Example sentences of "and [vb past] it [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely the Minister feels some embarrassment about the fact that a former Minister at his Department bought a Guyanese asset for £9.7 million and sold it a few months later for £62 million worth of shares ? |
| 2 | I think it 's about time we actually put that word back into the dictionary and made it a good word to have . |
| 3 | While nineteenth-century Catholic teaching had been suspicious of ‘ human rights ’ discourse , John embraced it eagerly and made it a central theme , greatly extending the range and number of ‘ rights ’ , including those of minorities ( 95–7 ) and refugees ( 103–8 ) . |
| 4 | The German army itself was in theory a composite force of Prussian , Saxon , Bavarian and Württemberger troops ; this diversity meant little more than differences of name and uniform , for the Prussian staff controlled the whole apparatus as a unified system and made it the best army in the world . |
| 5 | This position put its schools in the forefront and made it the leading school of Europe from the 1140s , until Paris began to take the lead in theology and philosophy ( but never in law ) in the 1180s . |
| 6 | Well Julie went and got it the other day that 's why fetched her out , to get their presents . |
| 7 | Grimma took another step forward and caught it a backward thump across the muzzle . |
| 8 | Under Rachel 's serene autocracy the firemen agreed that there was nothing much to be done now , that the house seemed safe enough but they should not use the attic until someone ‘ from the department ’ had been and inspected it the next day . |
| 9 | Health physics monitor Steven Crozier , a fitness enthusiast who was one of the group who visited Peel Park to collect the 1993 award , tried out the new multi-gym and pronounced it a real asset ( below ) . |
| 10 | I found my way to a temperance hotel advertised in the guide-book and found it a homely house . |
| 11 | We made the locks at Gairlochy on Saturday evening and found it no great hardship to lay there throughout the following Sunday . |
| 12 | However , some remnants of the latter ( the Citizen Army and Sinn Fein Volunteers ) seized Dublin in 1916 and proclaimed it an Irish republic . |
| 13 | While Sergeant Bird was in the lecture hall , Montgomery walked over to one of the other statuettes and lifted it a few inches . |
| 14 | He let the minion struggle and kick for a little while , then hoisted it back out , shook it , and turned it the right way up again . |
| 15 | Vietnam was left to decide its own fate , and in 1975 , North Vietnam took over the South and declared it a Communist state , causing thousands to flee from the South as boat people refugees . |
| 16 | The Americans went nuts over it and awarded it the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film . |
| 17 | Fortunately the judges agreed , and awarded it the first prize . |
| 18 | Somebody who lives nearby , came in and examined it the other day , and that 's all I know . |
| 19 | Politically , Britain was not prepared to allow WEU to intrude upon Anglo-American relationships , and placed it a poor second to NATO . |
| 20 | We made the necessary arrangements with the owner and viewed it the next day . |
| 21 | In fact , many felt its power had become too great and thought it no bad thing when it was forced to close , I believe in 1932 or 1933 . |
| 22 | It was during my visit that I made my acquaintance with Woolworths and thought it a marvellous store with goods that were priced at either 3d or 6d ; the firm did not arrive in Salisbury until 1927 . |
| 23 | Then she held out her hand to Eileen and gave it a strong clasp that made her wince . |
| 24 | She walked out of the front door and gave it a satisfying slam behind her . |
| 25 | Kate Melville and Sue d'Argy Smith , whose daughters left the Church , as so many do , just before they became nubile , each took a hand and gave it a sharp pull , and over their heads came the long arms of Gordon the Bachelor , whose fingers stroked my hair , as countless other key personnel in the body of Christendom , South Wimbledon , stroked , shoved , pulled and all but carried me towards the stage on which I was supposed to pour out the secrets of my heart . |
| 26 | She had been a regular person once , but that had been before the voices started up in her head , before the dead woman got out of her rocking chair , before the preacherman reached into her mind and gave it a sharp twist … |
| 27 | Rose whipped the sleeves of the shirt behind its back , folded them like double-jointed elbows , bent the shirt in two , and gave it a final press on top . |
| 28 | He picked up a cocktail sausage and gave it a light flourish . |
| 29 | He tightened his grip on Dougal 's arm and gave it a little shake . |
| 30 | Quinn pushed open the street-door , which opened outwards , closed it behind him , dropped a wooden wedge he had carved in the privacy of the toilet under the sill and gave it a hard kick . |