Example sentences of "and [verb] it [verb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | And there would seem to be an easy , gradual continuum between using the voice to make echoes and using it to mimic echoes . |
2 | The idea of recovering waste heat from air or water , and using it to heat buildings cheaply , is very attractive . |
3 | Gardeners get round these problems by using alternative means of propagation , all of them known as vegetative methods because of they involve taking some living fragment of a plant and inducing it to develop roots , so producing a new plant identical to the patent or part from which it was taken . |
4 | Colin bought the cordite and used it to light fires with . |
5 | When he closed the account , he transferred this to another account and used it to pay chambers ' expenses . |
6 | He had taken a sheet of writing paper from the desk and used it to make notes during the meeting . |
7 | The traditionalism of egalitarian feminist psychology gains it a hearing in the conventional discipline , and allows it to make changes within the established framework . |
8 | The USA released US$54,000,000 in aid to Nicaragua on Dec. 3 to assist the country 's economic stabilization and to help it to normalize relations with international financial institu-tions . |
9 | In South Africa domestic workers are not covered by labour laws , but SADWU has drawn up a schedule of wages and benefits it believes employers should observe . |
10 | Tony uses the Midge commuting to site each day and finds it gets waves from admirers . |
11 | The opportunity , rather , is this : apart from lean production and quality control , one of the big domestic advantages of the best Japanese manufacturers has been the way they garner information within their own firm and use it to take decisions . |
12 | Occasionally it would extend one of its sensors and use it to draw shapes in the dirt . |
13 | A country that has a balance of payments surplus may receive payment from the debtor 's foreign exchange reserves , receive the balance in gold , leave the money in the debtor country and use it to purchase goods and services in the future , or lend the debtor country the money to pay off the debt and receive interest on the loan in the meantime . |
14 | This being so , it is surely better to acknowledge the power of behaviour and use it to improve relationships and enhance communication between people . |
15 | ‘ We had to keep our hands on the reins at that point in the race though we were still allowed to carry the whip and use it to prevent horses running out , refusing , or causing accidents . |
16 | During 1991 , in consultation with Pat Twite , the decision was taken to change the direction of the award and use it to encourage museums and other organisations to strive for improvements in their respective fields and to align the award with the good works of the BAPC . |
17 | Sucking the wool and making it damp enhances the lanolin odour , and this keeps the cats contented and fully absorbed in their sucking and chewing . |
18 | Once you 've built a fully computerized factory , you can take out the lights , shut the door and leave it to make engines or vacuum cleaners or whatever , all on its own in the dark . |
19 | Sometimes the Constitution limits the executive or subordinate local bodies ; sometimes it limits the legislature also , but only so far as amendment of the Constitution itself is concerned ; and sometimes it imposes restrictions upon the legislature which go far beyond this point and forbid it to make laws upon certain subjects or in a certain way or with certain effects . |
20 | The Science Museum , which owns the airfield , admitted it 's had to increase the amount it charges the Association , and said it regretted plans to pull out . |
21 | Last night AA Roadwatch urged drivers to take care in the icy conditions and said it anticipated problems with heavy traffic during the holiday period . |
22 | Is current expenditure well spent and does it produce services of an appropriate quality ? |
23 | Ian then set Jo 's hair using the Pin-curl technique and styled it using products from the Schwarzkopf Silhouette professional range . |