Example sentences of "and [noun] [vb past] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | This qualification of support for the replacement of Friern and Claybury meant that it fell back upon regional officers , once again , to decide whether to go ahead with the initiative , or to abandon it . |
2 | The lion turned , jaws slavering , eyes ablaze with fury and Corbett flinched as it came towards him , belly crouched , its tail twitching , its hind legs tense , then it sprang . |
3 | D'Hazeville 's was described in The Saturday Review as ‘ tame and commonplace ’ , although the assessors and Burn thought that it had sufficient merits to be placed fourth on their War Department lists . |
4 | The boys parted , and Robert saw that it contained a villainous-looking man of about four foot in height . |
5 | Damon rubbed Lee 's stomach with his foot the way you would a dog 's and Lee screamed because it tickled . |
6 | The initiative was immediately rejected by the USA and Israel , whilst King Fahd claimed that it " made matters more difficult " and Egypt asserted that it created " new ambiguities " . |
7 | Sword clanged on stone , and Fedorov cursed as it jarred his wrist . |
8 | Beaverbrook said that it came from Henderson ; Balfour said that it came from Bonar Law ; Law 's biographer said that it came from Balfour ; and Crewe said that it came from Montagu and Derby . |
9 | At that time the presence of these pupils was seen as a problem , one that would very probably get worse before ( and most people predicted ) natural processes of assimilation and dispersal meant that it got better . |
10 | The boy stood up and his expression of mixed defiance and desperation showed that it had cost him something to enter this house . |