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

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1 The developmentalists grabbed it and used it to make distance between the materially rich and poor nations so that very soon ‘ Third World ’ universally connoted poverty , overpopulation , disease , disorder , illiteracy , violent social upheavals and every imaginable human horror .
2 She took out the electric beater and arranged it to beat cream , while Mrs Palichuk watched , fascinated .
3 It asked the Moldavian Supreme Soviet to review its August 1989 language law " in order to protect the interests of all nationalities " , and ordered it to adopt legislation ensuring equal rights for all citizens .
4 This further increased its authority and enabled it to keep control over events , at least for the next few months .
5 And did it make sense ?
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