Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] it [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A brief greatness was now conferred on the place , when the Popes found it an island refuge in their struggle against the Empire : Count Pierre of Melgueil bestowed the county and bishopric on SS Peter and Paul and Pop Gregory VII in 1085 , Pope Urban II graciously granted it back as a fief for a mere annual ounce of gold , and in 1096 , on a visit , astonishingly declared the church ‘ second after that of Rome ’ , with arms of the two |
| 2 | Winner of the agility and the egg and spoon race , Mrs. Moore 's Penny made it a treble when , kitted out as a home help , she won the fancy dress title . |
| 3 | Ewan monitored it every day . |
| 4 | Ramsey thought it a protection against wrongful ceremony to understand its principles . |
| 5 | Lucy gave it a moment , tugged the gown free from underneath , and then moved in silence to the doorway . |
| 6 | David Beaton poulticed it every time he could get the old man to stay at peace long enough , but as soon as it started to heal Eachuinn would be up and about , restless , until the deep puncture festered and broke out again . |
| 7 | Mind you , Charles Laughton put it a bit of beef into it did n't he ? |
| 8 | Stephens called it the curve of least exertion , a design that was mathematically perfect for the use to which it was put . |
| 9 | Brazil called it a step backward in international relations and Mexico called for an immediate cessation of hostilities . |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | Jane gave it a tin of meat which she had found plus — with great relief — the tin opener . |
| 12 | But pangenesis was not reconcilable with the cytological consensus just emerging when Darwin published it a quarter of a century later . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | And four years ago , Ricci took it a step further . |
| 15 | Endill gave it a try . |
| 16 | Lehzen made it a condition of her appointment that the princess should never see strangers except in her presence . |
| 17 | Adam made it a statement rather than a question . |
| 18 | They forfeited only one game in their rousing win while sisters Jane Thomas and Gail Richards of Rhyl made it a family affair , beating Joanne Attwood and Lara Hill of Mold in three tough sets . |
| 19 | So , lifting up its head again , Kalchu offered it a finger coated with milk . |
| 20 | At least 50,000 islanders , and 2,000 tourists , were without electricity last night as President Bush declared it a disaster area . |
| 21 | When Marian uncovered it the wound was raw and open and the flesh around it inflamed . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Hojjatoleslam Rafsanjani took it a step farther affirming ‘ We will not discuss any plan which envisages the survival of the Baath Party in Iraq . ’ |
| 24 | As Tennyson put it a century later : ‘ The heart stood up and answered ‘ I have felt ’ . ’ |
| 25 | As Martin Kähler put it a century ago in his tellingly-named book The So-Called Historical Jesus and the Christ of Faith : ‘ Christian faith and a history of Jesus repel each other like oil and water ’ . |
| 26 | Michael Heseltine gave it a test-drive today — and expressed anger that the unions are using the launch to criticise Honda . |
| 27 | SHAKEN Gripping stuff , but Roger Moore left it the stuntman in Octopussy |
| 28 | ROBERT DUNLOP made it a treble when he led from start to finish to take the second 250cc race . |
| 29 | And Trevino made it a double after winning the US Open . |
| 30 | The pair of them added a fair number of crashes to the record that year and when both Hunt and Horsley crashed at Brands Hatch ( Hunt made it a double by crashing his Mini on the way home ! ) |