Example sentences of "and it [vb -s] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Of these identifications of a new underclass as the victim of affluence in the two-thirds ( affluent and Tory ) versus one-third ( not ) society , Bauman 's formulation is to be preferred to Saunder 's because it sets up issues which are subject to empirical review and it continues to use a conception of reproduction :
2 Well , the gravestone certainly stands by the porch and it does have a hole drilled through it , said to have been where the iron stake was hammered through the stone into the coffin , but I 'm afraid that I agree with the general consensus voiced around the bar of the Sun Inn and the George and Dragon that George Hodgson was guilty of nothing but old age , that the only thing he sucked were his gums , and that the hole in the stone was made for a railing or gatepost .
3 there is an art of doing this , and it does take a bit of practice .
4 And it needs to have a path to get there and back .
5 They also play havoc with your skin and it tends to get a bit sweaty under all the make-up I have to wear .
6 is the way the total response of the City and District Council and it 's had a chance , this Committee , to look at it and move forward .
7 and it 's got a back to it
8 yeah and it 's got a bucket which goes like this do n't it ?
9 And it 's got a pendulum .
10 And it 's got a sign over the
11 Well they had to do , , and everybody 's got here that he 's a , he 's engaged , and there , and I mean I know I 've used doing my scribble , but here 's a little spout here like that and it 's got a tap on it , and that 's what it is .
12 And but it was starting to grow and it 's still only a stick , and it 's got a bud on the top .
13 And it 's got a hyphen in the middle as well .
14 It 's come from Miss Dawn who wants her car back it 's a red Escort Laser it 's bright rosso red and it 's got a bit of rust on the driver 's front wing and red paint on the exhaust .
15 And it 's got a phone number .
16 There 's this big depot ship in the loch and it 's got a flotilla of submarines …
17 c sound and it 's got a vowel it 's got this A I O or U right in front of it so we go best guess is C K.
18 And it 's got a ship and erm there 's people on there and it shows you this thing round the ship erm they have a storm and suddenly the sh the erm what do you call it ?
19 S er got one lone piece and it 's got a piece of wedge and it 's got another piece sticking up and something sticking out of that piece of branch or something sticking out of that .
20 We have had that moulder now for three or four years and it has done a lot of work .
21 Orem , Utah-based WordPerfect Corp is chasing objects : it says WordPerfect Presentations 2.0 for Windows will support Object Linking and Embedding , the Twain image acquisition standard and direct CD-ROM sound ; and it has done a deal with IBM Corp 's IBM Programming Systems for a joint development agreement to provide users with consistent object interaction and data interoperability across multiple workstation products and operating systems — the agreement encompasses WordPerfect for OS/2 , WordPerfect for Windows , WordPerfect for MS-DOS and WordPerfect for IBM 's AIX Unix .
22 Orem , Utah-based WordPerfect Corp is chasing objects : it says Word Perfect Presentations 2.0 for Windows will support Object Linking and Embedding , the Twain image acquisition standard and direct CD-ROM sound ; and it has done a deal with IBM Corp 's IBM Programming Systems for a joint development agreement to provide users with consistent object interaction and data interoperability across multiple workstation products and operating systems — the agreement encompasses WordPerfect for OS/2 , WordPerfect for Windows , WordPerfect for MS-DOS and WordPerfect for IBM 's AIX Unix .
23 The measure expresses a mean between saving and lashing-out , and it has remained a feature of my own Scots-Irish domestic economy which I would bet is widespread in northern parts .
24 The Black Hats versus White Hats centenary match took place on May Day , Monday the 5th May 1980 , as part of a ‘ family fun day ’ , and it has remained a May Day event on alternate years since then .
25 Recent health scares over cling-film have had a knock-on effect on Tupperware and it has enjoyed a boom in sales .
26 about three years and it has bled a couple of times .
27 ‘ Now , Roger , it 's obvious — you have worn that chain for a few days and it has left a mark .
28 The bank is also putting cash behind a research centre for industrial automation at Durham University ; and it has financed a study to determine whether ideas emanating from London 's Imperial College have a chance of leading to commercial products .
29 However , Joanne and her parents agree that having the baby has brought them all closer together as a family , and it has provided a focus and role for her mother who , after Joanne 's account , tells her version of the way that this has positively transformed her life .
30 Then you remember it and it starts to come a bit true does n't it ?
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