Example sentences of "and [vb base] it [verb] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shopping at your local garden centre or leafing through the pages of catalogues can be a good place to start , whether you are buying for people who prefer to read about the possibilities of beautiful plantings or for those who actually get out there and make it happen in their own gardens . |
| 2 | Do n't let anxiety rule your life — at our special one-day workshop you 'll learn how to control stress and make it work for you |
| 3 | Held against his heart , feeling the steady beat beneath her cheek , she closed her eyes and let it wash over her in soothing waves . |
| 4 | ‘ Send away the ark of the God of Israel , ’ the people cry , ‘ and let it return to its own place , that it may not slay us and our people ’ ( 5.11 ) . |
| 5 | Layers of rock that are porous and permeable enough to store water and let it flow through them easily are called aquifers . |
| 6 | When she just kept on looking at him he threaded his hands in her hair and let it drift through his fingers , watching the deep red glow in the lights . |
| 7 | It teaches you remain in him In other words remain in his word and let it remain in you . |
| 8 | She stood up and let it unroll before her to shout its hideous message for itself . |
| 9 | They 've fumbled their grip on ‘ youth ’ culture and let it slide into their bottomless pockets . |
| 10 | Hotspur put up a hand to the furred collar of his cloak , and let it slide from his shoulders ; and like a silent and attentive valet the girl came gliding out of the shadows and took it from him . |
| 11 | Jake lifted up the paperweight and let it rest in his palm , his eyes seeming to examine it as he responded , ‘ The first part of your question is easy to answer . |
| 12 | It seemed impossible that it had happened , but from his pocket he unwound the cord and let it dangle from his hand . |
| 13 | It did not so much reach a conclusion as slow down and dribble into silence , as though the players had got bored with the melody and let it slip through their fingers carelessly . |
| 14 | He replaced the pencil in the jaws of the clothes-peg , and let it hang from its wires to his waist . |
| 15 | We have the ability to colour it through our personalities , and shape it according to our imagination . |
| 16 | Thus , there is some degree of selfdetermination in the ship case because we are free to shut our eyes , to cross the river and see it move from right to left , free to jump into the water and watch it coming towards us , free to determine the speed with which it passes across our visual field by moving our eyes with or against its movement . |
| 17 | Unless or until we codify this agenda and give it meaning through our cooperative efforts , those of us who care about what is happening to the other animals will remain individual , separate gears that do not mesh . |
| 18 | I steered the boggled barman right out through the door that bears my name etched into its glass and slam it shut upon him . |
| 19 | ‘ Why do n't I take that wax and get it done for you ? |
| 20 | Then , suddenly , she was free as Leo thrust her away with enough force to slam her back against the window and set it rattling behind her . |
| 21 | The company believes this should pave the way for the deal to be signed and allow it to concentrate on its multi-billion dollar restructuring . |
| 22 | Call the dog to you , and encourage it to walk with you for a distance before repeating the process . |
| 23 | When we hear of the Communist Party appealing for law and order it seems to me that it is a matter of Satan rebuking sin . |
| 24 | Read it before your holiday , then pop it in your pocket and take it skiing with you as a handy reference . |
| 25 | Even in the midst of his fear and strain it occurred to him that Dandelion must be very fast : he had covered the distance in a flash . |
| 26 | This is an undesirable situation because a user of a script recognition system would not expect to write a word , and have it recognised as something which is not a word . |
| 27 | Common sense suggests that a person who submits to an act only because he believes that otherwise he will be over-powered and have it done to him anyway does not consent in law , even though the force necessary to overpower him will be small and non-injurious . ’ |
| 28 | He requested her to parcel up most carefully in an oiled cloth his other gun and have it sent to him . |
| 29 | Or else you may like to write a note and have it sent to me . |
| 30 | You can buy a rose and have it named for yourself , your wife or husband . |