Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] it [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been advocated countless times , but prejudice against it held sway , and it was argued that identifying players would pander to their individual egos . |
| 2 | On 9 October , 1957 the atomic pile of No. 1 Reactor at Windscale in Cumberland , north-west England , began to overheat and part of it caught fire . |
| 3 | And although Big Flame was never an ‘ entryist ’ party-within-a-party , like some of the Trotskyite groups , including Militant Tendency , everyone who had been part of it remained friends . |
| 4 | There was a terrible resignation about it and a patience , and the pity of it slammed Taliesin at the base of his throat . |
| 5 | His work on it led Koops to prove that paper made from straw , wood , and recycled waste paper could be produced commercially ; this achievement earns him a place in the history of paper-making . |
| 6 | The sound of it brought Silas into the shearers ' quarters . |
| 7 | Holly and ivy , the green leaves of winter … the thought of it made Tallis sing the carol , and Wynne-Jones joined in , adding his cracking voice to the melancholy memory of Christmas festivity . |
| 8 | The size of the camp when they came in sight of it made Rostov 's eyes widen with surprise . |
| 9 | The sight of it snapped Marie out of her dreamworld . |
| 10 | The house was beautiful and the sight of it silenced Jenna utterly . |
| 11 | If you have the stomach for it minced worms make a wonderful fly food ! |
| 12 | Picasso himself , on the other hand , said that he became familiar with negro art only after having painted the Demoiselles , and that his introduction to it took place in the Trocadero . |
| 13 | Abundance of it represented laughter and joy ; scarcity represented suffering and even death . |
| 14 | When it was transferred last year with it went pilot line supremo on a three-year secondment . |
| 15 | The front of it had oak beams and curved glass in the shape of a Wurlitzer jukebox . |
| 16 | The deliberate cruelty of it gave Theda the strength she needed . |