Example sentences of "and it [verb] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | News of a 4.7pc rise in air traffic figures failed to set BAA flying and it dipped 2p to 816p . |
| 2 | ‘ So many people agree with others for the sake of it but Eric ca n't do that and he has to tell the truth and say what he 's feeling even if that is ‘ no ’ and it upsets people . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 4 | Because people are so angry , they 're frustrated with the system and their anger gets in the way and it frightens people . |
| 5 | It isolates the experience of misery and it domesticates people 's anger . |
| 6 | You turn it on and it tapes people singing or talking . |
| 7 | ‘ Last year he organised a fund-raising match for us and it raised £51,000 net . |
| 8 | It puts people off fishing and it puts people off me . ’ |
| 9 | One can only hope that Charles Titford had chosen a wife for her lasting qualities , and was not ‘ seduced and betrayed ’ by a daub of lipstick and a set of false teeth ; his marriage lasted — as , in a sense , marriages had to — and it bore fruit . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's like a real person , ’ she said , ‘ it gets angry , and it drowns people . ’ |
| 11 | It may seem an unlikely way to make a living … but Heather Gorringe is a worm farmer.She sells 20,000 worms a week from her farm in Herefordshire … and it seems people ca n't get enough of these wriggly creatures.They 're ideal for breaking down compost … and can even convert rubbish dumps into healthy agricultural land : |
| 12 | ‘ People are now saying it 's a most dramatic and exciting new production and it seems people who criticise it are totally discredited . |
| 13 | The initial release provides up to 254 simultaneous mainframe sessions , file transfer through CICS and CMS and support for IBM 's NetView network management system ; it also supports Santa Cruz Unix and Interactive Unix and it costs $7,250 . |
| 14 | The 300 page report — ‘ Networking : Options & Comparisons ’ evaluated 20 products , and it costs £420 . |
| 15 | UK firm Summit Group Ltd , Colchester , Essex has introduced a 50MHz Intel Corp 80486-based graphics workstation , called the summ/ix server : the base configuration has 16Mb RAM , 1Gb disk , CD-ROM and Santa Cruz Operation Inc 's Open Desktop 2.0 , and it costs £8,000 . |
| 16 | Its moisturising formula is ideal for natural curls or for permed hair as both hair types tend to be dry and it costs £1.19 for a 200ml bottle . |
| 17 | The error was spotted after work began and it cost £70,000 to raise the bridge . |
| 18 | On our first day of trading we took £8.36 , which delighted us , but a local health nut had eaten the geraniums and it cost £6 to replace them . |
| 19 | It was a 1925 Wolseley , and it cost £15 . |
| 20 | ‘ I had my top made for me and it cost £70 . |