Example sentences of "it and [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He eased his broad shoulders away from it and strolled slowly towards her , a faint , confident smile playing about his lips . |
| 2 | This house was run down until the owner completely renovated it and redecorated inside and out , and transformed it into an impressive home |
| 3 | Reports said a SAM 727 had just touched down at El Dorado international airport when an Air France Boeing 747 came roaring over it and landed ahead on the same runway . |
| 4 | He crashed into a table , somersaulted over it and landed heavily on the carpet . |
| 5 | We are now told that , having been lied to over the years , the British people now have the prospect of political union , and they react against it and shy away . |
| 6 | Plucking up her courage , Constance took advantage of it and plunged ahead . |
| 7 | Even as she observed this , it did just that , slithered off the nail which supported it and plunged headfirst into the deep blue of the mantelpiece . |
| 8 | So the church had been finally demolished and the Old Rectory , sheltering behind it and proving more durable , had been sold . |
| 9 | Critics of the power exercised by parties may perhaps be reminded that they are at liberty to join the party , of their choice , to be active in it and to use there such influence as they can acquire . |
| 10 | As you pick up the flesh , squeeze it and apply as much pressure as you can tolerate , but not so much that you bruise the area . |
| 11 | She pushed a cigarette between her dry lips then fumbled in her coat pocket for a lighter and , cupping her trembling fingers around the flame , lit it and inhaled deeply . |
| 12 | I retreated to leave the master to it and lay happily in the sun . |
| 13 | So in what way can it differ Men and women differ in conversation ? and you can make it specific you can just discuss it and make very specific interruptions or turn-taking if you want . |
| 14 | So many of them have come to look at it and gone away promising to let me know — and then , not another word . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ They came to an uninhabited hut where they made a fire to dry their clothes , for all of them were wet through to the skin , and an old sail was spread upon the bare ground , which served as a bed for the Prince , who was very well pleased with it and slept soundly . ’ |
| 16 | I know of one boy who tried it and lasted only fourteen hours ! |
| 17 | On the other hand , for a task such as fault diagnosis he will be thinking about it in various structured ways which he can reveal by talking about it and exploring verbally why he looks at particular indications or takes particular actions . |
| 18 | The person in whose name the booking is invoiced acts on behalf of all other persons named on it and becomes primarily responsible to us for all payments in respect of the booking . |
| 19 | She hated it and listened harder . |
| 20 | He cuddled her and felt the bump in a way that made her uneasy as to the propriety of it and asked constantly how this baby was to climb out . |
| 21 | I would read every book I could find about it and became reasonably well-informed about the subject . |
| 22 | Burrows , now clutching at straws , looked into it and became more and more interested in the actor . |
| 23 | ‘ People found out about it and became extremely unpleasant towards them , calling them names in the street . ’ |
| 24 | He then closed it and felt as right as rain . |
| 25 | Then she let the door swing shut and went into her bedroom , feeling the tears sting her eyes like hot needles , her mouth trembling as she moved to her wardrobe , got her case , unzipped it and began blindly packing everything she could fit inside . |
| 26 | For some reason I had put off starting on it and had even begun to convince myself that it would be better to leave it until next winter . |
| 27 | He began to talk again about Stephen handing him the wedding-dress , how he 'd walked away with it and had then sat down on a seat on the promenade , not wanting to go on with his act any more . |
| 28 | From the outside , it may look like a static heap of boiler slag , but it 's still very much alive , and mobile lava is still arriving deep within it and pushing forward . |
| 29 | McLeish left them to it and walked away to consider exactly where he was . |
| 30 | So in the end I turned my back on it and walked away . |