Example sentences of "[vb past] it [verb] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found it clutched in Anna 's hand when we cleaned her up . |
| 2 | He believed it to work in scenes rather than in its entirety , and in a lecture some years later he criticized himself for not properly developing the action and for failing to adapt the classical theme to a contemporary situation . |
| 3 | Then came It Happened in Capri , and after that , nothing . |
| 4 | There was no ram-raiding until after the news showed it happening in America . |
| 5 | In the face of a severe crisis relating to international reserves the government devalued the currency twice , in February and in March , and allowed it to float in September . |
| 6 | That was going to be in May so we needed it to ship in April so I said , well you 've got to you 've got to still finish it at the same time . |
| 7 | yeah because I saw it advertised in Woolworth 's yesterday I did |
| 8 | Pike the ditcher and Watkin the dung-collector had , in the absence of any relatives , sewn the body into a canvas sack , placed it on a wooden trellis and brought it to lie in front of the chancel screen . |
| 9 | Women have grabbed rock by the balls and made it squeal in agony . |
| 10 | But what did it mean in practice ? |
| 11 | Where did it stand in relation to Rome ? |
| 12 | Nor did it believe in hopes expressed by Saudi Arabia that the six countries involved could become militarily self-sufficient , since it characterised all these states as ‘ military clients of Western states ’ . |
| 13 | Erm and how did that go down well , did it er did it work in practice ? |
| 14 | This time I used a grey Ingres paper and left it exposed in parts of the sky , as well as using it as an undertone to modify the colour put over it elsewhere . |
| 15 | This can be proved by comments from the accused to the effect ‘ I carried it to use in case I was ever attacked ’ . |
| 16 | He had it done in front of Martinho and myself in the courtyard of the prison , the men made to kneel rather than shot upright against a wall . |
| 17 | Had it happened in Britain there would have been uproar if the judge had n't recommended a minimum of 20 years in jail for such a case . ’ |
| 18 | By s.24 goods are stolen for the purposes of handling if any one or four conditions is fulfilled : ( a ) they have been stolen contrary to s.1 ; ( b ) they have been obtained by deception contrary to s.15 ; ( c ) they have been obtained by blackmail contrary to s.21 ; ( d ) they have been subject to an act done in a foreign country which was both a crime in that country and had it occurred in England , would have been theft , obtaining by deception , or blackmail in this country . |
| 19 | There was one , but the Austrians had it reduced in size because they believed that it might be used as an observation tower by the recalcitrant Milanese . |
| 20 | She visualized it written in scarlet on a square grey board , and a glorious idea began to take shape in her brain . |
| 21 | Mrs Maugham did not like crazy paving , because the stones worked loose , and she wanted it done in asphalt ; Clara did not like crazy paving either , but felt obliged to defend it . |
| 22 | From where she stood it shimmered in silver under a glancing sun , though upstream at the inn , where she had seen it close to , it rolled darkly brown and turgid , and laden with the debris of bushes , for the spring thaw had come late and violently , bringing down an immense weight of snow-water from the mountains of Wales . |