Example sentences of "and it [vb past] [adj] [noun] and " in BNC.

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1 When it first went off some time ago it would n't go but one day I took I took a jelly out in a glass dish and it bonked this thing and the light came on again .
2 Not even hearing the rolling crackle above , she was conscious only of the moving light , as the footsteps began again and it swung this way and that , searching something out .
3 At first they were quite crude and it took little skill and expertise to forge the signature , and then fraudulently put them to financial advantage .
4 He established himself in the heart of Sicily , near Etna , about 449 , and it took several years and several expeditions by Syracuse to dislodge him .
5 ‘ It only came a couple of inches over the white line , he hit the brakes and it shot one way and then the other , ’ he said .
6 Set off with the towing Julie 's car and the tow rope just snapped in two , and it jerked both cars and it cut off the fuel .
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