Example sentences of "a [noun sg] and [verb] it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " We would not allow a farmer to stick something in a cow and chase it three times around five fields before it died " , Gummer said . |
| 2 | Clare 's solicitor explained to her that men often forced their wives to return by refusing to grant a divorce and making it difficult for them to obtain money — even when it was awarded by a court . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd rather play a 3-iron and keep it low . ’ |
| 4 | I had never been in such a forest and found it fascinating . |
| 5 | And Nan would be twenty next month and due for a rise , and she was hoping her father would stretch a point and make it ten shillings , for no matter what he said , Nan was a good assistant . |
| 6 | into a marquis and having it all laid on for |
| 7 | He reached Haslemere in early afternoon , hired a taxi and discharged it fifteen minutes later on the other side of the road from the Skein of Geese Hotel and Restaurant a few miles south-east of the town . |
| 8 | He worked at the course twelve hours a day and found it exhausting but staggeringly easy . |
| 9 | They use a colourless paste which has no effect on the skin but has the peculiar property of altering the molecular structure of a metal and making it malleable . |
| 10 | They suggest that you should start the training when your pet is still a kitten and get it used to walking on a harness ( not a collar that can be slipped too easily ) and lead . |
| 11 | Peter was a most agreeable guy but was a non-journalist and found it difficult to adapt to what was wanted in an unfamiliar role . |
| 12 | We cut a mask for my face out of a balaclava and made it black with boot polish . |
| 13 | A person who has parked his car on a road and left it unattended ca n't be said to be the driver of this offence . |
| 14 | The third servant made no attempt to use the gold but dug a hole and kept it safe for his master 's return . |
| 15 | So he says , ‘ Okay , ’ takes a 1-iron and leaves it short of the bunker , and then knocks his second on to the green . |
| 16 | Still he knelt in front of her , and Maria sat forward , lifting a hand and laying it open-palmed against the side of his face for a moment before tracing the angle of his cheek with gentle fingers . |
| 17 | Even if this were the case , there would still be the social problems experienced by mentally handicapped people who may have spent most of their lives in a hospital and find it difficult to cope with a completely new environment . |
| 18 | To prevent it happening again , turn the stopcock on and off at least once a year and close it half a turn from fully open . |
| 19 | Antony pulled out a table-cloth and shook it open with a fine flourish like a bull-fighter showing his cape . |
| 20 | You will have to change and dry the blotting paper frequently during the next few days , so either take a good stock with you , or carefully remove one sheet at a time and iron it dry before replacing it . |
| 21 | The tramp might have lighted a fire and left it burning . |