Example sentences of "[adj] and it [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simultaneously with doing the evening performances — two on Saturday , at five and eight — he was recording episodes of Beyond Our Ken and making the latest ‘ Carry On ’ film — Carry On Constable- and it began to show with the way Pieces of Eight proceeded . |
| 2 | Guar gum is a complex polysaccharide which can not be digested or absorbed and it appears to have two effects . |
| 3 | It 's smart , effective , ecologically sound and it does pop in such a thirst-rousing way . |
| 4 | She said the notice was very detailed and it had taken longer than expected to draw up . |
| 5 | His last interview with a solicitor had been conducted in a language barely recognizable as English and it had taken over three hours and a reference to the Chief Constable to elicit the fact that the deceased had made a previous will in which the respective positions of his wife and his mistress had been exactly reversed . |
| 6 | And I think it 's great , and it 's uniformed and it 's played at the opening of , of the Fire Service technical college at Morton March , it was invited to play there with the other bands and erm before the Queen , and er so it 's , it 's gone on , from strength to strength and we are very proud of it , we really are . |
| 7 | If it is pushed at the wrong point of the swinging cycle , the motion is upset and it tends to stop . |
| 8 | yeah , that 's the core but it needs fleshing out more and a has agreed that you know it 's if you just stuck to the Editor 's Handbook it 's too narrow and it does need , I mean B A I E in London thus far are being extremely helpful if slightly cautious and I 've to go down and talk to the revamped education committee when the revamped education committee gets around to having a meeting |
| 9 | Of the three methods being considered , this is the most controversial and it has dominated the debate about paying for water . |
| 10 | The Commission is multi-disciplinary and it exists to provide independent medical opinions to consent to treatment ; to keep the powers of detention under review ; to prepare a Code of Practice ; and to visit and interview detained patients and investigate individual complaints . |
| 11 | The champagne tasted sharp and dry and it had lost its fizz . |
| 12 | Speaking after delivering an emotional tribute to his party workers , he said : ‘ There 's a great deal of serious reflection that has to go on in the opposition parties , but I 've no doubt that most of the reflection has to take place within Labour and it has to take place on the subject of PR . |
| 13 | Speaking after delivering an emotional tribute to his party workers , he said : ‘ There 's a great deal of serious reflection that has to go on in the opposition parties , but I 've no doubt that most of the reflection has to take place within Labour and it has to take place on the subject of PR . |
| 14 | That 's a bit like that thingy but it was bald and it 'd got a bad , ever such a bad |
| 15 | Not exactly five star , but the food 's okay and it 's got a pretty terrace bar overlooking the river . |
| 16 | You know , and then you leave it It 's what they term soft and it 's got to be left to sort of harden you know , and then some instances some people prefer a dull polish , they do n't like a a very bright and they 'll say what they call pumi powdered pumice stone and they put that sprinkle that on , and it 's got to be done a certain way with a brush so to not to leave any marks . |
| 17 | The response to the questionnaire about training has been very satisfactory and it has provided the Training Committee with plenty of information to work on for planning future training programmes . |
| 18 | When we got through Ramsgate town centre and onto the motorway we hit roadworks and a long traffic jam , the weather became very overcast and it started to rain . |
| 19 | In the eyes of the Department of Energy , wave power on a large scale is uneconomical and it ceased to fund such projects following reviews in 1983 and 1985 . |
| 20 | A budgie found found this morning in the Bobsmill area it 's yellow and green , two nine three eight two five two nine three eight two five can you call after four o'clock and er last one a cat found in Standhill Road in Carlton found last night it 's black and white and it 's got a pink collar on , five two six six seven one five two six six seven one . |
| 21 | mine is absolutely I mean it 's , it looks fine and it 's done , but if you actually put the skirt level there are actual places |
| 22 | At the Point stood the black and white lighthouse and the coast guard station , silhouetted now , for dusk was falling fast and it had turned chilly . |
| 23 | Although relatively unsophisticated , this method is reasonably fast and it seems to work satisfactorily where the target units are much larger than the source units |
| 24 | A tilt to the left and it had taken his wing and was driving him back down to the ground ; correction to the right and it was at him that way , turning him round and out of control . |
| 25 | It 's pretty scruffy and it 's got this funny smell — sort of dusty like . |
| 26 | The teacher tells you what to do , or the manager tells you what he wants done , and it 's logical and it involves manipulating information , bringing files together , bringing tax together , working it all out , and it 's not calculation _ you 're manipulating information . |
| 27 | Cos then it 's something that 's done him good and it 's learnt him to talk cos he 's had Thomas erm |
| 28 | The learning process from this project has been invaluable and it 's allowed Save The Children to move forward in several other countries . |
| 29 | She 's obviously examined the animal excreta very closely because she says it 's black and it appears to contain berries . |
| 30 | You can use petrol , but that 's not particularly safe or healthy and it tends to leave an oily film . |