Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] it [adj] " in BNC.

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1 And through it all he stayed .
2 And through it all there are constant thoughts of death :
3 And through it all were shafts of golden splendour , shooting down from above to burnish the leaves with brilliance .
4 And through it all the cats multiplied fatly —
5 And through it all man 's ( and woman 's ) search for a truly great beer went on .
6 They slowed it to a steady well , but it would n't stop , and through it all there was the awful screaming .
7 And throughout it all the music , first heard as an eerie sketch inside the hero 's head , skeletally indistinct and bone china fragile .
8 It made my head swim , so that I can remember , after that , only hopeless confusion : Nonni coming in and crying , Richard yelling at her to get out and mind her own business , and behind it all , poor Tom sobbing and sobbing .
9 The grinding , stretching sounds were rising to a pitch and behind it all , another low-register noise .
10 Blanche listened to the squelch of their feet , the-soughing trees , the swish of a distant car on the damp road and behind it all an amorphous hum .
11 Beyond the door was a slight recess blocked by a thick metal iron grille , and behind it four pairs of cruel red eyes gleamed in the darkness .
12 And behind it another voice , ‘ Ora pro nobis … ’
13 Two regional blocs have emerged : Israel supported by the United States , and against it certain Arab states supported in part by the Soviet Union .
14 And beneath it all her agony of eagerness to speak to Luke alone battling with her growing apprehension .
15 Over the marble mantelpiece was a huge oval gold mirror , with an eagle adorning it , and beneath it two gilt and delicate sprays of candle brackets .
16 But I could make no sort of impression upon him … when I visited him a second time , the fear of death was gone , and with it all solicitude about religion . ’
17 It was not only the blow of failing to win power , and with it all hopes of a Scottish parliament , but also the fact that Labour lost votes and a seat in Scotland — facts which are conveniently forgotten when home-rulers and guardians of the party 's traditional totems blame failure in the south for Labour 's lack of achievement in the north .
18 And with it tremendous social chaos …
19 This sort of black consciousness — and with it black textbooks , black English and black studies — has barely raised its head in Britain .
20 Here , take this purse , and with it ev'ry Wish ;
21 We are able to give them the independence they so badly need , and with it self respect and dignity .
22 There is great dryness and with it great thirst for cold water .
23 And with it such social and political change as they shall not understand .
24 As part of this a rather different kind of social survey emerged and with it new kinds of data .
25 He is , after all , the man who brought The Mahabharata to Scotland — and with it new theatrical inspiration , ingenuity and passion .
26 The " sartorial " version of religion is smuggled in unawares , and with it radical doubt as to the truth of any religion .
27 One office was burned out completely , and with it some fairly important papers that would take several months , research to restore .
28 At this stage we should look briefly at the third and final possibility , and with it some cases we shall not be discussing in this book .
29 Under the 1980 Local Government Planning and Land Act the old loan sanction procedure disappeared , and with it some of the detailed controls .
30 But jazz vocalism — and with it this kind of tension — has been a strong influence on popular singing , from Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra down to many recent performers .
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