Example sentences of "[vb past] it the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might have been oh so different had Northern Ireland capitalised on that early lead but instead they treated it like a hot potato and the two points were not safe until the Finish referee heralded it the Finish of the game . |
| 2 | The side Quiss belonged to called it Castle Doors , Ajayi 's side named it the Castle of Bequest . |
| 3 | As we examined it the man from behind the desk appeared soundlessly at our side . |
| 4 | Stephens called it the curve of least exertion , a design that was mathematically perfect for the use to which it was put . |
| 5 | James Joyce called it The Wine of the Country . |
| 6 | They called it the deal of the decade . |
| 7 | The elements of the curriculum considered essential by LEAs were varied and some were reluctant to make any statement on this because they felt it the job of schools . |
| 8 | I thought it the gesture of someone who has noticed a fellow human being about to step in something horrible but who is too polite to draw attention to the fact by seeming sorry for her . |
| 9 | Foreign competition alarmed English manufacturers , who thought it the explanation of their difficulties . |
| 10 | But plenty of people thought it the height of irresponsibility to allocate £11 million to having a fling . |
| 11 | He claimed that there had been a bona-fide revival of Gothic architecture during the reign of Queen Victoria , that there was with those who loved architecture and made it the subject of special study , |
| 12 | However , the way the CAP worked made it the subject of intense criticism . |
| 13 | The focus of the design was the decorative bar and its back display area , whose strong lighting made it the centrepiece of the pub . |
| 14 | The Southeast Asian states themselves were reported as having their doubts about Bao Dai 's recognition and , eventually , the Thai Foreign Minister , Pote Sarasin , made it the issue on which he resigned . |
| 15 | UN Special Representative , Gunnar Jarring , and the US Secretary of State , William Rogers , both made it the foundation of their peace efforts before their failure led to the October 1973 war . |
| 16 | The most significant of these was Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio , which made it the responsibility of an employee to show that an employer used practices adversely affecting women and minorities without any " business necessity " . |
| 17 | Local folk tales made it the home of mythical monsters . |
| 18 | Of all the commercial cities of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries Genoa is the best documented , for its marvellous series of notarial registers give us almost a comprehensive view of the sophisticated world of contracts and partnerships , of commerce near and far , which made it the home of a commercial empire stretching from the western Mediterranean to the Middle East . |
| 19 | Behaviouralists drew a sharp distinction between normative and scientific statements , and made it the hallmark of science to avoid the normative . |
| 20 | A brief encounter with the new range last week convinced me the changes have rejuvenated the car and made it the equal of anything from Munich or Stuttgart . |
| 21 | I first realised it the day of Len 's funeral , when I spilled the beans . |
| 22 | It was in a thick blue binding and its antique look — the paper was ruled in the way Henry remembered books of his childhood being ruled — gave it the air of a family bible . |
| 23 | He gave it the significance of a personal belief and turning lazily in his chair to inform Charles with more than a trace of arrogance , ‘ Old Guards ’ proverb . ’ |
| 24 | She gave it the liquorice of her mouth it began to thrive |
| 25 | The voluntary hospital , the Infirmary , was specifically designed to care for the sick , and its relative freedom from the constraints associated with spending public money gave it the advantage over the sick wards at the workhouse . |
| 26 | Indeed , the DLP 's control of two-thirds of the seats in the National Assembly gave it the option of amending the Constitution of the Sixth Republic from a presidential to a Cabinet-based system . |
| 27 | The Royal Africa Company had to provide slaves for English colonists as a condition of keeping the charter which gave it the monopoly of the trade , and the colonists added to the injury of leaving their debts unpaid the insult of complaining that too few slaves were being delivered . |
| 28 | Thus the Immigration Acts , beginning with the 1962 Act ‘ took discrimination out of the market place and gave it the sanction of the state . |
| 29 | She gave it the steadiness of her hand |
| 30 | Aden 's usefulness was also acknowledged in the 1962 Defence White Paper , which gave it the status of a base . |