Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [vb past] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had taken one hand from the wheel and held it up in protest . |
| 2 | The familiar modern terminology was already in use : " bull " already described a dealer who bought stock and sold it ahead of having to pay for it , while " bear " applied to those who contracted to sell stock they had yet to obtain . |
| 3 | Geraldine checked no one was looking , took one daffodil and dropped it over a wall into a garden . |
| 4 | Should of had it on the card and tucked it in |
| 5 | She pulled out her warrant card and slapped it on the desk then marched out of the office , slamming the door behind her . |
| 6 | Rohmer brought out an ID card and showed it to Cardiff . |
| 7 | The unarmed man then produced a buff-coloured plastic ID card and held it up in front of Vasili . |
| 8 | She pulled out one card and handed it over , extending it between two outstretched fingers — as if amnesia was catching . |
| 9 | Tom unbuttoned his overcoat , fished in the pocket of the dark suit which he scathingly referred to as his ‘ city uniform ’ for his identity card and flashed it at the uniformed security man . |
| 10 | If she did n't know better she 'd have said he 'd sabotaged her jeep and made it rain this way , just so he could enjoy some amusement at her expense ! |
| 11 | Jaq tore the cockade loose and pocketed it , for the minor satisfaction of having at least a scrap of the Harlequin man in his grasp . |
| 12 | The moment it was free of debt they dissolved the partnership and replaced it by the limited-liability company she had suggested in the first place . |
| 13 | Her eyes had opened wide in wonder , and the light entered their long-lashed blackness and turned it to a dusky , flecked gold . |
| 14 | Lord Hailsham , however , used twentieth century reasoning and applied it to nineteenth century cases . |
| 15 | Had n't she taken off her own wedding ring and hung it around her neck with her red identity tag and the St Christopher medal Father O'Flaherty had given her ? |
| 16 | Beggars ca n't be choosers though , he thought philosophically as he got up , removed the boiling kettle from the gas ring and emptied it into a small china teapot . |
| 17 | He laid both hands to the ring and turned it , and it gave to his cautious thrust and let him in . |
| 18 | I was wearing the King 's ring , but I took off my Rassendyll family ring and gave it to her . |
| 19 | He had a hammer and banged it against the walls to restore order but nobody took any notice of him . |
| 20 | Then he nodded at Benny who took the hammer and brought it back over his head , ready to smash it down on to the cartridge at a sign from his brother . |
| 21 | Turning her back , she weighed the hammer and smashed it into the centre of the clay skull at her feet . |
| 22 | Zach and George dragged the case up to the bedroom and laid it on one side . |
| 23 | He fetched a blanket from the bedroom and wrapped it round Doyle 's body , trying not to touch the wounds . |
| 24 | He went to the lavatory , lifted a large tin bath off its wall hook , took it into the bedroom and placed it on the floor . |
| 25 | Gedge joked to music writers that he had accidentally played the original Orange Juice song at the wrong speed and thought it sounded great . |
| 26 | She knew only that suddenly her hand was upraised , that his shot out with lightning speed and caught it in mid-air . |
| 27 | The curtains billowed madly as the wind caught them and Donna dashed across to the light switch and slapped it hard , plunging the room into darkness . |
| 28 | While S & N has announced itself ‘ perfectly happy ’ with the way things have gone since the switch and said it had been successful , some observers are convinced that operating costs have increased substantially and cite political rather than cost or environmental reasons behind the decision . |
| 29 | I felt around for a switch and threw it down to reveal a stone staircase with iron handrail . |
| 30 | Then Diane found a switch and threw it , and a weak pool of illumination washed down a white screen on the back wall . |