Example sentences of "[adj] and [vb past] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | She lifted off a heavy daily and brought it to me . |
| 2 | Indeed , Hamilton suggested crisply that they had got it wrong and left it at that . |
| 3 | Wexford grasped it in both his hands , raised it high and brought it down hard to meet the empty air . |
| 4 | Laker took on the airlines ' cartel which held ticket prices high and broke it singlehanded . |
| 5 | His eyes went to her head and he snatched her hat free and flung it into the back of the car . |
| 6 | He pulled the drawer free and carried it outside for her , setting it on the desk . |
| 7 | She wriggled one hand free and stretched it out , searching . |
| 8 | He pulled the small plastic box free and laid it on top of the crate , fumbling in his jacket pocket for something . |
| 9 | Bishop pulled the crystal that the Doctor had left in the simularity reader free and turned it over and over in his hands . |
| 10 | Scott reached slowly inside his jacket then pulled the Beretta free and handed it to Hitch , who gripped the automatic in his fist and checked that the magazine was full , slipping it from the butt . |
| 11 | The sentence trailed off as Hitch pulled the Beretta free and aimed it at the crewman . |
| 12 | I pulled it free and found it to be sand-frosted and pear-shaped , like the one Nicky had shown me . |
| 13 | Meredith pulled it free and opened it up . |
| 14 | He pulled the pistol free and shoved it against Hitch 's cheek . |
| 15 | He pulled the video-cassette free and gripped it in his free hand , the pistol still trained on the tall |
| 16 | She had a lot of hair , but it was so tangled and matted it was impossible to determine the colour . |
| 17 | She saw his glass was empty and filled it . |
| 18 | Teesdale District Council turned down an application for the sign on the ground of it contravening the town area local plan but the inspector said it was acceptable and allowed it for the next five years . |
| 19 | The Saudis said such a protest was un-Islamic and denied it could have happened . |
| 20 | ‘ Mark has done well in pre-season and made it difficult for me because Dublin has also done quite well . |
| 21 | The blackbirds that saw it quickly treated this bird as though it were potentially dangerous and mobbed it , even when their fellows could not see the owl and so were making no noise . |
| 22 | Unfortunately , very few people will appreciate just how much time , effort and sheer innovative thinking has gone into making the engine look similar to how it would look had we merely pressure washed the outside and mounted it for display . |
| 23 | Well tha no that was n't padded that was for do n't quite know what they wanted to do with that erm but there was erm a face that was built up with three different sizes of felt , small , next size , next size up , not not much bigger each time , then you had a piece of calico a little bit bigger , you did a running thread all round the outside and pulled it so that it , lapped over the felt which you had stitched down first . |
| 24 | This general modesty about the rights and powers of human reason might not appear a very dangerous threat to natural theology , but the way in which Hume sharpened and applied it was to have a quite shattering impact . |
| 25 | ‘ I am delighted and surprised it has happened so quickly , ’ Mr Janner said . |
| 26 | He applied the flannel repeatedly , then wound it around her tender joint and fastened it again with the safety-pin . |
| 27 | I licked and rolled , then lit the joint and handed it to Carol . |
| 28 | The right hon. Member for Cirencester and Tewkesbury ( Mr. Ridley ) , the right hon. Member for Bath ( Mr. Patten ) and now the right hon. Member for Henley ( Mr. Heseltine ) have all been unsuccessful and got it wrong . |
| 29 | He was grateful and drank it quickly . |
| 30 | Now Lizzy had taken all that her grandmother held dear and dragged it through the dirt . |