Example sentences of "[prep] it and it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With trepidation I took a stronger hold of it and it came away altogether but with a sharp dagger of soreness , like digging out a splinter . |
| 2 | The Land Rover will go easily through 9 or 10 inches of snow , but unless deeper snow is well packed , then the vehicle will not drive up on top of it and it builds up underneath bringing you to a halt . |
| 3 | Well cos I saw the cover of it and it looked really good . |
| 4 | Supposing a fitter leaves the oil plug out of the car , there 's a leak , the oil drains out of it and it causes some damage , but that damage does n't appear until a thousand/two thousand miles later , are you going to exclude that or cover it ? |
| 5 | Yes you just write over the top , sort of write over the top of it and it raises off |
| 6 | There was a lot of it and it started early , in the fifteenth century , and ended late with Edwardian conservatories . |
| 7 | He went into motor racing for the fun of it and it seems unlikely that he ever took it as seriously as others thought it should be taken . |
| 8 | And erm they tasted I mean we all used to have a taste of it and it tasted quite nice ! |
| 9 | Oh I 've had enough of it and it has n't even |
| 10 | Defries , Daak and Ace could n't take their eyes from it as the shuttle took them inexorably towards it and it grew across the window . |
| 11 | But they decided against it and it went again in October . |
| 12 | Only municipal socialism offered any coherent alternative , but this was limited by its restriction to the local level ; the balance of power went against it and it has now been thrown back . |
| 13 | It went out , the press got behind it and it began turning into something . |
| 14 | We had one of those leagues at uni last year and it was immensely popular to the extent that they banned it because the memory banks of the system were chock a block with it and it kept causing the system to crash . |
| 15 | It effervesces with it and it gives off Oh shit |
| 16 | I 'll just put a little bit wispy in the back because when I was in Hans ' class , the best triangle I ever did was lovely , really pleased with it and it collapsed did n't it ? |
| 17 | A scattering of maggots or whatever that hits the surface in , say , an 18 inch circle ( which is the least ‘ spread ’ you can hope for ) will spread far more than that by the time the current has had its way with it and it reaches bottom . |
| 18 | She enjoyed his obvious fascination with it and it reminded her of another suggestion she wanted to make to him . |
| 19 | Or until some high-flying fighter pilot fired a cannon shell into it and it fell , deflated , back to earth . |
| 20 | ‘ Too often chief executives fail to recognise that they have embarked on a major project until they are well into it and it had run into difficulties . ’ |
| 21 | The downfilled upholstery is a bench-mark , he says : ‘ You sink into it and it moulds to the body . ’ |
| 22 | But I ran in it and it felt fine . |
| 23 | and then getting all the the chassis numbers and that and welding them on to these stolen cars and Because what , you know , er Siobhan 's dad had a , bought a Montego and I do n't know how it came about but they discovered that erm it had a diff I mean it 's had a Maestro engine in it and it had this that and the other . |
| 24 | There 's a few knots in it and it hurts a bit when she tugs the comb , but I do n't say nothing . |
| 25 | And three great big bins from from the they called them and I had three bins in my shed that I stored the barley in and I put the moisture extractor into them and it blew It had wee in it and it blew all the moisture out . |
| 26 | it 's got a green card in it and it 's got enough stuff to last you until |
| 27 | its all just grey , loads of grey in it and it did n't look streaked , it did look natural . |
| 28 | Yes , yes , it does n't compete with the fireplace , we have a , a , er mock fire in there you know , normally in the winter that , that 's on and it looks , it 's very realistic , it almost looks as if it is a fire glowing all the time cos there 's a rotary spinner in it and it flickers , er , and er the room is very warm because it 's central heated anyway and , no I would n't say , it never bothers me the television , I do n't suppose that er , if I were left on my own I 'd hardly have it left on you know I think men watch television more than women . |
| 29 | This is the usual cube-like structure in matt black , but when it is switched on and working , lots of tiny ruby lights twinkle and sparkle all over it and it becomes totally magical and beautiful . |
| 30 | Although the western consensus based on the traditional liberal interpretation has now broken down , many of the most distinguished scholars in the field remain firmly committed to it and it continues to inform conventional wisdom among non-specialists in the West . |