Example sentences of "and [vb pp] [conj] it [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keeping a big horse is expensive ; I know , I 've got one , and when I worked out what he cost me to keep I got to £50 per week and stopped because it was too frightening . |
| 2 | Jonathan looked upon all that he had made and found that it was very good . |
| 3 | Provided that this interpretation seems reasonable in the context and provided that it is not in conflict with other possible interpretations suggested either by the mental model or the superficial representation , it is accepted without difficulty . |
| 4 | Everybody gets on with their own lives and old links get used less and less till they 're forgotten , and before you know it , people are dead and gone and it 's too late . |
| 5 | One of the most striking features of IBM 's lamentable personal computer business is that there is not a single reason embedded in the hardware why IBM mainframe and AS/400 users should buy their personal computers from IBM rather than from its army of tormentors led by Compaq Computer Corp : presumably few customers have actually asked IBM for 3270 and 5250 emulation in ROM on the motherboard at no extra charge in its PS/2s — or perhaps IBM thought that would kill off its dumb tube business and resisted until it was too late — now it makes no money on personal computers and sells few dumb tubes . |
| 6 | Maggie sat on the bed and fumed but it was not long before she started to smile . |
| 7 | finds , trying to make room for the cross , he 's tackled and tackled and it 's only a goal kick . |
| 8 | ‘ I thought we played better against Blackpool and lost but it 's still nice to get three points . |
| 9 | Her hand was caught and held before it was anywhere near its target . |