Example sentences of "it [verb] [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it failed financially and ceased publication . |
| 2 | At Abu Hamed the river turns back on itself and runs south-west for some 200 miles before it turns again and reasserts its northerly course . |
| 3 | But , if possible , try to involve other members of the family in the puppy 's care as well , so that it integrates fully and does not develop into a one person' dog . |
| 4 | If it ca n't get out from the surface of the skin then it goes underneath and gets these great lumps which are very poisonous . |
| 5 | It skidded slightly and slowed down . |
| 6 | Stooping to fasten an encrusted claw under the bottom of the car beside the ruined driver 's door , it straightened again and heaved with incredible strength . |
| 7 | Then it moved closer and began to scratch frantically at the foot of the bin . |
| 8 | It covers quickly and does n't splash as much as the sponge varieties . |
| 9 | As it trickles away and cools , the salts it gathered from the rocks on its way up , together with those derived from the molten mass far below , are deposited to form rimmed and buttressed basins , surrounded by tiers of terraces . |
| 10 | But , if it 's only hanging by a thread , let it fall apart and build something new from the components . |
| 11 | This gradually changed the atmosphere to the composition that it has today and allowed the development of higher forms of life such as fish , reptiles , mammals , and ultimately the human race . |
| 12 | Right it is a hundred miles from King 's Lynn to London , the train takes two hours to do the journey the train does not go at a constant speed , it speeds up sometimes and slows down at other times it also stops at stations on the way and on once of course as it , as it 's stopping it 's going more and more slowly and as it 's er moving off again it starts slowly and starts to go quickly but because it takes two hours in all the train goes a hundred miles in two hours we say its average speed for the journey is fifty miles per hour . |
| 13 | It sucked then and sucks now although , voilà ! , it is excused by the New-Age tossers who dig ambient stuff . |
| 14 | The Eyes Use a powder shadow as it blends well and stays best . |
| 15 | It toppled sideways and struck the floor , still frozen in its final pose . |
| 16 | Ruthven cradled his cat and stroked the back of its head , his hand moving faster and faster across the animal 's fur until it stirred restlessly and mewed in protest . |
| 17 | It will you know , you see it done once and do it once yourself . |
| 18 | It winters well and grows very fast . |
| 19 | At the last moment , it veered away and came to halt by a vent . |
| 20 | But Lambeth insisted last week it acted properly and had been backed by an SSI inquiry . |
| 21 | Under that Rule , the party confirming that the resources are available will not be expected to produce the cash itself provided , in giving the confirmation , it acted responsibly and took all reasonable steps to assure itself that the cash was available . |
| 22 | Trim it to fit exactly and brush with apricot glaze . |
| 23 | As soon as one person 's work has been built into the computer , it stays there and goes on working for as long as needed . |
| 24 | You keep the line dressed and straight behind the float and a certain tension at the point where the float tip protrudes from the surface so that the slightest movement of your wrist just lifts the float fractionally without interfering with its progress downstream and you watch it lift slightly and settle and feel in your bones — if you 've executed the hold-back right — that it will surely sink to a fish before travelling another inch . |
| 25 | The ‘ village ’ of Trebetherick has a rarefied air ; it keeps apart and does not like to mix with its brash neighbour Polzeath , whose villas are shoulder to shoulder , nor with the heartier village of Rock , where strong men sail small boats . |
| 26 | It travels easily and has taken a tremendous shine to Australia , where it is planted successfully in all wine areas . |
| 27 | This builds up the muscles which locate the knee joint , helping to stop it moving above and grinding up bits of cartilage . |
| 28 | I grabbed Shifty-Eyes ' foot as it landed again and hung on . |
| 29 | During a violent storm it broke away and drifted westwards until it hit land on the barren headland of San Quentin . |
| 30 | Relief came when it flew away and left our little group in the quiet on the top of the mountain range . |