Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] it the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More widely , engineers call it the concrete cancer . |
| 2 | THE reader who lives in a council house and believes her rent is subsidising home-buyers has it the wrong way round . |
| 3 | Unbeknown to all , though , Harry 's bird arrived in Lisbon in 1975 , where it 's Swiss owners gave it the wrong name a nom-de-plume if you like . |
| 4 | Zoologists term it the Patagonian cavy for it is related to guinea pigs or cavies of the Andes . |
| 5 | First on the scene , a showy horse , a Palomino — the locals called it the cardboard horse . |
| 6 | The teachers said it the English way , |
| 7 | While Babcock Thorn yesterday emphasised its jobs announcement had nothing to do with the Trident issue , the losses will clearly increase the pressure on ministers to award it the nuclear submarine work . |
| 8 | Some people call it The Young Americans Tour , others call it the Black Show because it was David as an R&B singer . |