Example sentences of "and it [verb] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we try the Star and Garter next door it is crammed tighter than a coal bucket , and it belts rap at a thousand watts . |
| 2 | Once play activity becomes formalized , directed , structured by rules , and it takes place in a defined space ( ‘ field of play ’ ) , it moves into the related but distinct area of games . |
| 3 | This was carried out by Sachs ( 1967 ) and it compared recall of sentences which had just been heard with recall of sentences which had been heard earlier in a passage . |
| 4 | It blames the poor , it blames the unemployed , it blames industry and it blames commerce for the mess that we 're in and never says anything about itself . |
| 5 | Every man in it had fought before , it was freshly equipped , and it sought vengeance against the countries that had humbled France in 1814 . |
| 6 | This particularly devious and invidious form of argument can be endless , and it denies credit to human beings where it is due , and gives an excuse to those who , intending to avoid their obligation to contribute towards the world 's work , cite the doctrine , ‘ god will provide ’ . |
| 7 | Given Khoneinis constant Anti-American rhetoric , this was quite a success for the United States and it led Ambassador with the new regime . |
| 8 | As Endill ate his breakfast he felt a thousand eyes watch him put his cold piece of toast into his mouth and it sent shivers down his spine . |
| 9 | Zulei pointed the blade towards her and it sent lances of red and green light into Jezrael 's eyes . |
| 10 | But it projected enthusiasm , delight and knowledge right through the television screen and it made Peter within a few months well-known to millions of people who had never imagined that they had any interest in natural history . |
| 11 | and I did something strange to is and it became X to the six , what would I have done to it . |
| 12 | News of a 4.7pc rise in air traffic figures failed to set BAA flying and it dipped 2p to 816p . |
| 13 | And it does kind of stand in my way because , for one thing , there will never be a greater guitar player than Jimi Hendrix , as long as people can remember that name . |
| 14 | Dawn was just breaking and I began to see a little more civilisation and it looked sort of right . |
| 15 | He lowered the gun , and it hung limp in his hand , barrel to the floor . |
| 16 | So erm what I 'm trying to say here then is that the federal government is important , the federal government tries wherever possible to guide states into , into good practice and it offers rewards to states to comply with , with federal er guidelines so that , you know , if you want federal aid for er a particular project you have to , if you accept federal money , you have to ensure that you meet certain standards or certain conditions , but a very convenient way of enforcing civil rights er policies . |
| 17 | Its breath fled outwards into snow-bright dawn and it spat Jezrael through when she would have stuck in the slit . |
| 18 | We caress the foal and it learns affection for us . |
| 19 | Take the kite down to ground level and at either side , it will again reach a point where the aerodynamic forces are balanced , and it hovers nose into wind , the spine horizontal and cross-spars vertical . |
| 20 | You know , the one where you sit there and lie through your teeth about spending every waking hour flossing and probing and massaging and never go out of an evening without your single-headed brush , and the Aussie hygienist who looks like Brooke Shields on a good day takes one prod at your gum and it spouts blood like Moby Dick on a bad day and the game 's up there and then . |
| 21 | This is discussed with the data owner at the time they deposit their data and it forms part of the contract between them and the Archive . |
| 22 | and then it homes in on one of the men right and it goes sort of whee one hour later whee whee bom bom bom and the other one goes one hour later right and the computer just explodes and it just goes boom |
| 23 | Discussion on its own is insufficient and it requires legitimization by those institutions who hold this facility ( universities , examination boards , employers and society at large ) . ’ |
| 24 | The debtor remains in a sense owner ; he has a new sort of equitable ownership , ‘ an equity of redemption ’ , which he is only to lose after the court has given him ample opportunity to repay , and it becomes plain to the court that he can not or will not pay . |
| 25 | According to Labour 's own figures , in 1987 the Transport and General Workers Union gave more money to the Labour party than the whole of industry gave to the Tory party , and it gets votes for it , even on the leadership of the party . |
| 26 | And now it stilled Creggan , and it brought silence to the other eagle . |
| 27 | And it quotes Quote from nineteen eighty four . |
| 28 | Newcastle Emlyn Castle was built in approximately 1240 within a loop on the River Teifi and it saw action in 1648 when it was blown up by Cromwell 's men . |
| 29 | and it represents sort of spiritual people . |
| 30 | ‘ It seems to me that if one sets up a quango and it spends 26% of the money disbursed on its own administration , that is a pretty high percentage . ’ |