Example sentences of "and it [verb] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it granted Mr Gorbachev most of the new powers he had requested ( though it rejected his clumsy proposal for a system of local inspectors to help enforce presidential decrees ) . |
| 2 | His holidays had just begun , and it suited Juliet 's book to let Patrick have him . |
| 3 | So we 've both got it takes me an hour and a quarter to get to Caernarfen and it takes Jan about an hour and a half to get to Leek because they 're such bad roads . |
| 4 | Played me one day and it played Annabel one day . |
| 5 | A column entitled ‘ Bulletin ’ informs her that Marilyn French will be discussing her new book , Beyond Power : Women , Men and Morals , at a public meeting to be held later in the week in London , and it crosses Robyn 's mind , not for the first time , that it is a pity she lives so far from the metropolis where such exciting events are always happening . |
| 6 | There was only one way into life , one way through , and one way out , and it made Lydia mad . |
| 7 | He was man enough to smile , and it made Arthur Marshall laugh , which was always a wonderful sight . |
| 8 | Spring comes early to the Riviera and it made Modigliani , always sensitive to change , more restless than ever . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It was all very deliberate , keeping the interrogators ' faces dark against the bright window , and it made Maxim grin . |
| 11 | His expression was eager and sly and it made Carrie cautious . |
| 12 | He looked … he looked wonderful , and it made Robyn feel ten times worse . |
| 13 | Kevin 's brother , who fancied himself as an amateur psychologist , said you did n't really forget things like that and it meant Lyn must unconsciously want not to wear it — ergo , not to be married . |
| 14 | This notwithstanding , LIFFE 's Bund contract volumes have remained healthy at over 900,000 contracts per month and it remains LIFFE 's most important contract . |
| 15 | It may not be the philosophy of a bright , new dawn , but it fills the bill when the task is to pit a bargain-basement outfit against a multi-million-pound juggernaut , and it served MacDonald well on Saturday . |
| 16 | Munich-based consumer electronics group Schneider Rundfunkwerke AG , ravaged by personal computer price wars , says it cut its group loss to less than $45m 1992 from $90m the previous year , and it told Reuter it hopes to approach breakeven this year ; 1992 sales were around $310m compared with $377m done in 1991 . |
| 17 | Julia noticed that Felicity looked towards her husband with an air of almost maternal concern , as though afraid of the effect of the conversation on him , and it struck Julia that he probably still had many relations in Russia . |
| 18 | And it struck Shiona , not for the first time , as she looked into those blue , accusing eyes , how easy it would be for her to clear her name . |
| 19 | It was just what United needed and it rattled Leicester who in recent weeks have been the most successful team in the table . |
| 20 | Its breath fled outwards into snow-bright dawn and it spat Jezrael through when she would have stuck in the slit . |
| 21 | Teheran Radio reported on June 6 that President Ali Akbar Rafsanjani had welcomed " the new page in bilateral relations " , and it quoted Prince Saud as saying that the rapprochement would " have important effects for the Islamic community " . |
| 22 | ‘ And it suits Florian because it gives him a valid excuse when the women he gets involved with start talking about marriage . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ There is bit of an anti-bank campaign going on and it worried Ian , ’ his manager Jean Temple told the inquest . |
| 24 | One of the little maps in the book shows the Isle of Wight with some towns round the Isle of Wight , and it said Poole so she said Poole , she said the boat sailed from out of France ? |
| 25 | Well we were n't anyway there was very few pe , I mean at this time of the year I suppose but there was one place and it said Sunday lunch , there was a sort of black board outside , Sunday lunch erm four pound was it four fifty it was four fifty was n't it ? |
| 26 | And I said what a lovely little puppy , what 's her name , and it said Freda . |
| 27 | I know one night that we were there and it said Mr is upstairs |
| 28 | The thing I remember about him as an engineer was that we used to get these forms that told you each week who you were going to be working on , what the line-up was , and I saw this thing and it said David Bowie , Studio Two . |
| 29 | And th that that night the travel picture came on and it said Hanover . |
| 30 | And it brought Joy more than admiring glances — her cute car also led to romance . |