Example sentences of "and it [vb past] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Burrows had made her a red coat with fur on the collar and cuffs and it suited her dark hair and huge brown eyes perfectly . |
| 2 | Maybe he caught some virus from a jungle or a desert somewhere , and it infected his brain and slowly ate it away and he got hallucinations and tremblings and gnashings of teeth till eventually he fell into a coma and was flown home . |
| 3 | This year at New Year this guy threw all these streamers at me — you know , the stuff in a can — and it ruined my coat . |
| 4 | Indeed , the authorities made no move against the organization during the Second World War and it continued its activities unmolested . |
| 5 | His voice was deep and it sent her pulses racing . |
| 6 | She had aged in four years , lost whatever attraction she had ever had , and it made her miserable to realise this son would not remember her without grey hair . |
| 7 | Things were happening too easily and it made her nervous , even though he was Mrs Bradford 's brother . |
| 8 | He slapped her hard and it made her head jerk back . |
| 9 | But she had been frightened and it made her angry with Albert . |
| 10 | Albert grinned at her in an indulgent , knowing way and it made her angry . |
| 11 | Oh , yes , she recognised the sexual awareness that was an integral part of his attitude towards her , and it made her uneasy , but he could n't really mean to do anything about it when he despised her so intensely . |
| 12 | It was an infuriating trait , and it made her blood boil every time he came near . |
| 13 | He was smiling to himself — some private joke — and it made her anger rise swiftly , but he went on before she could take him to task . |
| 14 | It gave her confidence a boost to know that she had spotted him , and it made her actions easy . |
| 15 | ‘ This is probably the first time a lot of these artists have exhibited their work and it made our job even harder having to eliminate pieces to decide on the final winners . |
| 16 | And it made your dairy cows milk awful good . |
| 17 | This was a lovely treatment and it made my hair feel absolutely wonderful . |
| 18 | I had a ‘ Dutch boy ’ haircut when I was 13 and it made my face look really huge . |
| 19 | Lying flat , my naked chest against the cold concrete I fought with the thing till my eyes popped and my breath gave out , but it had not the slightest effect and it made my mind up ; I had to tell him . |
| 20 | Right , and it made my last week . |
| 21 | She had shot him for all the things he had done to her and her husband , shot him because , in the end , she still loved him , and it made his ultimate betrayal all the harder to bear . |
| 22 | This caning had its effect for the whole class knew that Miss Smith would stand no nonsense and it stamped her authority . |
| 23 | But when the nation was not at war the social round of the Fields was formidable Olive , it is said , eventually grew tired of Morris Grange so , in 1919 , Norman bought Lartington Hall with its 140 acres of parkland , 3 grouse moors , 3 lakes , 13 farms and most of the cottages in the village , and it became their principal residence for the rest of their lives . |
| 24 | Photography was part of the course ; he found to his delight that he had the college darkrooms to himself , and it became his main focus for the four-year course . |
| 25 | He gave the ferret a strange and beautiful name and it became his god . |
| 26 | Photography was part of the course ; he found to his delight that he had the college darkrooms mostly to himself , and it became his main focus for the four-year course . |
| 27 | Handel wrote the Messiah in London , where he lived in a house close to present-day King 's Cross Station , five years after suffering a severe stroke , and it received its first performance in Dublin in 1742 . |
| 28 | A caricature of a dog was sitting on the lawn in front of one of the town houses as he passed , and it laid its head on its paws and looked at him with dark eyes . |
| 29 | And it got its head trod in . |
| 30 | Only slowly did he release the strap , as if he was reluctant to do so , and it stretched her nerves unbearably . |