Example sentences of "and [vb -s] it [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He takes my hand and squeezes it hard . |
| 2 | In this way , the combination of light-plus-colour gives the animal a flat , undifferentiated appearance and renders it much less conspicuous to predatory eyes . |
| 3 | And crunches it pensively , watching Anya do the same . |
| 4 | I love him to bits but I 'm long past the stage of believing marriage is what makes a relationship real and holds it together . |
| 5 | He sits on the edge of the bed where Kate lies fenced in by bolsters and proffers it smilingly . |
| 6 | The sifu sets a time-limit to the fight , usually about two minutes , and supervises it closely . |
| 7 | We are standing in that kitchen where I 've shared her meals and laughter , and she finishes drying the glass and places it carefully on the table . |
| 8 | The victim-to-be purchases , or is given , the W.N.B. and places it unsuspectingly in the top pocket of his or her jacket , with the humorous head protruding . |
| 9 | She is a writer and loves it just as it is . |
| 10 | The 1986 Act views the appointment of an administrative receiver as being in some respects similar to insolvency proceedings and regulates it accordingly . |
| 11 | The child now turns the paper over , or covers his first attempt , if it was right , and writes it again from memory . |
| 12 | But she was there and you know , she wants something here and wants it there too . |
| 13 | Physics probes the physical world experimentally , and describes it mathematically . |
| 14 | Marwick , like McGregor , looks at legislative change in the period , and describes it generally as both liberal and ‘ civilising ’ . |
| 15 | As a book on the history of men who went to war , it takes up Pieri 's challenge , and meets it handsomely . |
| 16 | ‘ No , he usually brings his own lunch and eats it here . ’ |
| 17 | The Bulgarian Telecommunications Co , which last week gave contracts to Siemens AG , L M Ericsson Telefon AB , Alcatel NV and Northern Telecom Ltd under its $300m modernisation programme , says it will announce two more foreign investors shortly : ‘ We will announce soon our partners for building up a surface satellite station and for introduction of a new digital overlay network , ’ Antoni Slavinski , deputy chairman told Reuter ; and a joint venture between Bulgarian Telecommunications Co and US Sprint International Inc will start operating on April 15 ; Sprint Business Telecommunications Co will enable customers in Bulgaria to link host and personal computers with others around the world , and says it already has some 50 applications , mostly from foreign companies operating in Bulgaria . |
| 18 | ‘ And shows it always , ’ Wilson replied , ‘ even though he is no longer a child . ’ |
| 19 | The new technology takes waste material from a manufacturing plant , mixes it with waste gases from the same plant and recycles it so that it can be used again . |
| 20 | For another second I flail like I 'm drowning , and Casey grabs at the gun and wrenches it upwards from my hand . |
| 21 | A gentle push on the ‘ swing ’ handle of a Stanley folding door opens and closes it quietly and easily — and it will fold back on itself to just half its original size ! |
| 22 | Then at odd times he looks up and sees it again . |
| 23 | One part turns on the other and sees it as worthless , leading to the self-reproaches and relentless self-criticism of melancholics . |
| 24 | The crying will cease when the mother , or mother surrogate , comes back and comforts it again . |
| 25 | The Bill gives protection with one hand and takes it away with the other . |
| 26 | You may hear the word ‘ football ’ pronounced as , but your brain recognises the word as made up of ‘ foot ’ and ‘ ball ’ and interprets it phonologically as . |
| 27 | He grabs his thick , black briefcase , places it on his knees and opens it slowly , reverentially , as if revealing the contents of the Ark of the Covenant . |
| 28 | Gets it across , controls with his right foot , strikes with his left and it cannons back off a defender and gets it away . |
| 29 | Tommy picks up the Magnum and fires it twice at the stereo , one bullet in each cassette deck . |
| 30 | He slips his hand inside the unzipped top of his jogger suit and withdraws it enough to let me see his gun . |