Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] and it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a little bit weak and it lacks a bit of punch . |
| 2 | Just build up of , erm I was talking to our Tom about nosebleeds , Alan was saying that his father used to be a lot like David and he used to get terrible headaches and it used to end up in a really bad nosebleed and he started giving blood regular and it stopped it . |
| 3 | The hospital had been built as a memorial to King Edward VII and it had seen better days . |
| 4 | The Rhodesia Metals case was referred to in the Hang Seng Bank case [ 1991 ] 1 A.C. 306 and it follows that when Lord Bridge used the words ‘ place where the property was let ’ he must have been referring to the place where the property let was situated and not to the place or places where the lease happened to have been signed . |
| 5 | its er about four feet long and it stands about two feet high , it 's on legs , it takes quite a lot of room up and we need the space . |
| 6 | It is 3.5″ long x 1.5″ wide x 2″ deep and it seems to be made of brown Bakalite ( like the old radios were made of ) . |
| 7 | Exports to Germany have risen 18% to £1.2 billion and it has consolidated its position as Scotland 's top export market . |
| 8 | I 've read ZZAP ! since Issue 81 and it beats the other mags into a pulp . |
| 9 | Anna had come into the world feet first and it took all the experience of Mrs Finklestein and the skill of the young Dr Arlen , who had come back at once with Denis , to turn the baby round without strangling the little thing with its own cord . |
| 10 | It has accumulated a pile of volcanic material 10km thick and it has five times the volume of Hawaii in spite of a long-term rate of volcanic activity less than one-sixth as high . |
| 11 | The former Northern Ireland champion won the first frame 71-45 but McCluskey took the second 57-37 and it seemed as though the Ulsterman was in for a tough fight . |
| 12 | The payments in question could be brought within the wording of Reg 20 and it followed that MGN had been under an obligation to deduct tax at source . |
| 13 | Our clients understand it ceased trading on December 24 and it follows that the reference NatWest gave was worthless . ’ |
| 14 | And that again is emphasised by P P three and it goes back to the erm the o the object of sustainability and reducing C O two emissions . |
| 15 | When I joined the NCT , like most members , I did so because I wanted the best antenatal classes possible and it seemed that I would have the chance to meet new mothers and make new friends after the birth too . |
| 16 | At the weekend I received a letter and a petition from a young girl called Frances aged nine years old and it brought it home to me that it is n't an adult centred er erm issue , that it 's one for everybody who lives in Leicestershire . |
| 17 | The computer was twenty thousand years old and it wanted to be friends with me ! |
| 18 | Robert 's parents , Garry and Thelma , both 26 , paid for the second operation which was carried out in November 1991 and it has proved successful . |
| 19 | They set off in November 1923 and it took a year to set up the expedition . |
| 20 | There was a low murmur of consternation round the bus and , encouraged by it , he went on , ‘ Yes , it just takes one little ting loik dat and it snarls up the traffic for da whole day ! ’ |
| 21 | It was 9in to 10in long and it had a jagged edge like a saw blade . ’ |
| 22 | Here the wise man says , the blessing of God , it makes a person rich and it does not bring sorrow with it . |
| 23 | I have had to relearn the game from square one and it has increased my knowledge and understanding . |
| 24 | He was paid £1,600 for his part in producing a football video nasty and it has cost him a record £20,000 fine . |
| 25 | Negotiations have been going on since October 1990 and it seems that the Treasury was querying its £4 million valuation . |
| 26 | A woman who kept a child home from school to mind the baby while she worked broke the law , and if she left the baby alone and it injured itself , she was also liable to prosecution . |
| 27 | This was intended to make the turn radius smaller and It worked as long as there was a strong wind . |
| 28 | ‘ Chief , that gag was done back on page 16 and it stank then . ’ |
| 29 | The beef was tender , the sauce delicious and it came with all the expected accompaniments . |
| 30 | What , what it is on that one you 've got this speaker right and it goes down to really low frequencies especially |