Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [adj] and it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In contrast , Cramlington is ‘ non-urban ’ and was intended to be a more or less ( there was always some equivocation about this and it grew over time ) free-standing new town , located on a ‘ green field ’ site quite separate from the Tyneside conurbation . |
| 2 | I mean , er FIMBRA can do its regulatory bit , the same as the police can regulate or the , or the government can regulate , but only within certain er parameters , and if somebody really wants to cheat , then they will cheat anyway and er we 've go we 're in a very sophisticated position where the directors of B C C I were able to move money from one continent to another and it meant er it looked as if you 'd actually got money in three separate areas , but in fact there was only one lot and it was being moved rapidly . |
| 3 | He goes well I was playing with your chicken like this and it spat at me , so I bit its head off , clamped its eggs and set fire to its nest ! |
| 4 | Qin had founded this weekly journal in 1980 and it had played a major role in the campaign for economic and political reform in China until being closed down in April 1989 following the outbreak of student demonstrations [ see p. 36587 ] . |
| 5 | I thought it showed a gross lack of understanding on her part to have made a comment like this and it made me doubt whether she understood the complexity of the situation . |
| 6 | The Communists had abandoned the Leftwing Movement in 1929 and it had immediately collapsed . |
| 7 | Needless to say , an appeal took place in the summer of 1991 and it came to light that although the Sharmas had been entitled to take Sophie and Robbie , they had never done so . |
| 8 | This was the summer of 1969 and it fired me into action . |
| 9 | The German and American had crossed swords on and off the track throughout 1990 and it seemed as if Bradl needed Kocinski 's ‘ presence ’ to inspire him for the final showdown . |