Example sentences of "[vb past] it [prep] [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ball bounced near Scott and he trapped it with his left foot , then swivelled and hooked it to one of the young boys with his right , smiling to himself . |
| 2 | Then , with great creative inspiration and insight , they painstakingly transformed it into one of Lincolnshire 's most original and interesting restaurants . |
| 3 | Simpson called it quantum evolution and described it as one of three evolutionary modes . |
| 4 | Sir John Betjeman , on the other hand , described it as one of the industrial towns which are ‘ the hope and life of England ’ . |
| 5 | The dull coloured brickwork merged into the undergrowth of trees , weeds and plants untamed and was hardly noticed by most passes by who probably dismissed it as one of Lincolnshire 's useless ruins , which would either fall down or have to be pulled down eventually . |
| 6 | ‘ You mentioned it during one of our first meetings so I 've always had a hankering to see how they 've done it . |
| 7 | He mentioned it to several of his male colleagues . |
| 8 | But then I got the ES295 and I used it through most of the Sun sessions . |
| 9 | I regarded it as one of the safest areas of Zululand . ’ |
| 10 | Another couple tried it on one of my trains a month or so ago . |
| 11 | Er I du n no , I just found it in one of my |
| 12 | It then grabbed the food and quickly ate it before any of the others could steal it . |
| 13 | His brother , Tim drove a pick up similar to Simon 's and parked it in one of Banbury 's main car parks . |
| 14 | A shift in viewpoint , not in technology , totally changed the economics of ocean shipping and turned it into one of the major growth industries of the last 20 to 30 years . |
| 15 | Jane Melvin came to the New Inn at Pembridge in Herefordshire in 1984 , and turned it into one of the most popular country pubs in the county . |
| 16 | Sir William Douglas captured it from one of Edward Balliol 's English supporters , though he himself was later to join the English cause . |
| 17 | Marion refilled it for each of them . |
| 18 | In addition , the commission claimed that García removed US$50,000,000 from the BCCI accounts and dispersed it in several of his own private bank accounts . |
| 19 | She took some gravel off the top of the pill-box and threw it through one of the slits . |
| 20 | ‘ I showed it to some of my friends and they have had a good laugh about it . |
| 21 | Everybody joined arms and a bottle of whisky was passed round ; we finished it between twelve of us in two or three minutes . |
| 22 | Pete took his jacket off , and hung it on one of the bookcase doorknobs . |
| 23 | Villa Banfi is an American firm which bought an abandoned estate in an area famous for its wine production , and through massive investment developed it into one of the largest single enterprises of its kind in Europe . |
| 24 | I just thought I 'd tell you that in case you needed it in any of your essays . |
| 25 | So I made a collage that said something about that day and their plight , and named it after one of the banners they were carrying . ’ |
| 26 | So I made a collage that said something about that day and their plight , and named it after one of the banners they were carrying . ’ |
| 27 | He wadded the money up tight and shoved it into one of the pouches on his Sam Browne belt . |
| 28 | In 1733 , the Apothecaries erected a marble statue by Rysbrack to their most generous benefactor and placed it in one of the rooms of the orange house , but in 1748 it was moved to the centre of the garden , where a replica stands today . |
| 29 | Sarah finished the washing-up and , taking off her apron , folded it and placed it in one of the table drawers . |
| 30 | We investigated it for one of our earlier dictionaries as it seemed quite economical on space . |