Example sentences of "and it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is probably the largest of all the categories of cheeses and it encompasses many of the traditional British varieties ( see The Great British Eight , p86 ) as well as continental cheeses such as Edam , Chaumes and Pyrenees . |
| 2 | OK , the test is artificial , but it 's a good way to have a look at the main things an integrated package should do , and it answers some of the questions you should ask before you buy . |
| 3 | ‘ I had a friend who used to say that if you burned a candle in your window and it burned all night , then the world would n't end while you were sleeping . ’ |
| 4 | He enjoyed a good relationship with Acheson and it suited both men for Dulles to be closely involved in policy formulation : Acheson because it would diminish at least some of the acrimony in Congress and Dulles because he wished to consolidate his record so that he could become Secretary of State in the next Republican administration . |
| 5 | For it cuts up the grass like farmyard manure , it chops it up you see and it rots quick and makes the grass grow quicker . |
| 6 | The Sidney works and others on great estates did their own coaling , though Ralph Hogge of Buxted purchased fuel from independent colliers and it formed one of the biggest items in his accounts . |
| 7 | Nigel : But 40 leading scientists do say that carbon dioxide is made in producing uranium and building the reactors , and power stations are not the main source of greenhouse gases anyway ; and nuclear programmes divert money from energy-saving programmes , and it takes six years to build a nuclear power station and you can save that amount of carbon dioxide in six months by saving energy . |
| 8 | Leopards still die for their skins and it takes five to seven leopards to provide the material for one fur coat ! |
| 9 | The wax is on for about two minutes , and it takes two seconds to pull it off . |
| 10 | If you go to , your master 's away cu say he 's gone to race meeting and it takes two day , they 're going to be up at , say Ascot , more likely he goes for the week . |
| 11 | Fear is the key , and it takes many forms . |
| 12 | and wrap it up into a package and say you know if anything goes wrong and it takes four hours then you |
| 13 | A lot of my work includes routing grooves for 5/8in and 3/4in boards , and it takes some time achieving the right width of groove even with the appropriate cutter . |
| 14 | Experience of objects is mediated by the senses , and it takes some time before the child appreciates that objects are best understood not as functions of action and sensation , but as entities which have an existence that is independent of the child 's own actions and experiences . |
| 15 | I am aware , when I go on publicity tours , that the necessity to project yourself , to sell your product , all the time , moves you into the outward and trivial parts of your personality , and it takes some time to get back to being centred , and to finding who you are again within yourself . ’ |
| 16 | The colon is unused to the fibre and it takes some time to adjust . ’ |
| 17 | I collect my things and pack , and it takes less than a minute . |
| 18 | and it takes these batteries and everything and she says I 'll pick them up eleven cock , o'clock on Friday |
| 19 | The points of choice have to be put to other people and it takes patient consultation before everyone can agree about the management plan for a school in which social , academic , moral and community developments all have their place . |
| 20 | In a ground loop there are very high inertia forces on the fin and it takes expert knowledge to detect quite serious damage in these areas , particularly with T-tailed types . |
| 21 | All these mistakes are only too easy to make , and it takes constant effort to keep oneself up to the mark . |
| 22 | The main advantages are : the bridge is fixed with the arm in the ‘ down ’ position ( perfect for playing country bends in tune , or for keeping strings in tune should you break one ) ; it 's impossible to strip the thread by screwing the arm in too tightly ; you can choose to load your strings through the block or just through the bridge ; and it feels good , like a light Stratocaster trem , with none of the fudginess of more complex units . |
| 23 | ‘ Who does that belong to ? ’ he asks , and I squeeze my legs together as though to resist him , and it feels good ; so good that my back arches . |
| 24 | I 've devoted so much time and energy to creating Tessa and it feels marvellous that it 's actually come off , ’ she says taking a big puff on her roll-up . |
| 25 | and it feels all as if it 's numb ? |
| 26 | If this occurs on or close to the skin , it can be observed as redness and it feels warm to the touch . |
| 27 | Tim tries massaging my lower back during the contraction and it feels great — he wo n't be at a loose end from now on ! |
| 28 | And it feels great . |
| 29 | Well it , and it feels nice and clean |
| 30 | If you knit with a yarn that is too thick for your machine and it feels hard work to you , it is probably hard work for your machine too . |