Example sentences of "[vb pp] and [verb] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One had mange so badly it was nearly bald : it moped around , scratching the exposed pink skin that had cracked and flaked where it stretched briefly over the jutting spine and ribcage . |
| 2 | There the microscopic ovum was revealed and followed as it started its monthly journey to await possible fertilisation . |
| 3 | Within the Labour Party the Socialist League was finding that its attempts to remould policy were resented and rejected and it began to look for allies outside the Party . |
| 4 | Once the process was completed , older boys , apprentice papermakers , came and dislodged the sheet , taking it away to the drying trestles , where it had to be carefully watched and removed after it had dried but before it began to turn yellow in the sun . |
| 5 | They are bound and gagged when it comes to extending services by engaging in competition with the private sector outside the local authority . |
| 6 | Ms Armstrong said : ‘ I 'm NorthEast born and bred and it has not interfered with my career . |
| 7 | The EC Commissioner , Sir Leon Brittan , warned that the UK would be damaged and isolated if it failed to participate in the treaty . |
| 8 | It was shimmering , incandescent , as the colours deepened and the long blue-black tail unfurled and stiffened until it gained the strength to fly . |
| 9 | Maybe we are like a photocopy of God that got a bit crumpled and smudged as it came out of the machine so that his image in us has got a bit spoilt , but that does not alter the fact that every person has something of God about them . |
| 10 | The analysis will show how ‘ new ’ scientific knowledge is defined and constructed as it becomes part of the wider public discourse of the press , and it will contribute to an understanding of the role of the press as a source for public understanding of science . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , perhaps you can ring him after we 've gone and explain that it 's all been a mistake ? |
| 12 | because at that meeting you can imagine that twenty people gathering then you end up not really making any decisions , far too many people , there was a lot discussed and aired and it concerns expressed and it was a case , and I 'm going from recollection here , it was really a case of let's go away and think about it and calm down and look at it rationally |
| 13 | Now I sat beside her and watched as the cloth was folded and refolded until it became a nubin . |
| 14 | Unlike most written discourse and a good deal of spoken discourse like lectures , broadcasts , and speeches , a conversation is constructed and executed as it happens , by two people , feeling their way forward together . |
| 15 | The endorsee-buyer 's message was also tested and accepted if it contained the portion of the original seller 's test key . |
| 16 | This remains an unanswered question until such organisms are released and monitored but it does require a cautious and controlled approach if lessons are to be learnt from the often detrimental effects that have accrued from the introduction of organisms into non-indigenous environments as biological controls or as inadvertent introductions . |