Example sentences of "and it [verb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you write a spreadsheet for somebody else , you might be using a sixty six megahertz four eight six duel processor erm , spaceship , and , somebody is using a steam driven I B M A T or something , and it runs quite acceptably on your machine , a reasonable speed , and you give it to somebody else on that steam driven thing , and it takes ages to do anything , and er , you press a button and they wait half an hour sort of thing . |
| 2 | And it takes ages to call |
| 3 | mhm And they have to buy everything for you , and it takes ages does n't it . |
| 4 | But when you get to know them all , and it takes years and years , they 're marvellous company . |
| 5 | The plaintiff , acting under section 222 of the Local Government Act 1972 ‘ to promote or protect the interests of the inhabitants in its area , ’ brought an action for declarations that the dock company and its sublessees operating in the port had created a public nuisance and it sought injunctions restraining them from permitting heavy goods vehicles coming to and from the port between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Zulei pointed the blade towards her and it sent lances of red and green light into Jezrael 's eyes . |
| 8 | It did a particularly good job of informing people about the issues — especially if they were tabloid press readers , who could get relatively little information from the press ; and it made electors feel more warmth and commitment to the party system and party leaders generally . |
| 9 | But certain individuals clearly played crucial roles and it meant names had to be mentioned . |
| 10 | EDS subsequently bought out Bedaux 's share of EDS-Bedaux and it became EDS Spain . |
| 11 | It also discusses in some detail the shortcomings of the law in regard to theft and kindred offences , as they appeared to the committee , and it proposes remedies . |
| 12 | This latter approach is known as programme budgeting and it identifies amounts allocated to individual services . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Everyone says its totally hip and it wins awards again . |
| 15 | The Glasgow to Killin route , for example , is excellent because it follows valleys , it is scenic and sheltered , and it passes towns and villages where food , drink and accommodation are available . |
| 16 | There are several reasons why this may be present , but the main one is that it ‘ guarantees ’ that the manufacturer has conformed with EC weight regulations and it enables foods to move easily between EC countries without having to go through lengthy weight checks in the importing country . |
| 17 | ‘ The caring may not be true caring , ’ Bloch explains , ‘ but it is in the right measure and it gets results . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | And it owns shares in them . |
| 20 | The economic realities meant that Prussia 's weight was thus far greater than the constitutional arrangements suggested : the Zollverein was administered by a sort of Council of Ministers which met annually in one of the capitals , and it took decisions by unanimity . |
| 21 | But fortunately the traffic was heavy and it took ages to reach Bethnal Green . |
| 22 | big one and it took ages to dry off , yeah . |
| 23 | ‘ In European countries , it took the working class years and years before they fully realized the fact that they formed a distinct and , under existing conditions , a permanent class of modern society ; and it took years again until this class-consciousness led them to form themselves into a distinct political party , independent of , and opposed to , all the old political parties formed by the various sections of the ruling classes . |
| 24 | And she stared at it , glad to have been told that it was not good , for she could make nothing of it : it stood about five feet high , on a stone lump , and it had holes in it and stretching arms . |
| 25 | and it had things on for children like elocution classes and |
| 26 | And it had plates inside er it used to cut the the the the into like big chips . |
| 27 | And it had slats on it . |
| 28 | I 'll have a root in garage cos ours , you know when we had ours ripped out , Steve stuffs everything in garage and shed , and it had legs on , I 'll have a look , that 's a sixteen inch . |
| 29 | It uses sticks to move objects , including food , and to probe for termites , and it uses leaves in the same way as the chimpanzee — it even uses a large leaf as an umbrella during rain . |
| 30 | Applied to ecology , hierarchy theory throws new light on old knowledge , it offers new models to test , and it tells ecologists where to look for phenomena that might not be apparent to human senses . |