Example sentences of "[adj] and it [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Lycoming 0–320 B3B engine is very reliable and it has a TBO of 2000 hours but only when half inch valves are fitted . |
| 2 | It is a little bit weak and it lacks a bit of punch . |
| 3 | Well , some of the racecourse gon na be made like that and it cost a fortune , mind ya . |
| 4 | It 's lighter , it 's springier , it 's livelier and it makes a lot less fuss about the whole business . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've got mates there , the beer 's good and it makes a change . ’ |
| 6 | It 's about six feet in height and just about shoulder width , er it 's coloured black and it has a bullet proof glass window of about six inches by four inches which enables the er officer behind the shield to manoeuvre it in the correct position . |
| 7 | This was a anti-tank and it fired a bomb and of course we put a demonstration on firing this and then we was up the Bell Lane end and right at the top by Bailey 's farm there was a row of seats , benches , along the walk there and of course the demonstration was we 'd show them imagine those seats are tanks course we never thought in the world we should ever even get near one anyway we hit one and broke it Cos they , they , I mean they was only dummies , they were n't , I mean there was no explosive just the dummy shell you know and we , we was quite pleased with ourselves being as we 'd got an audience . |
| 8 | This is because MouseMan Cordless has its roller ball sited further forward , virtually under one 's forefinger and it took a bit of time getting used to , as did a small but perceptible response lag . |
| 9 | I waited for him to go on , but Reid said nothing more and it left a moment of awkward silence between us . |
| 10 | The book 's origins as a special issue of the journal Women 's Studies International Quarterly are all too apparent and it offers a series of partial glimpses rather than a coherent overall picture . |
| 11 | They set off in November 1923 and it took a year to set up the expedition . |
| 12 | It was a Madonna one and it had a bit of other stuff on it on the other side . |
| 13 | It was rectangular and it had a lid , like a shoe box , but it was longer . |
| 14 | It was too big and it had a fur collar . |
| 15 | Its mouth was open and it had an expression on its face of someone who is going to have a lot of difficulty explaining what they have just seen , especially to themselves . |
| 16 | Its part is non-transposing and it possesses a compass of three octaves : . |