Example sentences of "[conj] it [verb] [conj] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Afterwards , incongruously dressed in a raincoat , she went to the bows and stared briefly down at the mesmerising onrush of sea where it split and foamed at Wavebreaker 's cutwater . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Something moved on the farther side of the lochan , something hulky and dirty white , caught in the bog myrtle , where it shifted and billowed in the breeze . |
| 4 | Another landed on his cheek where it sizzled and went out . |
| 5 | Even the Symbolist view ( which held sway in Russia in the first years of the century ) that ‘ art is thinking in images ’ can not be admitted , because although it acknowledges that thought in art takes a different form from conventional philosophy , it will in the end lead the study of art beyond art itself to forms of knowing and feeling , to epistemology and psychology . |
| 6 | In Britton , the actions of the defendant took place late at night , and at some distance from the street , and the court took the view that these facts militated against calling this a distribution , although it said that had there been evidence that the documents were visible to whoever passed by , this might amount to publication , with which the particular defendant had not been charged . |
| 7 | It is important for each nematode species that hatching should occur in appropriate regions of the gut and hence the stimuli will differ , although it appears that dissolved carbon dioxide is a constant essential . |
| 8 | This way and that it rippled and shivered and then was still , a great sea . |
| 9 | The 1991/92 annual report of the National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) has shown that it prosecuted and won less than 2 per cent of cases of river pollution reported during the period . |
| 10 | The plaintiffs ' underlying complaint seems to be that C.M.C. borrowed more than it needed and spent more of the borrowed money than it could afford to spend , with the result that there was a loss for which the plaintiffs have been held personally liable as guarantors . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He eased it on to the narrow road and it coughed and spluttered along . |
| 14 | when we us the last two and that one exploded on me I had this and it goes and exploded all over me and went over |
| 15 | And it bit and gulped , grew vicious , snatched |
| 16 | I stood and looked at it and it came and rubbed itself against my leg . |
| 17 | Not only did the BBC believe that it alone knew what was good for the audience , its pretence of impartiality was bogus and it absorbed and suffocated with banalities all differences of opinion : |
| 18 | And it grew and started to thrive . |
| 19 | And it bounced and bounced and bounced and I thought it was going on for ages but it did n't . |
| 20 | Rose 's hand was small and freckled and it teased and rubbed . |
| 21 | Other hands tightened my blindfold until it hurt and started fitting a cloth over my mouth . |
| 22 | The salt made the ice melt , so the ice took the heat it needed to melt from the cream mixture which got colder until it froze and became ice cream . |
| 23 | They went over it repeatedly until it weakened and gave in and became part of them . |
| 24 | She turned and lunged into the crumbling bank with the torch until it lodged and held still , focused upon the motionless bulk below . |
| 25 | He shook it for a while until it gurgled and moved its head weakly . |
| 26 | They grabbed the plank and shoved it out of the back of the cab until it tilted and swung down towards the floor . |
| 27 | I would cheerfully go into the alchemy business , if it existed and made lots of money … |
| 28 | This was a smart fit of Rhyming if it had but held out ; I see you have your Poetical Concordance in your head pretty ready . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | And on on the other hand , if it started and took off suddenly , it could pull you , you might fall , right on er face into the flywheel again . |