Example sentences of "and [vb past] it [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | she has n't gone out and sold it though has she ? for one or two fairly decent names er |
| 2 | Priestley supported them and made it well known , so much so that he was asked not to attend the dinner — just in case . |
| 3 | It smelt and made it hard to breath . |
| 4 | He let his hand wander a little , and got it petulantly pushed away as she heaved herself out of the clutches of the chesterfield 's upholstery , and sat up on the edge of it . |
| 5 | If anything , they would have been better off contributing less prize money ( which they tried to do in 1991 but were not allowed to reduce what they had already promised ) and used it instead to go into the appearance money pool , which will still have to be funded . |
| 6 | John Wesley edited an abridged edition and used it widely to support his sermons . |
| 7 | He put his finger towards one of the clenched fists and found it tightly grasped . |
| 8 | But I have been to the cirque in early June and in October , and found it almost deserted , so it is not too hard to pick your moment . |
| 9 | He put out his hands almost against his will , took up one of the mallets and swung it testingly to get the feel of its balance , picked up a punch at random and applied its point , none too deftly because his hands were tremulous , to a half-defined fold of drapery in the nearest block of stone . |
| 10 | The human pulled at the gate and swung it enough to allow itself inside . |
| 11 | He opened the flying jacket and folded it then unzipped the tracksuit top . |
| 12 | I just stood there , my heart banging like a sledge-hammer , and watched it slowly dawning on you . |
| 13 | Louise Hignett , a stylist from Keith Hall the Hairdressers salon in Arnold , Nottingham , cut off the damaged ends and texturised it throughout to encourage the curl and take some of the weight out of it . |
| 14 | Sabine had inherited her mother 's fair hair , and wore it sleekly cut in a similar straight bob , swinging almost to her shoulders . |
| 15 | Mrs d'Urberville held each bird and felt it carefully to see that it was in good health . |
| 16 | But she put it to her eyes and brought it away streaked black and green . |
| 17 | Well my Molly has just dug a hole so deep she 's got into next door 's garden fetch the Springer Spaniel from next door and brought it home to play with . |
| 18 | With heaving stomach , Kelly had gone to the kitchen , tipped the burnt remains of her cat into a plastic bag and took it downstairs to bury it in the garden . |
| 19 | She clicked it and took it away to reveal the red drop of blood that the tiny lancet 's pin prick had produced . |
| 20 | If ever I was tempted by the seductive stasis of an eidetic image , I punctured its reflecting skin with a dart and tore it away to reveal the structure of habit below . |
| 21 | And did it also say in big capital letters please do not y let your granddaughter fiddle around with it ? |
| 22 | The chairman said : ‘ He was a shelf stacker at Tescos and said it fully qualified him for the job ! ’ |
| 23 | He was very impertinent about my wine and said it always had pieces of cork floating in it . |
| 24 | The gold was very fine , and , when minted , affected the currency : the Company issued a guinea coin to pay its dividends and had it specially stamped with an elephant to show that it came from Africa . |
| 25 | With the piece of toast in her hand she went right up to the window and pushed it further open . |