Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] it and be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The means was to restrict the legal provision of credit to those who applied for it and were granted a licence . |
| 2 | They finally halted in a rough copse of thorn that had lopsided boulders scattered about it and was sheltered from the wind by the long shoulder of a hill . |
| 3 | The door was bolted but Wycliffe banged on it and was admitted by a uniformed policeman . |
| 4 | The Building Society , based in Gloucester , has set aside interest payments on the debts owed to it and is investigating the possiblity of making some compensation payments . |
| 5 | Again , because of the nature of the allegations and counter-allegations , it seems probable that the hearing would be lengthy and bitter , and in view of their ages it seems to me impossible that the children would not know all about the hearing and the issues raised by it and be caught up in that bitterness . |
| 6 | Therefore a form is softened by hatching , fluting or texture that wraps round it and is hardened by lines that run lengthwise . |
| 7 | Her foot , when she explored it with her fingers , had a couple of thorns stuck in it and was bleeding . |
| 8 | He 's been there , sacrificed for it and been changed by it . |