Example sentences of "[vb past] it [to-vb] [det] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He first used it to wipe some of the filth from the priest , then lifted the sponge to Rafferty 's mouth , forcing it in . |
| 2 | It certainly is n't a new invention : Turner used it to produce some of his finest watercolour paintings in the 1880s . |
| 3 | With nothing else to read , it seemed to have the edge on the income tax manuals ( though non-believers would say only just ) , so you can imagine how bad I felt when I opened it to find most of the pages had been razored to provide a nest for a small brown envelope . |
| 4 | ’ We did it to give some of the great youngsters a chance ’ |
| 5 | When it failed to attract substantial readers , it faced a financial crisis which forced it to curtail some of its journalistic efforts . |