Example sentences of "[prep] it and [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He got hold of it and hung on . |
| 2 | ‘ Yesterday , when I asked you about animal rights , you said you were out of it and clammed up good and proper . |
| 3 | The bulldog twitched and sniffed the air , started to rise but thought better of it and flopped down with her head on her paws . |
| 4 | Well as I say , I think three people would make a better of it and come back with their recommendations . . |
| 5 | Now you can look at that and sort of chant it out to yourself and learn that as a table or learn it visually or vaguely remember some of it and fill in the gaps by going back , What happened when we tried when we dripped ac acid on a metal ? |
| 6 | There had to be some way to break out of it and get back to reality . |
| 7 | Finally they — they tired of it and ran off . |
| 8 | I stand in front of it and look up at the lights . |
| 9 | It looks as though somebody cut a length of it and set out to kill me with it . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Up ’ ( and I think we 're talking more than the one level of ambiguity in that solitary two-letter word ) is a record that actually makes you feel happy , in that all of it is uplifting ( oi ! spiritually , not trouserly ) , you can dance to some of it and sing along to the rest , the words are rude and witty and always smart , and Richard Fairbrass is a fantastic pop singer , all post-Bowie and Ferry and languid , a sort of brightly-coloured Neil Tennant . |
| 11 | When I 'd finished we began to see the funny side of it and ended up laughing . |
| 12 | Somebody grabbed hold of it and burped down it . |
| 13 | As the full , six-strong complement of the member 's Committee representatives were present , and obviously in support , he would quickly realise the arithmetic of it and press on to a vote . |
| 14 | Twice his quarry threw him backward glances , and on the second occasion seemed to slow his pace , as if he might stop and attempt a truce , but then thought better of it and put on an extra turn of speed . |
| 15 | She caught sight of it and put up her other hand , and with a finger stroked his bottom lip until he flinched and turned his head away , parting his lips as he did so however to bite her finger slightly , and close on it . |
| 16 | She grabbed hold of it and peered down the microscope again . |
| 17 | I ran towards it and flopped on to an old bench . |
| 18 | Oh come on till we get past it and turn around . |
| 19 | Well , certainly people are satisfied with where we 've got to and want to draw a line underneath it and move on from there , and I think the prospect of going back to the constitution er issues , and they m once again being a key focus , I do n't think anyone in the Party , or outside the Party , sees the Labour Party wanting to devote itself to that at this time . |
| 20 | I put my forehead against it and hung on with both hands . |
| 21 | Des lounges against it and switches on his walkie-talkie . |
| 22 | Adam quickly crossed to the desk , leant behind it and pulled up the register . |
| 23 | ‘ Mum , ’ Karen said , ‘ can perfectly well leave Maureen to get on with it and come up here . ’ |
| 24 | You just get on with it and come back to me in the morning . ’ |
| 25 | Anyway , whatever , it got pretty popular for a bit before everyone got bored with it and went back to staring out of the window and hiding Brian Smart ( and his accessories ) in the stock cupboard . |
| 26 | I got bored with it and sat down with my coffee . |
| 27 | She left him alone to get on with it and fuck around . |
| 28 | Why do n't you for Christ sake get on with it and hurry up now . |
| 29 | The wind was blowing from the sea and he instinctively opened his wings , leaned round into it and circled up and back , quartering the cliffs around him with his eyes to see what or who was there . |
| 30 | She took her oilskin from the hook on the back door , buttoned herself into it and stepped out , still undetected . |