Example sentences of "and [conj] [pron] [vb past] [to-vb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the cases , such as Seager v Copydex ( 1967 ) 1 WLR 923 , concerned actual or threatened breaches by ex-employees in relation to information given to them by their former employers , and where they wanted to exploit it to their own benefit . |
| 2 | No matter that it had been police business , and that someone had to do it , he had personally selected Phyllis Henley yesterday . |
| 3 | I felt that George was tired of Lennie 's stupidness but he knew that Lennie could n't help it and that he had to withstand it . |
| 4 | He said it contained his own private cargo and that he wanted to unload it himself . |
| 5 | A MAN told police that a block of cannabis found in his mother 's freezer was his and that he intended to supply it to others , Darlington magistrates heard yesterday . |
| 6 | Both that she should know ( had he told her ? ) and that she wanted to discuss it . |
| 7 | ‘ IT 'S ALL about a bunch of old lags who probably should n't , but help themselves they could n't , and if they had to do it again they would n't … ‘ |
| 8 | She was not the dependent type and if she had to go it alone then so be it . |
| 9 | It is survival of the fittest out there and if I had to do it again I believe I would . |
| 10 | Busking was undignified , he said , and if I wanted to do it , then fine , but not anywhere near him , thank you very much . |
| 11 | And if he managed to do it without her noticing , when they got to the pub his father would be waiting there . |
| 12 | You knew from the beginning the terms of the thing , and if you tried to make it more serious than that , you only lost him the quicker . |
| 13 | The noise of the engine was muffled by the mist — and if anybody happened to hear it , what did it matter ? |
| 14 | She raised her tear-stained face to his and it seemed quite natural to place his lips on has , and since she seemed to welcome it , he kept them there . |
| 15 | Continuing a long and impassioned address , Mr Paisley said ‘ If the Roman Catholic Church flew the Union jack at their chapel I would have no objection , and when they wished to pull it down was their business and their property , but the City Hall was our property ’ . |
| 16 | We had to change where we were going and when we tried to climb it , it was much harder than I 'd anticipated . |
| 17 | I 'll just tell him he left his door open , and when I went to shut it , I saw the mess . ’ |
| 18 | Three months ago I purchased a Waterlife Nitrate Test kit from my local water garden centre and when I tried to use it consistently got a zero reading . |
| 19 | Spilt drink stuck to my bare toes , and when I tried to wipe it off , it changed into blood . |
| 20 | My left arm was dripping with blood , and when I tried to raise it only the top part moved , the rest hung limply by my side . |
| 21 | I worked beside Bill and when he had to resign it seemed appropriate for me to step forward . |
| 22 | The attacker claimed that Carter had threatened him with the knife and when he tried to take it from him , Carter had been wounded . |
| 23 | He began to walk down to the windows and saw an envelope on the floor and when he bent to pick it up , the floor creaked and gave way . ’ |
| 24 | She felt as though she were suffocating in the heat , as though it were stopping her nostrils , sealing her mouth , and when she tried to breathe it forced itself down into her stomach and made her heave . |
| 25 | I — ’ The ringing of the telephone cut him off , and as he went to answer it Leith , while coping with shock , began to get furious . |
| 26 | Then they were aware of something , out there beyond the benches , which they could sense moving silently in the mist , and though he strained to see it he could not quite catch the thing in one place , for it seemed to come ant go , larger than the bench and bin , looming nearer but not quite seen , dark and grey and pointing to the sky . |