Example sentences of "and [vb past] it [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He collected his coat and draped it over one shoulder . |
| 2 | She unplaited her hair and shook it out loose . |
| 3 | He has already cut the wax into six portions , plus a couple of spares , and flattened it out ready to enclose the paper scrolls . |
| 4 | She 'd tacked a few scraps of old cotton into a baby-gown too and sent it round next door for the new Rattrie baby , born very inconveniently , as it turned out , the day after the funeral , her fit of generosity entirely misplaced , since the child had only lived a few hours and the gown — upon which Odette had worked a few hasty stitches of embroidery — had ended up in the pawnshop — Cara had seen it herself in the window — to help pay , she supposed , for yet another infantile disposal . |
| 5 | Leaving Harry briefly I went to the dinghy and heaved it over right side up . |
| 6 | It took the hero a year to find the creature , taking him beyond the boundaries of the world , but he captured it by swimming across a river , and brought it back alive , as was his instruction . |
| 7 | Anyway , I resealed the file and took it back this morning . ’ |
| 8 | Each horse had his own harness ; and if it could n't be spared to be sent down to the shop for repair , the horseman brought it himself , got it seen to and took it back ready for work on the next day . |