Example sentences of "[vb past] it [prep] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , she dismissed it with one word — ‘ rubbish ’ — but we 'd just started the show when there was a loud bang . |
| 2 | His wound was covered lightly with a shell dressing , and I moved it to one side to have a look . |
| 3 | She set it down on the kitchen table , stroked it with one finger . |
| 4 | If we look at Pound in 1927 and 1928 , when he instituted from or through Paris his periodical , The Exile , and sustained it through four issues , we get the impression of a man yawing about without direction , as at no time either earlier or later in his career . |
| 5 | But I swear , I only mentioned it to one person , and he 's the most trustworthy person I 've ever met . |
| 6 | UN relief flights to Juba — known as " Operation Lifeline Sudan " — were halted temporarily on July 21 , after Sudanese government troops had boarded a UN plane and used it for one week to transport troops and military equipment . |
| 7 | Here are some examples : What if you … used triangular paper ? tried it in three dimensions ? plotted a graph ? tried a simple case first ? shared your results with someone else ? tried fractions or decimals or negative numbers ? |
| 8 | HE LOOKED for the second picture , found it in one glance , and the blood shot hot to his heart . |
| 9 | Alcock found it within one minute of starting his regular binocular search of the sky , after nine nights of cloud . |
| 10 | She found it within five minutes . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't think I really believed it for one second . |
| 12 | The taxpayer received it on 8 December and it was lodged in the High Court on 15 January 1991 . |
| 13 | The DOE sent it out to referees for opinions , one of whom was Steven Jones , who received it on 20 September . |
| 14 | No erm as I say , I never saw her in there erm I looked under the bed saw nothing was there , I just dropped it with one hand . |
| 15 | But ESA delayed it for five years , mainly so that this prestige project could be launched on the European launcher Ariane . |
| 16 | Rain reduced it to 37 overs a side and the home team were soon rattling along . |
| 17 | He ate it in two bites , like a dog , and put me back on the gravestone . |
| 18 | I used to want to work at the violin , and I played it for two years . |
| 19 | It explained mathematically why the electron had spin 1/2 , that is , why it did n't look the same if you turned it through only one complete revolution , but did if you turned it through two revolutions . |
| 20 | Christina sweetened it with two spoonfuls of golden local cane sugar . |
| 21 | I threw it to one side . |
| 22 | He peeled it off and threw it to one side then sat facing the three Americans . |
| 23 | She found she could n't tear her eyes away , and when he managed to get his second boot off and threw it to one side , then lifted his head , she was still staring . |
| 24 | After completing the orchestral score , Reger reworked it for two pianos , but this version for piano duet has more of the original material . |
| 25 | Cyril opened it on 22 June 43 1 , before the supporters of Nestorius had arrived . |
| 26 | And then I finished it in one go . |
| 27 | And he cut it in ten blocks . |
| 28 | She developed a complete mental block against her pregnancy , and concealed it until four days before she went into labour . |
| 29 | So they achieved it in one state and then they moved on to another and started a whole new campaign . |
| 30 | DALGLISH 'S Liverpool had not long recorded their biggest League win this century ( 7-1 at Derby ) and followed it with five goals against Leeds . |