Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] [conj] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The early evening sun was warm on her face and the sky so clear and calm that it seemed impossible so beautiful a world could be at war ; that small , beautiful world that was Yeoman 's Lane , and Tingle 's Wood , through which it ran . |
| 2 | I found your recent article ‘ A new discipline ’ on marketing in the Nineties ( MW December 6 ) extremely interesting and felt that it raised a number of important issues . |
| 3 | When Mark returned with a large wooden and discovered that it floated , he looked up and a slow smile crept over his face as he said , ‘ It 's a trick ! ’ |
| 4 | All that changed , as inevitably it had to , but it was lovely and warm and fulfilling while it lasted . |
| 5 | A car was coming up the track at high speed , creaking and groaning as it went over the bumps . |
| 6 | How was it possible that in a single fraction of a second , and for the very first time , she discovered a motion of the arm and body so perfect and polished that it resembled a finished work of art ? |
| 7 | Even as she tried to evade him , he was drawing her closer , making the blood sing in her veins as he smiled down at her , the hypnotic blue eyes half shuttered but still as powerful , as he raised a firm hand to the back of her head , guiding her face towards his own , his mouth seeking the trembling softness of hers , hard and demanding as it reached its goal , yet instantly becoming as gentle and manipulative as it had been when he had coaxed the throbbing melody from the borrowed trumpet . |
| 8 | It was travelling fast and wobbled as it hit the bumpy piece of road under the railway bridge . |
| 9 | The creature looked expectantly at Twoflower , its skin rippling and twitching as it sought to open its wings in the confines of the passage . |
| 10 | sparkling and looked like it had n't been touched , and I could n't believe it . |
| 11 | Mr Ashdown reaffirmed his willingness to be flexible and to compromise if it came to negotiating with a minority government of either hue . |
| 12 | In most housing a centre light fitting , for example , goes unquestioned , although people would find even daylight very harsh and glaring if it poured from the centre of the sky all day . |
| 13 | He had simply been angry and believed that it meant he had been right all the time and that his sister really was in Hepzibah 's Power . |
| 14 | The fire was so small and mean that it gave no warmth at all . |
| 15 | Rose 's hand was small and freckled and it teased and rubbed . |
| 16 | This picture of a universe that started off very hot and cooled as it expanded is in agreement with all the observational evidence that we have today . |
| 17 | Deputies from Estonia 's Russian minority boycotted the vote on the new law , describing it as discriminatory and claiming that it violated the constitution of Soviet Estonia , although Estonian nationalist deputies countered that that document had ceased to be valid since the March 30 declaration of a transition to independence [ see pp. 37322 ; 37461-62 ] . |