Example sentences of "[prep] it [vb past] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mere thought of it seemed to drag a blanket of depression about her shoulders , causing her to turn away from him and go to the desk . |
| 2 | The publication of It had opened a new front and brought in new troops , and different ones , to the Hoggarts who had testified for Lawrence 's novel . |
| 3 | They will form a constituent assembly , which will discuss the president 's draft of the new constitution and , if all goes to plan , adopt those parts of it needed to elect a new parliament . |
| 4 | When discovered the pavement from Gloucester was in fragments , but enough of it survived to permit a convincing reconstruction ( Neal 1981 , no. 57 ) . |
| 5 | The hemi-epiphytic Ficus microcarpa of Malesia has a caruncle around the fruit inside the syconium ; when it is removed , the fruit is less likely to be ant-transported and those with it removed had a higher germination rate . |
| 6 | Yolland saw that the BCR had installed a turntable at Stretford Bridge , constructed a platform and upon it had placed a temporary station — presumably a building of some sort . |
| 7 | And over it had meshed a concrete slab , which now the lever of the house was painfully and irresistibly easing up . |
| 8 | It had been enjoyable at the time , but after it was over it had left a disagreeable taste in the mouth . |
| 9 | She told me she did n't eat lunch any more as it had become a bourgeois meal , but I could call in for a cup of de-caff and con her into whatever it was I wanted . |
| 10 | Clifford Howard commented on how Hollywood could ignore all criticisms as ‘ mere wind ’ and ‘ envy ’ for it had made a success of its own business and it had displayed ‘ a Yankee genius for sensing the taste of the public and giving the world what it wants ’ . |