Example sentences of "it [verb] and " in BNC.

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1 Who does it affect and how does it affect them ?
2 Employing one full-time and two trainee staff , it fabricates and supplies brass fittings for fireplaces and produces architectural brass fittings to order .
3 To break down such barriers , Bow Valley last year decided to re-engineer the way in which it processed and distributed information .
4 Never once have I dipped a finger into that money-bag , however fat it bulged and however heavy it weighed ; it was always brought straight home to you … every farthing that crossed my palm . ’
5 In his final years he tried to revive his career in an American television series about martial arts called The Master ( 1986 ) but it failed and another series never got beyond the pilot stage .
6 We are not sorry that it failed and that , accordingly , Chapter 9 breaks into dialogue .
7 When asked to clarify his intended future playing policy , he said : ‘ Have a look and see what the team does in Spain , see how it plays and then we 'll talk about it . ’
8 Its part is written a perfect fifth higher than it plays and as long as its notes are on the stave it sounds well .
9 As the Gypsey Race meanders through the estate it encourages and supports much wildlife and some quite rare birds .
10 It is not that racism vanishes — in fact it intensifies and violence increases , but most children start to face up to it at this point , and their ‘ inferiority ’ usually clears away .
11 When this can expand no further , it splits and is rolled off , like a nylon stocking from a leg .
12 But worth it to see and hear former President , Ronald Reagan .
13 I put it to Andy that it must have been a blow when they split in 1988 , but he , ever the voice of reason , says , ‘ There was no point in trying to keep them together , it had gone as far as they wanted it to go and they wanted to do something different .
14 The sonnet which apparently seeks to contain the truth of the youth 's beauty so as to gain power and control over it , exposes that it destroys and banishes the youth 's beauty .
15 If you use too high a concentration , it irritates and it stains even more than the dilute stuff does .
16 It irritates and painful .
17 And , blimey , it turns and bounces too and that was that . ’
18 It turns and disappears .
19 If it hears a bat afar , it turns and flees ; if it is surprised by one nearby , it goes into a crazy flight .
20 His statement hung like an arrow in the air , just before it turns and begins its fatal descent .
21 couple of decades there has been an unparalleled interest in the occult and astrology and Satanism , and witchcraft and society at large , on the one hand it worships at the shrine of science and technology and then it turns and pays its cash , and it does pay its cash , and its homage at the signs of the zodiac , and at the other various things dealing wi or are a part of the occult .
22 It checked and looked at her .
23 The puppy is born blind ; it sleeps and eats a great deal , gradually building up its size and strength .
24 The way in which a municipality legislates and the way in which it administers the legislation it enacts and conducts itself in relation to activities which it lawfully undertakes can not but create a municipal reputation , be it good , bad or indifferent .
25 This way and that it rippled and shivered and then was still , a great sea .
26 The next thing was to make it eat and drink .
27 The way in which this important directive is implemented , and the financial incentives provided under it to support and intensify agriculture in the UK 's uplands , are the main factors causing the nature conservation/agriculture conflict .
28 It passed and he looked upriver to where Mariana lay hidden upstream of the fallen treetrunk .
29 I felt fear at this moment but it passed and I was calmed in thought when the sensation passed .
30 It passed and he straightened up , but a moment later it returned , stronger , burning like a coal in his guts .
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