Example sentences of "[vb past] it [prep] [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 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 | But I swear , I only mentioned it to one person , and he 's the most trustworthy person I 've ever met . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | HE LOOKED for the second picture , found it in one glance , and the blood shot hot to his heart . |
| 7 | Alcock found it within one minute of starting his regular binocular search of the sky , after nine nights of cloud . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't think I really believed it for one second . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I threw it to one side . |
| 11 | He peeled it off and threw it to one side then sat facing the three Americans . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | And then I finished it in one go . |
| 14 | So they achieved it in one state and then they moved on to another and started a whole new campaign . |
| 15 | Casually it beat the fish into stillness on the branch and swallowed it in one gulp . |
| 16 | She swallowed it in one gulp and started to cough . |
| 17 | I swallowed it in one gulp and almost died of coughing . |
| 18 | He wanted five per cent , we settled it for three point seven five . |
| 19 | The soldier was able to pick out his target in Copperfield Street from a distance of several hundred yards — and hit it with one shot . |
| 20 | I wore it for one year and that |
| 21 | The heavy door frame caused it some minor difficulty , which it overcame with a swing of its shoulders that tore the timber out and tossed it to one side . |
| 22 | Over a year ago she had written another book , The Professor , and sent it to one publisher after another . |
| 23 | Lieutenant Calley seized it by one leg , flung it back into the ditch and shot it . |
| 24 | she took it on six year , he says seven to eighty so she looks like working for next six year |
| 25 | Two South Wales teams , Thornhill and Newport , made it to one semi-final , and two London teams , Central and Western area office and Islington , met in the other . |
| 26 | This was quite a long passage for us , but we were lucky with the weather and made it in one leg . |
| 27 | Thoughtfully , Rostov laid it to one side . |
| 28 | He took off the first slice , you know the rather well-done , brown bit at the end , and laid it on one side of the serving dish and then he cut the next slice off for the first lady and so on . ’ |
| 29 | Zach and George dragged the case up to the bedroom and laid it on one side . |
| 30 | Connon read it with one sweep of the eyes . |