Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] it the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Genoa boasted a powerful ancient landed nobility whose surplus wealth helped to give it the capital for its commercial enterprises ; but it also needed to import food and raw materials from elsewhere , and enjoyed a powerful economic motive for becoming a centre of commerce . |
| 2 | He 'd noticed it the night before . |
| 3 | She 'd done it the night before when she 'd tried to get hold of Jessica , but Aunt Jane had turned the radio up so loudly ( to make it nice and private for her niece ) that she 'd hardly been able to decipher Mrs Roberts ' apology for her daughter 's absence . |
| 4 | In the suspended moment Jess saw a long strand of cobweb stretching from window to floor , flecks of dust spinning in a shaft of sunlight , her petticoat in a ball against a pile of hay , the filthy shirt on the nail where she 'd hung it the night before . |
| 5 | The owner before Uncle Titch had been a retired seaman and he 'd renamed it the Turk 's Head , not after an Ottoman warrior , as most people thought , but after a special type of nautical knot that looked like a turban . |
| 6 | She told a magazine : ‘ If we 'd left it the way it was so depressing you 'd have wanted to slash your wrist after seeing it . |
| 7 | He 'd say , " Leave it , it does n't matter , " but if I 'd left it the place would be a pigsty . |
| 8 | However , the way the CAP worked made it the subject of intense criticism . |
| 9 | He auditioned the song for the show and all went well , but on the night of the big gig itself , the Editor of CBS-TV Programming decided to give it the chop , fearing that the talking blues , which lampooned both the society and racism in general , might upset redneck viewers . |
| 10 | All His Own Work could have been the title of Stephen Coonts ' book , instead he chose to call it The Cannibal Queen ( Century Publishing , 344pp , illus , hbk , £16.99 ) . |
| 11 | Its inhabitants liked to call it the Woldopolis and to regard it as the hub of life in that part of the East Riding . |
| 12 | The trophy became known as the Gordon Bennett Cup , although he preferred to call it the Coupe Internationale . |
| 13 | She wondered about the bruise on his cheek : she had noticed it the evening before when he came back from his Tuesday round . |
| 14 | Bath had felt it the week before but they had the experience and strength to overcome it . |
| 15 | Of course , Delia Sutherland had personalised it the way women do , in her case with a trace of dog . |
| 16 | Accordingly , the ECSC Assembly , enlarged to give it the number of representatives the projected EDC Assembly would have , was invited on 10 September 1952 to consider and report within six months on the feasibility and structures of a European Political Community . |
| 17 | All I needed was a little bit of luck and as I pressed , dry mouthed , along the empty street it seemed I had found it The shock when I saw the two burly SPs strolling towards me was like a blow but was immediately followed by a strange calm . |
| 18 | The Concorde ticket to New York was where she had left it the night before . |
| 19 | A snowfall the previous night , however , had covered the tracks of Graham Little and A. Baker , who had climbed it the day before — also singing its praises for the deep caves and icicles . |
| 20 | If she had planned it the blow could not have been more accurate . |