Example sentences of "and it [verb] [pron] of the " in BNC.

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1 The original entries for 995 and 996 may have been lost , and it says nothing of the hostile relations which probably existed with Normandy for a time , and only hints at the troubles in the Irish Sea mentioned above .
2 It was the first time I had seen him reveal any emotion in his face , and it had something of the intensity of grief .
3 And it carried none of the consequences that followed my previous enforced sortie into print … at the time of the Black Rock Rescue !
4 The descent was nerve-racking and it reminded me of the slow , queasy way light planes come in to land in Himalayan valleys .
5 When Endill opened the door they creaked in the draught and it reminded him of the old hanging tree beside the front gate back home at Gibbet Hall .
6 In her view the film had been ‘ quite careful ’ to show that it was an allegory and it reminded her of the British classic film Black Narcissus .
7 When I move on to three eight one , three eight two there 's a lot of things been said about these benefits this morning which does n't leave much left for me but looking at the situation of the way this Tory government has in the last thirteen years , certainly since nineteen eighty two crucified the benefits paid genuinely to people is in itself a crime upon society and it reminds me of the the words of the song it 's the rich that get the gravy and it 's the poor that get the blame and nothing , but nothing has changed since those words were written many many years ago .
8 By comparison housework is boring , lonely , unrewarding work , and it has none of the prestige associated with meeting famous people and working in a glamorous establishment like Claridges .
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