Example sentences of "he [vb past] it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | He was dressed all in white , and his horse was white , and even his reins ; and as he passed it grew light . |
2 | He expected it to become toll free after 15 to 20 years . |
3 | The hound grunted with pain and he let it fall limp at his feet , a small dark trickle of blood flowing from one nostril . |
4 | The archbishop was offering Wolfgang his former post as konzertmeister , together with that of court organist , at a substantially increased salary of 500 florins a year , plus the opportunity of leave whenever he needed it to write operas elsewhere . |
5 | Noah 's statement and the manner in which he delivered it took Arnold Peck aback , but he said haughtily , ‘ I 've never heard of you , sir . ’ |
6 | Such as the time when the very inebriated gentleman , at 2 a.m. , wanted to know how to stop his budgie falling off its perch , because he thought it had cramp in its legs ! |
7 | He thought it wasted time to have official committees pre-processing options before they came before ministerial groups . |
8 | He thought it meant breasts . |
9 | from Gloucester , he thought it meant Glasgow . |
10 | He regretted the Ryans ' intractability because he felt it made Eileen unhappy . |
11 | In 1884 , when he finished the first version of his set ( he revised it to form part of his Klavierübung in 1922 ) , Busoni was only eighteen , but he was always a practised composer , with an enormous quantity of piano music to his credit — indeed , he had composed five Sonatas and a host of other pieces for all sorts of forces before he was fifteen . |
12 | He did it to protect Lennie from being killed a frightened man , by someone like Curley . |
13 | This he was entitled to do , but the fact that he did it aroused Congress to the realization that Gandhi had been right when he announced upon his retirement that India was still a prison , but now the superintendent was allowing the prisoners to elect the officials who ran the jail . |
14 | Perhaps he did it to hear Mother scream . |
15 | He had it named St George 's Church and also had it built in the centre of the village in impeccable Norman style with nave , transepts , chancel , altar , choir stalls , altar rails and tower . |
16 | He said it lacked poetry . |
17 | He said it contained engine components . |
18 | The way he said it made Sally feel like a parcel for delivery . |
19 | Something in the way he said it made Coffin sure he was right . |