Example sentences of "[vb past] it [to-vb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Catlett , a plain and practical man himself , pronounced it to rhyme with poor-net . |
| 2 | She used it to listen to Wagner on the tube , it turned her five-foot and a small something into a snarling Valkyrie , keeping the loonies at bay . |
| 3 | ‘ We used it to pay for car hire , the hall , flowers and drinks . |
| 4 | This series took four British families , all with the surname Smith , and used it to look at aspects of life in contemporary Britain . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Adverse weather conditions , however , caused it to withdraw into shelter and while it was away the French fleet , consisting of eight sail of the line and 24 frigates under Admiral de Forbin , managed , on 8 March , to get out to sea unintercepted . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | This allowed it to veer off course quite readily unless the steering or correction stroke was timed to strike when the kayak was perched on top of the wave . |
| 9 | They ordered it to return to Neryungri , where 41 women and children passengers and six hijackers left the plane ( two accomplices now joined the remaining original hijackers , however ) . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The papacy 's moral powers enabled it to look for money throughout the western world . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The IMF 's satisfaction with Jordan 's continued implementation of economic restructuring programmes led it to approve on July 14 , 1989 , a financial package of 76,600,000 special drawing rights ( approximately US$96,000,000 ) . |
| 14 | She left it to settle on top of the stove while she warmed up some bread sauce and crisps . |
| 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 | His supporters hijacked an internal Soviet flight on Nov. 8 and forced it to fly to Ankara , in an attempt to publicize their cause . |
| 17 | A labour shortage forced it to depend on migrant labour , principally from Italy and France . |