Example sentences of "[vb pp] it [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I WATCHED the General Synod debate on the ordination of women priests with my jaw dropped so low that my knee could have nudged it back into place . |
| 2 | Thus we 've never considered it right to hand out cheques on a mere whim , deciding to sponsor a project , or support a charity because it happened to be the flavour of the month , or because a director had some some particular keen interest in it . |
| 3 | Perhaps the man had picked it up in West Cameroun . |
| 4 | But she had done it out of love . |
| 5 | I should have done it out of school because in school everything is organized . |
| 6 | I thought father had done it out of spite . |
| 7 | You 've done it out of grammar books ? |
| 8 | Scarlet thought first that this sentiment could be attributable to Barbs , then that , in view of her own lack of a career , it was insensitive of Brian to mention it and then that he had said it out of spite . |
| 9 | Our shuttering had been fabricated in the workshop , complete with risers reinforced with some 75 × 50mm timber , but we could have made it up on site . |
| 10 | We know he will enjoy watching the sports programmes despite the fact that Bristol Rovers football team have not quite made it on to Sky TV yet ! is well know for being a keen supporter of Bristol Rovers , a fact which did not go unrecognised by who presented him with a beautiful jugglers top hat in his favourite team 's colours . |
| 11 | None of the movements is less than very well done , but I do miss the blazing splendour of this conductor 's finest Bruckner with his old orchestra , none of which , alas , has made it on to CD . |
| 12 | McLeod put an offer to the Wheway board and has now made it public in order to get a quick resolution . |
| 13 | And could be that other Blake-Dax goodies are on the way — though this one has n't made it out of rumoursville at present . |
| 14 | A time out procedure had been discussed with the parents and they had used it unsuccessfully at home . |
| 15 | I had used it only in reference to the night sky and the Zodiac . |
| 16 | Okay right , stop , stop , stop please , you 're out of your heads if you have n't got it on to paper . |
| 17 | Then on , they 'd got it on from time to happy time , eaten together every week , seen movies , theatre , films , drag , done disco , reggae , boogie … |
| 18 | The audience could not have told it apart from Christmas or the Assumption of the Virgin Mary . |
| 19 | The 11 May sale features over one hundred paintings and drawings , highlighted by George Braque 's late masterpiece ‘ Atelier VIII ’ ( 1952–55 ) ( est. around $8–10 million ) , bought by Cooper directly from the artist , who had sold it only on condition that it would never leave France . |
| 20 | ‘ But I wish we had played it more for comedy — it was too depressing . |
| 21 | Nine days after the first spillage the government 's Marine Pollution Control Unit declared : " The stormy weather has broken down the oil and driven it out to sea . |
| 22 | I bet some silly bugger has set it off by accident . |
| 23 | This page and Outlook , page 27 Ferranti action : Ferranti International is planning legal action against some intermediaries in the ‘ phantom ’ arms contracts which have brought it close to collapse . |
| 24 | A diver had found it out at sea trapped beneath the underground storage container from a petrol station , the container having been ripped right out of the ground . |
| 25 | She had found it quite by accident , due to her diligence . |
| 26 | Stolen it out of meanness and greed . |
| 27 | His mam had run it out from top |
| 28 | Routine care consists of keeping weeds and pests under control , and the tidying up of superfluous foliage immediately the frost has cut it back in order to deprive aquatic insect pests of a winter refuge . |
| 29 | Since the beginning of the summer , tens of thousands of club players had battled it out in club league qualifiers around the regions , in Men 's Open , regional play-offs , with all concerned hoping to carry their club 's name through to the prestigious finals in Hampshire . |
| 30 | Normally I would have completed it well in advance , but it 's been a busy week . |