Example sentences of "[to-vb] it and [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As his faithful knight Bedivere cast Arthur 's sword Excalibur into the waters of Llyn Llydaw the hand of the Lady of the Lake rose up to catch it and draw it down into the depths forever . |
| 2 | Try pulling one of the other 's single doors open on a mountain in a gale waiting for a gust to catch it and snap the stay . |
| 3 | I 'll have to try it and see how I get on . |
| 4 | Yeah , well we 'll have to try it and see how it works . |
| 5 | There were plans to revive it and turn it into an Ulster Loyalist pressure group when a leading member , Archibald Whitmore , an ex-member of the Ulster Volunteer Force , announced to influential people at the Bath Club that he planned to develop the BF in Ireland along the same lines as the movement in 1914 . |
| 6 | In this sense , the play focussed on one of the key issues concerning mental handicap ; whether , if faced with life with a handicapped child , parents will be able to accept it and cope . |
| 7 | Erm because that 's what gets you to accept it and stop thinking this is a load of rubbish , this is a con he 's just making this up . |
| 8 | But these rooms were much altered between 1865 and 1868 in a neo-Rococo style that was intended to blend with the 18C Rococo designs of Pacassi for the proposed coronation of Emperor Franz Josef I. In the end the emperor refused the crown of Bohemia deeming it too dangerous to accept it and upset the Hungarians . |
| 9 | It was hard and they hurt , but you soon learn to accept it and respect them as they do you . |
| 10 | It was hard and they hurt , but you soon learn to accept it and respect them as they do you . |
| 11 | Again , however , once it seemed that the EDC had the support of the Six , Britain was willing to accept it and work with it . |
| 12 | But when such practices occur elsewhere in the world , he feels , UK companies might have no option but to accept it and adjust . |
| 13 | I glanced at my watch , found I had forgotten to adjust it and read the time for him from the digital clock at the base of the instrument panel . |
| 14 | Two fighter planes — US Air Force F15s — went up to meet it and escort it in . ’ |
| 15 | In those days , the manure was distributed on the fields in heaps from a horse and cart and then you would have to follow behind with a handfork to rake it and spread it evenly . |
| 16 | As Layforce was now spread out all over the Middle East , it was decided to disband it and use the manpower to bolster other units . |
| 17 | Minto House is being sold to a Japanese consortium whose intention is to dismantle it and ship it to Japan . |
| 18 | When the edging to the path is complete , the hardcore is rolled or vibrated to consolidate it and provide a firm base for the surface material . |
| 19 | ‘ But being brought up in a strictly Christian home , I 'm so disgusted with myself I feel I 've got to hide it and atone for it with ‘ good works ’ . ’ |
| 20 | She had a small torch in her case , and spared the extra minute to find it and thrust it into her pocket . |
| 21 | Said it 's electric , I 'm just going to unplug it and bring it down and put it on the work top . |
| 22 | She wondered how she was going to repair it and seal the envelope up properly again . |
| 23 | The business of travel is vital to the economic survival of such countries , but as the numbers of tourists and travellers increase , a compromise has to be reached between the identity of the host country and the ‘ golden hordes ’ of tourists which threaten to swamp it and destroy the very characteristics which make it so attractive in the first place . |
| 24 | This formal writing-up took nearly twenty years : it is one thing to collect data , and another to evaluate it and make it into public knowledge . |
| 25 | for if you attempt to answer it and miss the point , the examiner may not be able to give you any marks , because you will not have answered his question . |
| 26 | She took it out to the balcony to drink it and think . |
| 27 | He wanted to drink it and touch it and explore it , for , he thought , surely there can be nothing so magical as the moment when you know , beyond all question , that the woman you desire desires you in return . |
| 28 | She has just managed to scuttle out of its way as it slammed down next to her , but the tip of one of her legs had been trapped and she had been forced to sever it and leave it behind . |
| 29 | We must move from the idea that the animals were given to us and made for us , to the idea that we were made for creation , to serve it and ensure its continuance . |
| 30 | One of the things we talked about was the origin of the universe and whether it required a God to create it and set it going . |