Example sentences of "and [verb] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm tt I think , oh dear , I saw an advert in the paper I think to , to take out a savings plan or something and I just signed up a , a form and back it came . |
| 2 | The thing is , if they always give you and you , your , nine times out of ten what they do is like , is either , they either put a can over there or a beer or something , they put it over the end of the , the weapon pull the trigger and that , even with a flash that can go like that , and then they show you one with the , the erm flashes right which have more powerful than the and they 've actually got same again same charge as a life grenade in , but it just plain cardboard so , obviously no trap , but if you lay on them ooh er , you get or something you do n't throw what they do now is they put one they light one , put the helmet over the top of it and make it lit , it runs like buggery and it 'll go a hundred , a hundred and fifty foot up in the air and inside it looks like its been and where its been in the thing it 'll be like er , six seventy foot off the ground , I mean I laid on one once and I , landed about two foot too my left so I 've rolled over , rolled , rolled , and rolled , as I 've rolled I 've rolled over on my back and I 've had all loads of over , like the , I had a roll there its like the er |
| 3 | He had forgotten all about his mother 's present and seeing it made him think even more of home . |
| 4 | I consciously look with the object of transcending the commonplace and seeing it transformed . |
| 5 | Just the actual joy of starting and , and seeing it transformed while |
| 6 | It 's a well set out machine and using it became second nature after just a couple of hours . |
| 7 | She heard a sound and realised it came from her own throat . |
| 8 | Certainly , there were examples of transparent deception : for example , when , as proof of their transcendental patriotism , the ICP dissolved itself and announced it had become the Association for Marxist Studies . |
| 9 | He has sported the distinctive moustache for many years and admitted it took some ‘ bare-faced cheek ’ to get rid of it . |
| 10 | Although CDC would not come clean with its actual choice of another RISC , it ruled out Sparc , said DEC 's Alpha was just vapourware and admitted it had been positively influenced by HP 's technology commitment . |
| 11 | Once more , Huy had no opportunity to see out , but guessed from the number of twists and turns it made that they were taking a deliberately tortuous route . |
| 12 | Push the crate left onto the button , stand on the conveyor belt , duck and go left , jump up two platforms and crawl right , through the wall , collect the speaker , go back out of the cave and jump up , go right at the top and fall down the hole , go right and jump over the crate and push it left onto the button , go up on the lift , then right , jump onto the crate on the top platform and push it right , then left onto the button . |
| 13 | Agriculture was very important to the Romans in Britain , because without the food and clothing it provided , they could not survive . |
| 14 | Tell us on a postcard the Latin name of the domesticated Chinese silk moth and send it marked CL /Moth to the address on page 2 by 30 June . |
| 15 | The next day they charged Barry Moxton with the murder of his wife Mary and there was a picture on the front pages of him being led away with a blanket over his head and another of a policeman coming out of his mother 's house with a plastic bag that was said to contain his bloodstained and half-burned clothing , and a day or so after that Uncle Titch turned up in South Wales with his horse and cart where he said he 'd gone after a merry-go-round and did n't know what all the fuss was about , did n't know about any murder , did n't read the papers and was generally believed , at least by the people on the estate , because it was typical of Uncle Titch , and by that time the Queerfella who was queerer than any of them knew had made a full confession and it was all over bar the shouting and the trial , when he pleaded guilty and was sent down for life and everyone said he should have been hanged and pretended it had never once crossed their minds that it was Uncle Titch that done it . |
| 16 | I bit the shell of one and gave the kernel to her , and then bit another and pretended it had broken one of my teeth and I was in too much pain . ’ |
| 17 | And what would you do if someone were to break down those pillars , Shae — scream and protest and say it had all been done against your will ? ’ |
| 18 | It was a funny advertisement , it did n't come right out and say it gave you abortions , it just promised to ‘ help ’ . |
| 19 | We sailed down the reaches of the Thames and , standing in the bows , I saw the river through the eyes of Marlow in Conrad 's Heart of Darkness , as a waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth crowded with memories of men and ships it had borne to the rest of home or to the battles of the sea " . |
| 20 | To our surprise and delight it mimicked the effect of the signalling region . |
| 21 | In the darkness and wet it lived up to its evil reputation . |
| 22 | She chewed hers and found it contained cod liver oil . |
| 23 | Led by this hint they opened the ground not far from the wall ; and not much more than a foot away from the surface they found a leaden envelope which they opened in two places , on the face and breast , and found it contained a human body wrapped in cerecloth : Upon removing what covered the face , they discovered the features , and particularly the eyes , in perfect preservation . |
| 24 | She glanced at his face and found it engrossed . |
| 25 | The constable traced the sheep to his house and found it hung up and dressed in his stable . |
| 26 | She left a message asking him to contact her urgently , dialled Sybil 's number and found it engaged . |
| 27 | In fact Waugh had just written to him as a stranger to thank him for his ‘ ingenious and delightful allegory ’ — his gratitude all the warmer because , as he flatteringly remarks , he had tried to buy a copy and found it sold out . |
| 28 | She knocked again , then pushed the door and found it unlocked . |
| 29 | Having dragged it over , she stood on it with care , and found it brought her eyes level with the frieze . |
| 30 | ‘ I got out a ball gown to lend to a neighbour and found it had been cheaply dry-cleaned , ’ she said . |