of the present and past and the ways the boundaries of time can seem strangely impermanent .
5 At the time it seemed one of the better right hands I 've ever thrown — from the shoulder , punching not at but through the target , with half-pivot that threw all my weight behind the blow .
6 In six of the survey 's eight categories it took one of the top three places ; it took top place ( see table 3 ) in its ability to attract and retain the ablest employees , its long-term investment value and its community and environmental responsibility .
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