Example sentences of "and it [verb] [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And it made better grass .
2 Those disciples , they had the storm stilled for them and it got easier sailing .
3 Poor land means less reward for more work , more risk of disappointment and failure , and it requires greater skill .
4 Despite some significant developments by BBC and Marconi engineers , the system still did not give better quality than 78rpm discs ; it only succeeded because it gave longer running-time , and it had lower running-costs because the tape could be magnetically erased and reused .
5 Nonetheless the principle of retirement pension was accepted from this point onwards , and it enabled older people to maintain their position as active partners in structures of kin support , at least in financial terms .
6 ‘ It is tiny , only about two inches , and very narrow , and it parasitises larger fish by entering through their gill openings , or through their cloacas .
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