Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun sg] and it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jen grabs for the bottle and it drops down on the grass and rolls away , glug , gurgle . |
| 2 | These have been especially designed for the work and it helps to make every effort to obtain them . |
| 3 | ‘ We saved up the £360 needed to register ourselves for the scheme and it took off from there . |
| 4 | In some cases , especially among people of higher status , the letter is regarded as a more polite way of asking for the interview and it helps differentiate the interviewer , when he or she calls , from marauding salesmen . |
| 5 | I had a natural affection for the countryside and it has never lessened . |
| 6 | If a boat heeled right over it 's not good for the boat and it slows you down , it is far better to reef , the technique is just the same afloat as it was ashore . |
| 7 | 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 ! |
| 8 | A bout of exercise of any kind is a wonderful outlet for the frustrations that build up during the day and it helps to release tension and enable us to relax . |
| 9 | Her mother identified it as a wayfaring tree and she 'd been cutting it back during the summer and it did n't seem to mind but she 'd be very grateful for any information about the wayfaring tree which presumably she 'd like to keep and continue to grow in her garden . |
| 10 | ‘ Moles ’ was a phrase we very often used about the Treasury and it 's been used many times since . |
| 11 | She flicked a pink anemone at him through the hatch and it hit his cheek so that he turned round and winked at her . |
| 12 | The right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) , in her wisdom , guillotined the Single European Act through the House and it became an Act of Parliament . |
| 13 | A tractor and trailer was being driven across the bridge , when a wheel came off the tractor and it veered through the stone parapet . |
| 14 | Anyway , I thought I 'll have this away and I slid it off the shelf and it dropped like a ton of bricks on me leg and broke me ankle . |
| 15 | Ye ken , ye walk up tae a door and it opens of its ain accord . |
| 16 | ‘ Keith hits and kicks any child playing with a toy he wants ’ is an objective description of the problem and it allows us to decide whether it should take priority over some other problem behaviour . |
| 17 | Erm I 've got an information pack here which I 'll hand out at the end of the session and it 's got sort of four fairly erm useful leaflets in it . |
| 18 | The number of strands in the tight junctions may correlate inversely with the permeability of the epithelium and it has been shown that the crypt tight junctions have fewer strands than the villous junctions . |
| 19 | C K is a almost almost certainty for the ending it if it 's at the end of the word and it makes a c sound go for C K if it 's got a vowel just in front of it . |
| 20 | For the whole unit is bolted to the back of the tractor and it takes a mere ½hr to change it — and no need for a limp back to the workshop ! |
| 21 | Alec had lived on one of the three main streets north of the river and it had a name I remembered — Clashbea Road . |
| 22 | Coun. Alan Robinson ( Lab ) said towns all over Europe had introduced pedestrian-only shopping for at least part of the day and it had been hailed as a great success . |
| 23 | The weather was lousy again , in fact it was terrible for about three-quarters of the day and it eased off a little when we went out . |
| 24 | Spend all your life hanging around on the edge of the scrum and it comes as a bit of a shock to get a pair of fingers up your nostrils . |
| 25 | That is one of the quirks of the system and it does not affect the outcome of the appeals . |
| 26 | Once vice-chancellors start to think the unthinkable , then the issue becomes part of the agenda and it becomes harder to retreat . |
| 27 | In any event the civil war was the ultimate sort of turning point which defined that the national government er had a responsibility for ensuring the permanence of the union and it took that responsibility so seriously it was prepared to engage in what was then the bloodiest war in human history . |
| 28 | There 's a little old rhyme about sowing crops which accepts that you ca n't expect the maximum potential from a crop every time — you 've got to allow something for the other occupants of the land and it goes : |
| 29 | No firm date has yet been set for the launch of the Trust and it has yet to be decided exactly how it will operate . |
| 30 | This was the Emperor Napoleon 's Army of the North and it marched towards the waiting Dutch , British and Prussian forces . |