Example sentences of "and [verb] it [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a well set out machine and using it became second nature after just a couple of hours . |
| 2 | He has sported the distinctive moustache for many years and admitted it took some ‘ bare-faced cheek ’ to get rid of it . |
| 3 | We had to contend with some extremely high winds and found it needed extra guys to hold upright . |
| 4 | … she tried to open her eye — the right one , the one that was still there — and found it glued shut . |
| 5 | Effectively I suppose , what the best thing to do is to check the T G I manual against the , against the erm ad-hoc procedure and providing it covered all the things which are in the ad-hoc procedure , it should be okay . |
| 6 | When I read it , I was at first very put off , but I 'm glad I persevered , as in the end I was quite charmed , and thought it contained some very shrewd observations , too . |
| 7 | There were some ragged robins in a jar on the windowsill ; she put the jar on the tray and thought it looked nice . |
| 8 | Gedge joked to music writers that he had accidentally played the original Orange Juice song at the wrong speed and thought it sounded great . |
| 9 | The monarch twice interrupted journeys to give a royal address and complained it seemed unworthy of the birthplace of railways . |
| 10 | A top critic , Jeffrey Taylor of The Mail on Sunday , saw rehearsals of the ballet , and said it contained erotic love scenes . |
| 11 | THE Indian government defeated an opposition censure motion in parliament yesterday and said it had vital evidence to identify those responsible for a series of bomb explosions in Bombay . |
| 12 | It detected a pick-up in house sales and said it hoped 1993 would prove ‘ a springboard for recovery ’ . |
| 13 | Mr Millan personally was in favour of a large degree of devolution and said it helped European regional policy to work more effectively . |
| 14 | Regional Magistrate Gerry Harty agreed that the firm had a good record and said it bought vast quantities for distribution to its various stores . |
| 15 | So it 's really about keeping his spirit alive and making sure people get a chance to hear this album and see it performed live . |
| 16 | What we did : Rachel was tired of her style and wanted it cut short so we decided to make use of the remainder of the perm and create a look with lots of volume . |
| 17 | Brabham had come quite close to the championship in I975 , and in Reutemann and Pace it had two first-line drivers of the highest quality . |