Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] it [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got caught and it took six policemen to hold me down . |
| 2 | So we , the answer is we do n't really know but it seems common sense to apply barrier precautions and to do everything you can to modify the type of surgery so that the chances of having an injury with a sharp instrument are reduced , and people have made some constructive proposals along these lines . |
| 3 | As far as I know , nobody noticed and it remained Labour Party policy for years afterwards . |
| 4 | Charlie 's office was small and poky and lightless and overcrowded , but the number of possible hiding places was limited and it seemed that she-d tried them all . |
| 5 | Its yellow eyes were looking at me ; its mouth opened and it made strange sounds at me . |
| 6 | ‘ Laughing when you should be crying ca n't be helped but it sends other people the wrong signals , so they may be shocked . ’ |
| 7 | The joint between your quartered oak disappear and it becomes one block . |
| 8 | The benefits of this method are that it can be easily understood and it gives total control over every element at all times . |
| 9 | I knew what I had to do but it took some courage to switch that light on , I can tell you . |
| 10 | This is undoubtedly the most intimate physical contact two human beings can have and it requires sweet breath , which means freshly brushed teeth . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | But this is n't the worst of Saddam , I mean , this is er , a human tragedy for all the families involved and it concerns individual lives , and for that we 're always very upset . |
| 13 | The flowers and foliage of the rose have gone and it needs thoughtful pruning and tying in to prevent it whipping about in autumn . |
| 14 | Orrell are content to keep Wasps guessing but it seems likely Kimmins will play — a line-out challenge for Kinsey , O'Leary and Ryan . |
| 15 | Throughout the first two weeks of the campaign almost twothirds of our panel cited unemployment as the ‘ main issue ’ that should be discussed but it got little coverage on television news . |
| 16 | So of course I told him about , you see we , we 'd lowered the level of the loch at the , took four feet of it , you see and it revealed this thing in the loch . |