Example sentences of "he [vb past] [prep] it the " in BNC.
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1 | He drew from it the photograph of Elsie McAndrew that he had shown to Mrs Wilson in London . |
2 | But the shed at the side of the road had been unlocked , and when he peered into it the outline of the covered carriage he had been able to make out in the darkness promised adequate protection and a degree of comfort . |
3 | From this awareness of individuation or , to use the Scotist term , haecceitas , came Hopkins 's overriding concern with ‘ inscape ’ in every aspect of the created world : the obsession with the ‘ selfhood ’ of every object or being , at the same time that he perceived behind it the generically divine . |
4 | The more he thought of it the more he was inclined to the idea that the murderer lacked any single , clearly defined motive . |
5 | Now the carriage cleaning inspector had a good job if he went about it the proper way . |
6 | A large hand smacked into his mouth and although he bit at it the thumb was forced like a gag between his teeth . |
7 | As a result , the journal came under Crookes ' complete control , and in 1870 he published in it the first of a series of four papers on spiritualism . |