Example sentences of "and it [verb] a certain [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It 's a celebration of the best of a woman when a designer makes a great dress , and it takes a certain intelligence to carry it off .
2 I kept pushing needle or scissors into his hands then demanding them back peremptorily , and it caused a certain amount of panic .
3 Gold is pretty heavy , being six to eight times the , weight of the gravels , and it follows a certain line down the riverbed .
4 It was not the sort of gag one would have expected from Lord King , and it set a certain tone
5 It 's an attractive vision , up to a point , and it has a certain reality .
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