Example sentences of "and it [verb] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | If you are in the river and pee in the water , it can sense your urine and will swim up to lodge in you , swimming up the nearest orifice and sticking out its barbs , which is meant to be excruciatingly painful — and it takes surgery to get one out . |
2 | mhm And they have to buy everything for you , and it takes ages does n't it . |
3 | If you write a spreadsheet for somebody else , you might be using a sixty six megahertz four eight six duel processor erm , spaceship , and , somebody is using a steam driven I B M A T or something , and it runs quite acceptably on your machine , a reasonable speed , and you give it to somebody else on that steam driven thing , and it takes ages to do anything , and er , you press a button and they wait half an hour sort of thing . |
4 | And it takes ages to call |
5 | The most common type used by gardeners is drawn through the earth by rotors that dig the soil and it takes practice to get the knack of using it . |
6 | It 's like two distinct things , two different worlds , and it takes time to make the transition between them in one sitting . ’ |
7 | In order to have a current , charge carriers must be accelerated , and it takes time to accelerate particles of finite mass . |
8 | She 's very young , only a girl really , and it takes time to get used to this funny little country . |
9 | yeah I think that 's probably the best thing and gradually the past you 've missed might start fitting into place as it were you know if you , if you keep up with the present , I think that 's probably the best thing so er and , you know , er I know it 's no comfort but these things take time , you know it takes time to get socialized into something and it takes time to get used to a way of working . |
10 | He does not know what to do , and it takes time to solve the problem . |
11 | And it takes nerve to walk and sit to order in the glare of the lights with all those people watching . |
12 | Bereavement is the one battle in which people dice with a death that has already occurred in order to survive all the dangers of the loss and deprivation it brings , and it takes courage to stand shoulder to shoulder with someone who is in the thick of it . |
13 | The plaintiff , acting under section 222 of the Local Government Act 1972 ‘ to promote or protect the interests of the inhabitants in its area , ’ brought an action for declarations that the dock company and its sublessees operating in the port had created a public nuisance and it sought injunctions restraining them from permitting heavy goods vehicles coming to and from the port between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m . |
14 | He was already out there , virtually his spiritual home according to his team-mates back in Taunton , and it made sense to put him on alert . |
15 | It did a particularly good job of informing people about the issues — especially if they were tabloid press readers , who could get relatively little information from the press ; and it made electors feel more warmth and commitment to the party system and party leaders generally . |
16 | He looked … he looked wonderful , and it made Robyn feel ten times worse . |
17 | But certain individuals clearly played crucial roles and it meant names had to be mentioned . |
18 | This latter approach is known as programme budgeting and it identifies amounts allocated to individual services . |
19 | There are several reasons why this may be present , but the main one is that it ‘ guarantees ’ that the manufacturer has conformed with EC weight regulations and it enables foods to move easily between EC countries without having to go through lengthy weight checks in the importing country . |
20 | But fortunately the traffic was heavy and it took ages to reach Bethnal Green . |
21 | big one and it took ages to dry off , yeah . |
22 | And it left Wednesday rattled until veteran campaigner Anderson took charge midway through the first-half . |
23 | It would sadden Mr Peniket and the older parishioners and it saddened Quentin to think it would , but he saw no point in sitting in a chair and meditating all day . |
24 | You turn it on and it tapes people singing or talking . |
25 | Making tree ties properly is an art , and it needs practice to do it well . |
26 | And it seems others agree with Mr Heine . |
27 | Philippa , whose face was normally as radiant and untroubled as a child 's , had not stopped frowning since Lee had started talking to her that afternoon and it annoyed Conrad to see it . |
28 | The error was spotted after work began and it cost £70,000 to raise the bridge . |
29 | On our first day of trading we took £8.36 , which delighted us , but a local health nut had eaten the geraniums and it cost £6 to replace them . |
30 | It made Bella shriek and wave her arms about and it set Joe drumming his fingers on the table with that quiet disapproval that was worse than anything Bella could do . |