Example sentences of "[vb pp] it [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've won it a couple of times have n't we ? |
| 2 | Its size and distinctive black and white markings have earned it the title of panda of the dolphin world , which portrays its lovable , almost cuddly qualities . |
| 3 | The beauty of its setting and its predominantly stone buildings , allied with its intellectual traditions , have justly earned it the title of ‘ Athens of the North ’ . |
| 4 | It is a handsome plant , one of the tallest of the umbelliferous herbs , with a strong distinctive , celery-like flavour which has earned it the name of the " Maggi " herb in Italy . |
| 5 | But as the organisation has seen to be when it meets generally speaking , the council and the executive are one and the same dealing with exactly the same business , I 've considered it a meeting of the organisation , and the organisation now basically is going to be the seven sub-committee plus an Annual General Meeting of it 's full council . |
| 6 | Wherever it was , Roe apparently considered it an obstacle to his plans , and he indicated his intention of writing to Wilson offering that man a share , in consideration of relinquishing his rights and transferring these to the Macclesfield company . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , I 've only done it a couple of times as you know . |
| 8 | Well , we 've done it a couple of times before . |
| 9 | This was so successful he has done it every year since , but with a different group of children . |
| 10 | Thank you very much , I can only say that I have always felt it a privilege to be part of N C V O. Er , I have enjoyed my time enormously and if I 've had any role that I feel that I 'm proud of , it 's constantly bringing members to mind . |
| 11 | The previous week she had posted it on Tuesday , having written it the day after Effie 's death in a white heat of sorrow and indignation . |
| 12 | Christina had seen it every day for the past few months , but had to admit that tonight it looked especially magical . |
| 13 | Oh I 've seen it a couple of times , yeah . |
| 14 | The security man swung open the door to the boardroom where the party had taken place and switched on the lights , revealing the room as Blanche and Dexter had last seen it the day after the killing . |
| 15 | ‘ The parents have visited it every day since Friday , ’ said Mr Campion . |
| 16 | Mary McKenna , playing in the tournament for the 25th year , could have made it a tie by winning the bottom match but she lost the 15th and 16th to go two down , won the 17th with a big birdie putt and salvaged a half when her opponent , Fiona McKay drove into bushes at the 18th . |
| 17 | This warmth , coupled with all the spectacular events , has made it a part of our lives we will never forget . |
| 18 | It is this property 's style and comfort which have made it a favourite with Citalia customers for over 10 years . |
| 19 | And I think even while we 'd been in Opposition , remember no one knew whether we were going to win or not , it surprised many people when we did , there had been some sort of discreet across-the-fence interest at the professional Civil Service level in some of the concepts that we were developing and I 'd made it a point of writing the occasional pamphlet as our thinking went along to send out smoke signals to everyone including the civil servants as to what we were about . |
| 20 | I have made it a point of honour to spare you moral blackmail of the ‘ Do you honestly suppose for a single moment that I would be capable of stooping to such beastliness ? ’ variety , and I shall not waver even at this supreme moment . |
| 21 | Pretty , dramatic Suzie , who could twist the younger members of the male sex round her beautifully manicured fingers , would have made it a point of honour to test her feminine power over Svend . |
| 22 | Rich countries can afford to spend money on the environment , but few have made it a priority in the past . |
| 23 | Although he had made it a condition of his NBC appearance that his whereabouts not be disclosed , Neal Miller called next day to say that he had taken over as his handler and to reprimand him for doing the broadcast without permission . |
| 24 | According to Miss Russell , Isabelle had forced him to treat her child as his own — had even made it a condition of their marriage . |
| 25 | A tribute to the horse and people who 've made it the home of National Hunt racing . |
| 26 | The sheer scale of the service sector has made it the focus for attack by the proponents of the de-industrialisation thesis . |
| 27 | By 1990 the museum 's concentration on twentieth-century art had made it an anomaly in the collection and the decision was made to deaccession the picture , valued at $10 million . |
| 28 | The peculiar verisimilitude of the novel 's representation of reality , and the peculiarly hypnotic spell the novel casts upon its readers , have always made it an object of some suspicion , both morally and aesthetically . |
| 29 | I had thought it a measure of their love and generosity that the nuns would make the suppliants laugh . |
| 30 | Even in rugby , the Afrikaners ' passion , the formation of a single non-racial administrative body is imminent ; the octogenarian rugby boss , Danie Craven , has long thought it a game for robust men of all races , and in 1988 angered Mr de Klerk by sending an emissary to contact , among others , the African National Congress — one of whose leaders is now working to dismantle the boycott . |