Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] it [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus if I break a promise for my own convenience , I fail to treat the person to whom I made it as an end in himself , for I can hardly expect him to endorse a principle of action which allows him to be treated thus . |
| 2 | But I liken it to an opposition party in a parliament , or a critical press ; acting as a consclence and a brake , but not in power and unlikely to assume it . |
| 3 | The shepherd says , " I always take the best milk I possess , and I bring it as an offering to God . " |
| 4 | ‘ No , I got it from an art shop . ’ |
| 5 | I found it in an unexpected place . |
| 6 | My father said the 17-horse power would use too much petrol , but it gave me a year 's pleasure before I swopped it for an A30 van . |
| 7 | I recognised it as an apple tree , but no one else did . |
| 8 | he does n't do that , I cut it with an electric cutter . |
| 9 | That used to be a completely different tune ; I had the lyrics , but I played it on an open tuned National , then when I got the Strat and plugged it into an old Fender Vibrolux amp , it became what it became on record . |
| 10 | I found something a shade patronizing in her attitude , and I interpreted it as an attempt to upstage me ; perhaps to test me , to see if I was worth playing against . |
| 11 | Nigel Oliver Russell — there , I pronounce it without an encrimsoned cheek . |
| 12 | I write in the past tense because I lost it in an arctic spell of weather and for some inexplicable reason have yet to replace it . |
| 13 | ‘ I saw it as an exciting challenge and a chance to be nearer the business . |
| 14 | Because Lawren and Bess had an enviable collection of classical LPs I took it as an accomplishment to present them with one work they had not yet discovered but came to enjoy — it was the ‘ Eight Little Symphonies ’ by William Boyce ( 1710–1779 ) recorded in London by the Boyd Neel Chamber Orchestra — a delightful work in the manner of George Frederick Handel . |
| 15 | I sent it inside an envelope addressed to Ann in the flat below in Russell Square , asking her to post it on to wherever Alison was living . |
| 16 | Whenever that happens , rather than going back to the track I play something else that will fit , or I leave it as an improvisational section , so to speak . |
| 17 | ‘ I did it for an introduction before the films came out in Europe , ’ he says . |
| 18 | We dined on spicy fish which repeated on me for most of the evening in the Jac , meeting pals , until I drowned it in an ocean of beer . |
| 19 | I had it in an Anvil case , and a shipping crate built for it which cost almost as much as the amp did originally , and it got thrown or dropped real badly , did quite a bit of damage to it . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's a great personal honour but I regard it as an honour for the club and the city of Leeds as well . ’ |
| 21 | I think , I regard it as an insult to the people who actually elected us to come to this Cou these Council meetings . |
| 22 | The finch has just crashed to the floor of its cage with its wing clasped in its beak ( not for much longer , chickabiddy ) and I take it as an omen . |
| 23 | ‘ I see it as an opportunity rather than a pressure , ’ Roxburgh said . |
| 24 | ‘ I see it as an expression of style , ’ he says . |
| 25 | I see it as an investment in them and the company reaps the reward . |
| 26 | Speaking immediately after his election , John Young said : ‘ I am honoured and delighted to be elected Deputy Vice President and I see it as an opportunity to contribute to some of the serious issues facing the profession , and to represent a body with which I have been involved for much of my life . |
| 27 | So what what I 'm that that that 's the sort of basic outline and I see it as an opportunity of putting the name in front of quite a lot of schools |
| 28 | I said I wanted it for an amateur production of James Saunders A Scent of Flowers — a play I knew well and which required a coffin to be positioned downstage during the entire action . |
| 29 | So , what , what word do you make it into an open question ? |
| 30 | She regarded it as an unofficial library , as remote and as Municipal as the library itself And then , one Saturday morning , she went into it with Walter Ash , to look at ( not to buy ) the text of Anouilh 's Ring Round the Moon , which was being currently performed at the local rep . |