Example sentences of "it [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dreaming Lee took to this camera immediately and held it delicately and lifted the front-flap and looked through it in order to focus on something and take a picture of it . |
| 2 | For active hunting , a heavy shell must be something of a handicap and some carnivorous molluscs have taken to a faster if riskier life by doing without it altogether and reverting to the life-style of their flatworm-like ancestors . |
| 3 | This could either involve removing it altogether and blocking up the space with bricks and mortar , or simply locking it and putting furniture against it on both sides . |
| 4 | He put it on and leant back against Lee . |
| 5 | Then he switched it on and laughed as she was jolted round and round . |
| 6 | But he did not admit defeat to the extent of turning the television off ; he simply left it on and went into another room . |
| 7 | ‘ Well bung it on and turn it up . ’ |
| 8 | Just me ? today because in because it was in your place I came back from she 's got a big scratch book mum and she glued it on and came that close to me it 's about there and he threw it at me and there . |
| 9 | I ai n't had a proper look I just put it on and said , work a few routes out you know where it |
| 10 | But then you could n't just switch it on and listen to the music like the wireless . |
| 11 | Catching sight of the transistor radio , he clicked it on and fiddled with the tuning , encountering only heavy bands of static interspersed with the twittering gibberish of machines . |
| 12 | When the dress was roughly tacked together , Melanie had to put it on and go down and show it to Uncle Philip . |
| 13 | He put it on and walked round with it for about ten minutes before we had the nerve to say anything to him . |
| 14 | If you take on a project , you take it on and put everything into it . ’ |
| 15 | I always say that we all spend our money on what we really want to spend it on and put a bit by for what we really desire to achieve . |
| 16 | Well we knocked it on and made four but poor old Tommy had a disaster . |
| 17 | Enough plain maybe he just tries it on and thinks if you do n't say anything he 'll get away with it ? |
| 18 | He plonked it on and got his first four . |
| 19 | The vandals broke into the house , piled the cooker with linen then switched it on and set light to it . |
| 20 | But he 's got ta try it on and make sure it 's not , if it 's all tight he ai n't gon na be happy in it is he ? |
| 21 | Nevertheless he pulled it on and padded out onto the landing . |
| 22 | We decided to keep it on and sub-let it as the rent was so low . ’ |
| 23 | I had almost consciously to go out of the house in the morning with a smile fixed on my face , keep it on and breathe an air of absolute confidence when I was feeling anything but that way inclined . |
| 24 | No , on second thoughts , go with her and put it on and come and show me , there 's a love . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , put it on and let me see . ’ |
| 26 | This is something we said we were going to discuss at a time in the future and I thought I 'd stick it on and see how much time we 'd got left . |
| 27 | Then we can turn it on and see if it all works . |
| 28 | So I , I always think it , feel it 's a good idea to say to the stallholder , stallholder look , erm if I take this home and try it on and find it wo n't , does n't fit can I bring it back ? |
| 29 | This is the type of garment that always looks good as soon as you put it on and makes you feel comfortable and at ease , whatever the occasion . |
| 30 | Bill bunged it on and turned it up . |