Example sentences of "[verb] it [conj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Basically the 1969 Act , despite the controversy that has surrounded it and the resource problems that have hampered its implementation , must be seen as a notable step forward and one consistent with a renewed general acknowledgement of the importance of the family . |
| 2 | Daft as it seems , we could have won it because the kick was produced too quick for Paul Simpson and we hit the ball later on , Mark Stein 's a little back header , very unlucky not to win it for us . |
| 3 | Legend has it that the green of the water comes from the fairies washing their clothes in the lochan ! |
| 4 | Legend has it that the lake was formed by the tears of a love torn nymph , and at the end of a luminous day , when the sun turns everything to delicate hues , even the sceptical are ready to admit they have seen the Trasimeno nymph — adding to the water level with a few tears more . |
| 5 | Burton-on-Trent is one of the chief centres of the brewing industry , and legend has it that the origin of its pre-eminence was the discovery by a medieval monk that water pumped from the local sandstone after seeping through deposits of gypsum gave beer an excellent flavour . |
| 6 | Legend has it that the mandarin was so grateful to Earl Grey for services rendered that he gave him his secret tea recipe , to keep mind , body and spirit together in perfect harmony . |
| 7 | Legend has it that the Queen of — ’ |
| 8 | A sinister rumour from Japan has it that the yakuza , the indigenous mafia , have joined the game , lending money at usurious rates to art speculators and taking the painting as collateral . |
| 9 | Myth has it that the accumulation was financed by frugal Japanese workers . |
| 10 | Tradition has it that the infliction was brought to the village in a parcel of clothing sent to a local family , the Beevers , one of whose members had died from the plague in London . |
| 11 | Legend has it that the guy who invented chess did so as a favour for his king . |
| 12 | One theory has it that the island was long ago to the west of its present position and that its north-south axis then lay in a more north-easterly direction . |
| 13 | It could well and easily be replaced by a doctrine which has it that the surgeon 's act carries liability only if good faith and due care and skill can be shown to be lacking . |
| 14 | In other words , a bit of a mess , and rumour has it that the thing was virtually unplayable . |
| 15 | Consideration was given to living there , but the thought of sixty bedrooms and only one bathroom was too much Legend has it that the place was once so deprived of modern conveniences that drinking water would sometimes be collected by a footman with a silver pitcher from a stream flowing in front of the main door which originally served as a moat . |
| 16 | Legend has it that the bridge got its name from the plaintive cries of the prisoners as they were escorted across it . |
| 17 | Well apparently rumour has it that the doctor at the hospital who dealt with these last cases was saying words to the effect that er Jonathan just put Jonathan in a situation and he 'd keep the hospital in business for evermore . |
| 18 | Convention has it that the source of parallel rays of light is behind the observer 's left shoulder at 45° to the x , y and z axes . |
| 19 | Rumour has it that the barbecue team is ready and willing to provide its services to Aberdeen on request . |
| 20 | She had her borrowed screwdriver ready to attempt a little amateur lockpicking , but she did n't need it because the drawer was n't locked . |
| 21 | If you choose a waterlily , site it where the fountain does not play on it . |
| 22 | After working for a building company for two months , she was offered a permanent secretarial position there and decided to accept it because the firm was willing to be flexible about unpaid time off . |
| 23 | What matters it if the place is a pigsty ? |
| 24 | I mean I , I was quite fascinated having lunch one day with a journ a Melbourne journalist erm and this was about six months after Murdoch had taken over the Melbourne Sun all this and we were chatting away and I actually threw in the stuff which were saying about how papers are there to make profits these days so that 's what drives them and that journalists journalists on newspapers such as Murdoch 's papers , write what they 're supposed to write and she and I got quite out of with one another and and the bottom liner was that she , she absolutely totally and utterly denied what we were saying and I said to her okay if you were given a story to write you know and it was opposite to how you would view it , what would you do and she said oh well I , I would have to write it and the issue with the Murdoch papers and it 's quite interesting because I mean I 'm sure you can with other newspapers but I , I 've just got a bit more is that Murdoch never ever writes a minute or a memo to his editor or staff saying this is what the line is ever . |
| 25 | and we , we would ask of that , but the next point and erm , is this my Lord erm at the moment erm the negotiations are erm proceeding in relation to the house , about which we have heard evidence , er , we could not properly buy it until it had been investigated by the court of protection and there was approval of that , and er it will be necessary for er consideration to be given as to how it should be purchased , in practical terms , firstly your Lordship has erm awarded a figure of seventy one thousand pounds , then there is the eighty thousand pounds on the existing house which takes one up to a hundred and fifty or thereabouts , and one sees that the special damages and interest thereon comes to something over fifty two thousand pounds to which these er parents will be entitled in the normal way , and if they were to apply , they might do and apply , that would go a long way to purchasing it and the court of protection , if it approved that might take the view that it would be fair to take something out of the notional aspect of damages for loss of earnings , because after all the plaintiff would have spent his earnings for housing and so on in the future , that , that is the sort of problems that now have to be tackled er what , what we would respect and suggest is er simply that there is liberty to apply erm . |
| 26 | In later years , for example , attempts were made in 1930 , 1932 , 1936 , 1938 , 1944 , 1948 , 1952 , 1962 and since then , to establish it but the frequency with which resolutions were passed on the subject reveals the intractable nature of the problem . ) |
| 27 | In these conditions it is vital for the pilot to have a hand close to the release , ready to pull it if the need arises . |
| 28 | I 've turned the taps on to refill it and the pressure taps they 're in there till we fill the I was going round , finding trickle here I was going round bleeding all the radiators , the whole system had to be drained down ! |
| 29 | One could even make a case for delaying it until the Club celebrates its Centenary Year 20 years hence . |
| 30 | Apparently a crankshaft bearing on the port engine had gone , the crankshaft snapped and ran riot in the engine completely wrecking it before the fuel could be shut off . |