Example sentences of "and [noun] [vb past] it [vb infin] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 But only a small group of teachers and parents saw it get underway .
2 A miasma of despair rose from the cluster of black Workshops and Fenella felt it billow out and engulf them in its sick , cold desolation .
3 A tall chimney above the heating plant and workshops made it look rather like a factory under guard .
4 Not least , the absence of any serious rationing of consumer goods , and the large number of exemptions from military service for skilled workers and farmers made it appear that the regime was well in control of developments , did not fear a war on the 1914–18 scale , and was even rather generous in its provisioning arrangements .
5 Rosalba pressed her sister 's hand , and Caterina felt it dry and hot , clasped in hers .
6 To the left a group of barren islets , suggesting ruins of stone walls , towers and block houses , had its foundations set in a blue sea that itself looked solid , so still and stable did it lie below my feet ; even the track of light from the westering sun shone smoothly , without that animated glitter which tells of an imperceptible ripple ( 2 ) .
7 That was an excess of suspicion , for the letter was drafted by David Hunt , vice Bevir who was ill , and Hunt made it conform to precedents .
8 It was born on a Sunday afternoon and Carrie and Albert and Nick saw it happen .
9 It had since been rebuilt ; its arched windows and roofs made it look like a Russian provincial home .
  Next page