Example sentences of "it [vb pp] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Celibacy is , at best , the lesser evil ; by no means is it regarded as a panacea . |
| 2 | The earliest experiment in New Jersey suggested that the reduction in working hours produced by relatively high tax rates was small — a 0.5-per-cent reduction in hours worked by men who received a cash supplement and had it withdrawn at a 50-per-cent tax rate . |
| 3 | ( In Henry VIII 's reign , the great Dutch scholar Erasmus was given the benefice of Aldington in Kent and had it commuted for a pension of £20 , charged on the living . ) |
| 4 | And er when it come to a vote to try and get anything passed or changed the wee branches were solid voting for the national agreement . |
| 5 | Because er it come as a bit of a shock to you did n't it ? |
| 6 | When one of the party , a Mrs Samuels , died on the trip , Cook diplomatically disguised the fact from the Arabs and , pretending that she was ill , packed up her body and had it carried in a palanquin until a suitable burial could be arranged . |
| 7 | ‘ At first , I had a few reservations but we got it mixed in a day . |
| 8 | By writing this story virtually as a film script and having it turned into a film very soon afterwards , Franco made it clear that Raza also represented what he wanted to be the popular , mass vision of him . |
| 9 | Have you been able to complete the survey on belief , have you been able to get it done by a deadline . |
| 10 | If he was royalty he 'd have it done in a day ! |
| 11 | How long how many how many men would you need if you want it done in a quarter of the time ? |
| 12 | four hundred and thirty quid , he said bloody hell , so what I said to him is , I know you 're gon na need a car , what I 'll do is er , I 'll get to work , I 'll put it , I 'll bring the car , you bring the car in beginning of the month , next month , right , said I wo n't be able to guarantee that I 'll get it done in a week cos I 've got other work booked in , but I 'll have it in here which means I 'll be able to do work to your car , right , and it 's better me being able to do that , then it , it 's sitting out outside your house and nobody touching it for a couple of weeks , now , I might have it for a couple of weeks , see and I 'll be able to do it in my own leisurely time then |
| 13 | ‘ My friends said I could n't get it done from a wax impression . |
| 14 | He did get it upgraded from a secretary to more of an assistant … |
| 15 | Was it shaped like a fish , a parrot or a heart ? |
| 16 | Viewed in this way , representative standing is a sort of substitute for a class action , that is an action in which a large number of litigants can consolidate their claims into one for the purposes of having it decided by a court . |
| 17 | Have it written as a P E P and it makes good sense . |
| 18 | ‘ The misery of unemployment or of repossession is all the more stark for seeing it written in a face rather than on a page . |
| 19 | Return to Husova Street and to the Church of St Giles ( St Jiljí ) , first built in 1339–71 by John of Dražice and Arnošt of Pardubice , who had it built as a hall church . |
| 20 | ‘ Originally my grandmother had it built as a sort of studio … |
| 21 | He designed Horbury 's elegant Parish Church of St Peter and St Leonard , with its distinctive six-stage tower and had it built at a cost to himself of £8,000 in 1790–1794 . ’ |
| 22 | She had it wrapped in a cloth and hidden in her dress , next to her bosom . |
| 23 | ‘ I can arrange to have it buried in a motorway tonight , unless anybody has a better idea ? ’ |
| 24 | No Is it agreed with a recommendation . |
| 25 | He said of the assault ’ Had it occurred on a street in a city like Oxford it would have merited imprisonment . |
| 26 | Kevin Doyle of Caledonian Holdings [ the owners ] wants to keep the site in good order and not have it used as a car park as at present . |
| 27 | Kevin Doyle of Caledonian Holdings ( the owners ) wants to keep the site in good order and not have it used as a car park as at present . |
| 28 | I had it copied from a microfilm of the Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology for 1975 . |
| 29 | I said that I would come in for every match and sit in the library and deal with questions and enquiries — there was no point in simply having it supervised by a steward who might know nothing about books or history . ’ |
| 30 | Nor is it equipped with a frigidaire patent ; |