Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] and it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got caught and it took six policemen to hold me down . |
| 2 | It was the picture he loved to give and it concealed all that he really was . |
| 3 | You know start off and then they 'll drag drag drag and it needs that completer finisher to actually get that close it down and say right that 's done , off it goes . |
| 4 | It was the first show of emotion she had made and it did more to make Wexford believe her story than all the documentary evidence she had furnished him with . |
| 5 | Well , I tried to turn it into a joke — not a very good one , I admit — but I said something about that party game called consequences , you know where everyone writes down innocent things that get strung together because nobody knows what the others have written and it gets all mixed up so you get a silly story with a stupid ending . |
| 6 | The flowers and foliage of the rose have gone and it needs thoughtful pruning and tying in to prevent it whipping about in autumn . |