Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] it the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stephens called it the curve of least exertion , a design that was mathematically perfect for the use to which it was put . |
| 2 | This figure was painted in the same syrupy pastel shades as the rest of the crucifix , but when Zen tapped it the head resounded not with the dull thud of plaster but with a light metallic ring |
| 3 | Tonight 's crowd was a good one — Rory knew it the second her fingers curled possessively round the microphone , the atmosphere reaching out to enfold her like a lover 's embrace , and she revelled in it , her eyes glowing , her whole body tingling in response . |
| 4 | When Marian uncovered it the wound was raw and open and the flesh around it inflamed . |
| 5 | Tusser called it the goef , and we can be sure that , like the word , the design of the barn itself and the work that went on in it had hardly changed from the sixteenth century to within living memory . |
| 6 | SHAKEN Gripping stuff , but Roger Moore left it the stuntman in Octopussy |
| 7 | Ryan called it the Iron Maiden . |
| 8 | Iain called it The Prison , and he began breaking out at weekends , finding his way back to Pinner , and Jacqueline 's flat . |
| 9 | James Joyce called it The Wine of the Country . |