Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [verb] [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is one of the most ancient of dye plants , its use being recorded 2,500 years ago , and it is such a strong dye that it will produce a deep pink-brown without a mordant — with alum and tin it supplies red and red-brown . |
| 2 | Temperatures were in the high seventies and with the absence of any wind it felt sticky and humid . |
| 3 | The Ridgery was clay on chalk ; heavy land difficult to work where it sloped gently towards the east : in the winter it lay sodden and cold , in summer it dried as hard as brick and there were cracks in it . |
| 4 | In winter it grew dark and fed on the sap in trees , or the blood of animals . |
| 5 | When he struck it hard against the trunk of the tree it seemed solid and did not break or splinter . |
| 6 | Even on this hot day it felt cool and clammy to her bare feet , and then , as contrast , came the baking hot flags of the terrace . |
| 7 | Where it licked the Wizards ' Quarter it burned blue and green and was even laced with strange sparks of the eighth colour , octarine ; where its outriders found their way into the vats and oil stores all along Merchant Street it progressed in a series of blazing fountains and explosions ; in the streets of the perfume blenders it burned with a sweetness ; where it touched bundles of rare and dry herbs in the storerooms of the drugmasters it made men go mad and talk to God . |
| 8 | Arthur Price chairman John Price says : ‘ 13/0 certainly looks as bright and as cheerful as 18/8 but after it has been in use for a short while it goes dull and then grey and , after a year or so , stains and pitmarks develop which can not be removed . ’ |
| 9 | That night it freezes hard and next morning after a brief breakfast we thaw out the boat and set off again . |
| 10 | At first this premise may seem difficult to accept , but as he maps the argument it becomes more and more plausible . |
| 11 | Dr Greene came with increasing frequency to the house to examine his patient , and although the baby was large for its gestational age it seemed healthy and active , with a strong , regular heartbeat . |
| 12 | In London not only did satirical intention seem redundant — other people were doing it better — but as a critical reaction to society it seemed inadequate and ultimately reactionary . ’ |
| 13 | I felt very down , but once he began to need my milk it seemed worthwhile and I gradually began to produce a little more at each pumping . |
| 14 | As soon as she left the main tourist route it became quieter and darker . |
| 15 | Following the Coopers merger with Deloittes , Pearson had found itself with three firms of auditors — Deloitte & Touche and Arthur Andersen in the US and Coopers & Lybrand in the rest of the world — a situation it found cumbersome and expensive . |
| 16 | Towards the end it got better and they worked , it was a bad start , but it got better towards the end . |
| 17 | In summer it gets dry and it goes like like . |
| 18 | The last tour I had the whole thing note-for-note worked out and it got a bit boring after a while ; this way it stays exciting and sometimes I pull it off and sometimes I die a death . |
| 19 | Like the milt it has wide and ancient associations . |
| 20 | When Kalchu brought it fresh hay and water and even maize porridge it remained aloof and indifferent . |
| 21 | The court can make whatever order it considers appropriate and can impose conditions . |
| 22 | In the meantime it remains unused and sealed off for much of the year . |
| 23 | I mean not just trying but if you if you get chosen to play the violin it means practising and practising and staying with it so that you become a good violin player . |
| 24 | But this time it went wrong and Ms Kennedy , who plays a republican activist in the drama , had to receive treatment for an eye injury . |
| 25 | Bush said that although " there are some things in it I had to gag and digest " , he would sign it " because for the first time it makes significant and long-term cuts in federal spending that should have a positive impact on America 's economic future " . |
| 26 | This time it looks serious and if he is forced to resign then my own position could be in jeopardy . |