Example sentences of "[prep] it and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet when his campaign train reached McCarthy 's state of Wisconsin , where he planned to speak in defence of his old chief , he thought better of it and let that guy from the gutter stay on the train . |
| 2 | ‘ There has clearly been change in South Africa let's take advantage of it and get more work for the town 's companies and more jobs , ’ he said . |
| 3 | ‘ There has clearly been change in South Africa let's take advantage of it and get more work for the town 's companies and more jobs , ’ he said . |
| 4 | ‘ There has clearly been change in South Africa let's take advantage of it and get more work for the town 's companies and more jobs , ’ he added Coun. John Williams , the Labour group leader , said Coun. Richmond 's invitation was premature : ‘ He is being too hasty . |
| 5 | I love aspects of it and hate other aspects of it . |
| 6 | So when you remove a young child 's hand from an electric plug you tap the back of it and accompany this action with a firm NO . |
| 7 | Why do n't you get rid of it and give that customer a twenty four hour delivery service |
| 8 | The Bank of England stepped in , took over the running of it and provided sufficient loans to cover the demands of its creditors . |
| 9 | Steve says he gets great satisfaction out of it and making one par in a round of 18 makes it worthwhile . |
| 10 | Saw how he grasped every last detail of it and held that knowledge tight in his memory . |
| 11 | The mania for forming industry consortia is getting so out of hand that a group of leading manufacturers , software developers and vendors are coming together to make some sense of it and eliminate duplicated effort by creating a single consortium to which everyone will be invited to belong : there is no confirmation of suggestions that the idea was the first initiative from new IBM Corp chief Louis Gerstner , who accedes to the top job today , but we hear that the army of companies is still bogged down arguing about what to call the thing — the best they 've dreamed up so far is the Consortium for Object-oriented Methods and Programming for the Unix Terminal and Enterprise-wide Recasting of Interactive Networked Database Undertakings with Software Transitioning and Revision for Y'all , but they ca n't find a snappy acronym to fit the words . |
| 12 | Alexandra Palace and Park , the latest company willing to take up the baton , has been administering a relaunch for the premises through the offices of Bizat , a genial exhibitions and catering specialist , who had been at the place only 11 weeks , in 1980 , when afire near the great organ gutted much of it and necessitated major reconstruction . |
| 13 | It is in no sense a rival body to the National Institute for the Deaf but works in active co-operation with it and has direct representation there on . |
| 14 | It is good practice to go through any document before parting with it and eliminate any word that is not essential to conveying the precise meaning intended . |
| 15 | … With regard to the charges register , there is no ground for interfering with it and directing any rectification . |
| 16 | That is stored in a database and any Staffs school with the right technical facilities may log into it and get up-to-date details of the farm . |
| 17 | And here was the bonus : the positive charge of the proton is so effectively shielded that it will now be able to encroach much closer to the nucleus of a neighbouring atom without being repelled ; the chance of bumping into it and undergoing nuclear fusion , ‘ cold fusion ’ , thereby became a real possibility . |
| 18 | Among the many ‘ thank-you ’ letters I wrote , I sent one to Alan Shell of the Humanist Association , who replied , ‘ We are very glad our letter was of help to you and you will be interested to know that I propose to send copies of your letter , with your name deleted , to our funeral officiants in the hope that they will take courage from it and help any others who might be in similar difficulties . ’ |
| 19 | Disenchantement with the policy of that union led him to resign from it and to join another union , Association of Professional Executive Clerical and Computer Staff ( ‘ A.P.E.X . ’ ) |
| 20 | Moving gingerly , she went over to it and lifted one corner of the cloth , shining her torch on the canvas . |
| 21 | She held it on her finger and sang to it and made little kissing noises with her lips that he tried to imitate . |
| 22 | The Department of Trade and Industry gave three years of core programme funding to it and makes annual grants to the NDC and other regional development agencies to undertake our important and beneficial inward investment promotional work . |
| 23 | I think about the year that 's gone past , perhaps , people who 've passed out of my life , and think of it as a new beginning , and I wish as Scots that we would hold on to it and perpetuate that tradition and get away from gathering around the T V in Hogmanay . |
| 24 | It may in perfect good faith have misconstrued the provisions giving it power to act so that it failed to deal with the question remitted to it and decided some question which was not remitted to it . |
| 25 | It generally uses English words , but has a Celtic feel to it and reminds British churches of an important element in their tradition . |
| 26 | It 's quite normal for a mum to feel like that and they can talk to each other about it and support each other . |
| 27 | You wo n't be allowed on Silbury Hill as it 's a Site of Special Scientific Interest but you can walk around it and get good views . |
| 28 | Keep the sail still , balance using hips and knees When the sail is sheeted or moved to retain balance , it spoils the airflow around it and wastes valuable power . |
| 29 | Asked why she thought Melmotte had spent such a lot of money , Lady Carbery said , ‘ because he thought he could conquer the world by it and obtain universal credit . ’ |