Example sentences of "[adv prt] and it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , quite suddenly , the monkey 's body clocked kicked in and it fell asleep . |
| 2 | every so often , they 've got these little card things well they shove them in and it clicks all these numbers up so I used to buy one token |
| 3 | The document argued that a school would be more effective in achieving its aims if they were written down and it suggested six possible aims expressed at a high level of generality , for example : to develop lively enquiring minds … ; to acquire the knowledge and skills relevant to adult life and employment in a fast-changing world . |
| 4 | ‘ When we do silage work , this engine is barely ticking over and it uses less fuel over the same acreage than a Ford 8210 , ’ 2 he says . |
| 5 | Er about this strike and er but time went on and it became obvious that er nobody were going to win only the boss like this boss , course he was he was scratching through , and so they called the strike off and every person who worked at er every firm had a meeting and they all decided to take so many and every firm took so many of the workers and so nobody was ever unemployed as a consequence of the strike which was very very good . |
| 6 | We got about twenty panels at work and on the panel there 's a little plastic thing stuck on and it needs four keys and one . |
| 7 | I 've got Brylcreem on and it looks black . |
| 8 | paper about that Robin Reliant and he 's done it all up and it does hundred mile an hour ! |
| 9 | We got out over and we had n't got twenty yards when the flares went up and it became undiluted hell |
| 10 | It has two round firebowls with grills that tuck neatly inside when you fold the barbecue up and it has removable legs for easy storage . |
| 11 | If you can find some moss and dig it up and it lasts longer . |
| 12 | no so it was saying how times have changed , but they used to be very , very stuck up and it showed some of the early programmes and how people used to talk , oh so frightfully posh and so frightfully gorgeous and the words , and , it 's rather pleasant is n't it , really rather nice |
| 13 | Reductions of 30 per cent have already been worked out and it understood another 10 per cent can be offered . |
| 14 | The sun came out and it grew warm on this sheltered side of the island . |
| 15 | Edwin Keith gave Bordon a handy lead with two headed goals , but a rare lapse in defence enabled Beaumont to pull one back and it remained 2–1 at the interval . |