Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adj] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they told me about Azul , in Jersey , and before that I think it was before that they showed me the forensic photographs of all of them : Bissett skewered on the railings , grotesque and spread and limp ; the blood-smeared vibrator used on the retired judge , Jamieson ; the drained shapeless white body of Persimmon , tied to his grid above a pool of blood , then nothing when there should have been something ; then what was left of Sir Rufus Carter , blackened bones , distorted and bent , the black skull 's jaw hinged down in a blind scream but the flesh all gone very much a dental-records job and it was all black , the nails , the wood and the bones too but it 's their mouths their jaws I remember , their silent screams , hanging slack or jammed open and it gets worse because they show me the fucking video they show me the video they think I made or that I think they think I made but I did n't ; they make me watch it and it 's horrific ; there 's a man and he 's dressed in black or dark blue and he has a gorilla mask on and he keeps sucking on this little bottle he 's carrying which must be helium because it gives him that baby voice disguising his own voice and he has this fat little guy strapped to a chrome seat , his mouth taped , one arm tied down onto the arm of the chair , shirt rolled up and the little guy 's shrieking as hard as he can but it sounds quiet because the noise is having to come down his nose while the man in the gorilla mask looks from the camera to the guy in the seat and holds up this huge fucking syringe like something from a nightmare from an old movie from a horror film and I can feel my heart beating wildly because that 's what this is . |
| 2 | The Application Systems Line of Business used to work under political constraints that made sure that it did n't tread too heavily on the mainframe business . |
| 3 | I tend to play with the wah on the treble setting all the time which gives you an incredibly trebly sound and it 's really hard to make that sound good because it distorts and feeds back all the time . |
| 4 | So they go and wear one and it makes them feel better for job interview , pulling girls er going to places you know |
| 5 | Second , the many judicial references to costs ‘ properly incurred ’ make it clear that the court will examine the costs , charges and expenses sought to be added to the security and disallow those that it considers have not been ‘ properly incurred . ’ |
| 6 | Come on Aria , the Mad Axe might be a reasonably cheap guitar but it looks and sounds upmarket and it deserves a more upmarket name . |
| 7 | In the long run , a united Europe will attract support and become irreversible if it seems to make Europe more competitive . |
| 8 | The cykesound became a speck on the road , and grew bigger as it approached . |
| 9 | His name was a plea for him to take control and end this before it began . |
| 10 | And do that when it gets to one two four again |
| 11 | Adrian says they 've spent a lot of time in the water … tweaking this and tweaking that and making sure that it has come through production with flying colours … |
| 12 | Highly forgetful , he is said to have put on all six shirts his wife packed for his tour and removed each as it became too dirty to wear . |
| 13 | This is helpful in pointing to long-term shifts in sexual norms in the last century ( though its dating is misleading ) , but it combines both an evolutionist teleology ( with the present appearing as little more than a culmination of ineluctable historical trends ) and a use of the metaphor of repression which in the end is emotive rather than analytical and obscures more than it reveals . |
| 14 | Interest rates had already been low for twenty years when the turnpike mania began in 1750 and remained low after it ended in 1772 . |
| 15 | It is much better if the player knows subconsciously all the time where the clubhead is and makes sure that it gets to the ball at the same moment as the hands — a similar position as when at address . |
| 16 | One way and another Mossad has a lot to offer and makes certain that it gets the best of the bargain . |
| 17 | The benefits to the firm of debt forgiveness are now taxable if it happens privately , but remain tax-free if it happens under chapter 11 . |
| 18 | Like Loch Hourn , which in configuration it resembles closely , Loch Nevis is an inlet of the Sound of Sleat , initially wide but becoming narrow as it thrusts through the hills . |
| 19 | Payton could have completed a hat-trick a minute later but shot wide when it looked easier to score . |
| 20 | This rod is supple in the tip , but becomes powerful as it bends towards the butt . |
| 21 | I exhibited at the exhibition for several years but abandoned this when it became clear that I could not compete with the accuracy of the machine-made product . |