Example sentences of "and it [vb past] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the life of her she could n't say the expected thing and it hurt with surprising depth that this man had known her father when she herself had not known him at all . |
| 2 | This is the gentlest of expressions of authority , but it could scarcely be firmer ; and it fell on willing ears . |
| 3 | Pressure on sterling resumed in New York late on Tuesday night after mounting speculation that the UK Treasury was extremely reluctant to raise base rates ahead of next week 's Conservative party conference , and it continued in financial markets in the Far East . |
| 4 | It used to be important because it made it more difficult to score with groin kicks , and it led to narrow stances with the leading foot turned inwards . |
| 5 | He kissed my mouth , and it felt like warm butterflies brushing my lips , softly , quickly , and then it was gone . |
| 6 | Cos I 've still got a bit of a throat and it said for sore throats too if you want . |
| 7 | The agreement excluded the British and French nuclear arsenals , and it came as welcome news to advocates of nuclear disarmament , but ironically the INF treaty upset NATO planners and Europeans like Chancellor Kohl who feared , once again , that the agreement would harm the policy of an escalated response to any Soviet attack . |
| 8 | His love affair was with laughter , and it came in Black Comedy when his character , sculptor Brindsley Miller , was improving the look of his shabby flat by ‘ borrowing ’ priceless porcelain and antique furniture from his friend next door to impress his fiancee 's snooty father , who is visiting on the same evening that the supposed richest man in the world is arriving to inspect his sculpture . |
| 9 | And it had on painted hose of black and white , so cunningly painted that no man who saw them would have thought but that they were grieves and cuishes , unless he had laid his hand upon them ; and they put on it a surcoat of green sendal , having his arms blazoned thereon , and a helmet of parchment , which was cunningly painted that every one might have believed it to be iron ; and his shield was hung round his neck , and they placed the sword Tizona in his hand , and they raised his arm , and fastened it up so subtilly that it was a marvel to see how upright he held the sword . |
| 10 | It had limited access , it had planning permission for only 11,000 sq.ft. , and it stood on ancient water ponds that covered almost half the site . |
| 11 | In the Structure Plan this was regarded , at least in original proposals , as a strategic site for port-related industry and it remained as industrial land in the final version . |
| 12 | Going ahead and it started with annual wage increases because the wage increases that you did get were all about three , four or five percent at the time . |
| 13 | It wasted what money it had on drinking and it spoke with rough accents . |
| 14 | But there were also some other rags , a sort of muslin , she thought , very soft but with stiff patches and it stank of bad meat . |