Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] it [vb past] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | A bib had been tied around Bissell 's neck to collect the raw , liquid plaster which oozed from his mouth where it congealed and hardened . |
| 2 | He looked tired and drawn , and for a moment , she told herself there was a look of pleasure in his eyes before it vanished and he reached out to prevent the door closing . |
| 3 | The powerful driving fist of the surging tide was cuffing him off balance : he was rocked from side to side as it rose and fell . |
| 4 | I stood staring at the jeep as it bumped and swayed over the uneven ground of the orchard until it reached the road and then disappeared in a cloud of dust . |
| 5 | ‘ No , this he threw back into the bushes when it snapped and turned in his hand . |
| 6 | I was within half a mile of Darrowby with the lights of the little town beginning to wink between the bare roadside branches when a car approached , went past , then I heard a squeal of brakes as it stopped and began to double back . |
| 7 | What a turnaround for a Government which only a couple of years ago actually raised more money than it spent and was dedicated to not borrowing . |
| 8 | Sun Microsystems Inc had to do something to prove it 's muscling into retail like Hewlett-Packard Co so it went and sold Dunkin' Donuts $8m worth of IPC machines to network more than half its 1,600 franchise operations over the next four years . |
| 9 | Believing in her heart of hearts that Nancy would soften towards her and the child once it arrived and made a niche in her heart . |
| 10 | As to the dock company , he pointed out that no nuisance was alleged to emanate directly from its premises , that other traffic besides heavy goods vehicles uses Medway and Bridge Roads on port business and that the dock company could only be liable for any nuisance caused by the fourth or fifth defendants if it aided and abetted it . |
| 11 | This was not a problem for HARPY since it represented and recognised complete utterances . |
| 12 | As the right hon. Gentleman was Chancellor before it started and has been Prime Minister throughout its course , is it not clear that he is not only the Prime Minister of recession , but the prime cause of recession ? |
| 13 | The frisson that he caused was still sweeping through the gallery when it paused and then redoubled . |
| 14 | A stricter interpretation , however , is that the company would be entitled not to prepare group accounts if it obtained and published the auditors ’ report required by s 248(3) ( which confirms that the company is so entitled ) but it is not otherwise . |
| 15 | Another landed on his cheek where it sizzled and went out . |
| 16 | She has been a member of the Bramshott and Liphook community Care Group since it started and is now on the executive committee . |
| 17 | A policewoman pulled a teenage joyrider from a stolen Vauxhall Astra after it crashed and burst into flames in Leeds early yesterday . |
| 18 | The rock was in just three pieces when it arrived and needed to be hammered into the correct sizes for the set-up . |
| 19 | She touched this totem carefully , gaining confidence as it quivered and tautened . |
| 20 | She was prepared for the move when it came and followed Claudia Hamilton and the other ladies upstairs . |
| 21 | Practically sprinting the last few yards to the cottage , he pushed inside and dumped her belongings on the kitchen table before dashing out again and after the Land Rover as it groaned and grunted its way up the track to the colonel 's house , presumably driven by the garage mechanic . |
| 22 | Green blood spurted wildly into the air , much of it landing into the stew pot where it fizzed and crackled like little gun shots . |
| 23 | No sooner had I thrown it into the toilet than it exploded and I was spattered with the pan 's contents . |
| 24 | They grabbed the plank and shoved it out of the back of the cab until it tilted and swung down towards the floor . |
| 25 | He shook it for a while until it gurgled and moved its head weakly . |
| 26 | It was all to do with the silence , and the wine stain — turning now from red to black as it spread and seeped . |
| 27 | As he says in his autobiography , ‘ I had to take every race as it came and just try to win it because whatever happened to Niki — and the Ferrari was not relevant to me at that point . |
| 28 | ‘ But I decided to take my chance when it came and make it hard for Paul to get back . ’ |
| 29 | She dressed in black trousers and a white blouse with long full sleeves , brushed her hair till it shone and twisted it into a tight knot on top of her head , thinking with satisfaction that Roman would n't like it but she was n't about to let him dictate how she wore her hair , or dressed . |
| 30 | In small firms doing sub-contract work for the large car assembly plants , where the level of unionisation was weak , and management hired and fired labour in line with demand as it rose and fell , the form of work organisation approximated more closely to that which Braverman describes . |