Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] it [verb] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My voice was high and it shook and I did n't convince even myself . |
| 2 | The wall is not as steep as it looks and a pleasing sequence of stretches and foot-changes , made all the more enjoyable by more excellent protection , leads to a stopping place just short of the arête . |
| 3 | Moreover it saved us as a family from being caught in the 1914 — 18 war as my sister and I were eighteen and sixteen years old when it finished and almost all our contemporary male cousins were killed . |
| 4 | We are not sorry that it failed and that , accordingly , Chapter 9 breaks into dialogue . |
| 5 | This treatment , which originated in Japan , is by no means as violent as it sounds and it can be used , in varying degrees , on anyone from babies to the very old . |
| 6 | After the Edinburgh summit , that looks much less likely than it did and that can only be good news for Courtaulds . |
| 7 | Hidden behind their line of sight was a precision , a passion , a calling which chilled as it touched and made the other two pause . |
| 8 | when its like that it tries and pulls you down , and this is why there was an accident with a Wessex or something or a Sea King a while ago , where three or four people died , cos it just did n't get enough height and as , as it got to the top it just pulled it straight down to the ground , it could n't , it did n't have enough height to clear the circle |
| 9 | The problem with relying on COSE is that no-one 's really sure if it wants or is ready — or knows how — to solve the problem yet . |
| 10 | The physical aspect is going great until it peaks and falls off . |
| 11 | Not only did the BBC believe that it alone knew what was good for the audience , its pretence of impartiality was bogus and it absorbed and suffocated with banalities all differences of opinion : |
| 12 | Again this is helpful because it contains and defines the conclusion . |
| 13 | I tend to play with the wah on the treble setting all the time which gives you an incredibly trebly sound and it 's really hard to make that sound good because it distorts and feeds back all the time . |
| 14 | This is all very well while it lasts but what happens when the manager disappears ? |
| 15 | Mrs Hollidaye 's voice was comforting as it rose and fell like the wind . |
| 16 | The moon had almost set and the night was now dark , but they could see the water faintly shining as it flowed and could just make out , on the further side , a thin belt of nut-trees and alders . |
| 17 | He did n't care when it happened , as long as it did and that Hana would be alright again . |
| 18 | Indeed it was runner-up in the European Car of the Year Award , which is only right because it looks and feels like a European car . |
| 19 | Now to put that into a phrase I found quite difficult to do er and but some people would n't question it but other people would say well what do you mean by that , what you know you plan for the future so that you can retire will be financially independent but it works and you your money work for you . |
| 20 | Analogue design remains important because it accommodates and defines the basic building blocks of electronics . |
| 21 | I stand listening for a moment — crying could ruin everything — but there 's only the rhythmic suck-suck , suck-suck , suck-suck as it breathes and sucks on the medicine . |
| 22 | The brew was very important as it completed or shut up the work . |
| 23 | He was attracted to her , as any red-blooded male would be to any presentable woman in these circumstances , but that was as far as it went and it was up to her to make sure her own feelings did n't betray her . |
| 24 | Now the Sale of Goods Act is good erm as far as it goes but it 's |
| 25 | More weed and a seed quickly becomes established in cracks on the asphalt In future years even willow trees will be in a foothold to these doomed power stations stands firm and proud as it slips and silently into decay |
| 26 | It will be incompatible if it creates or strengthens a dominant position as a result of which effective competition would be significantly impeded in the Common Market or in a substantial part of it . |
| 27 | This distinction is absolutely vital because it uncovers and deals with the first major misconception of doubt — the idea that in doubting a believer is betraying faith and surrendering to unbelief . |
| 28 | It was wonderful while it lasted and a better way to make money . |
| 29 | The Saints ' offside trap , infuriating when it works and potentially costly when it fails , let in Kiwomya on the end of a cross by Whitton . |
| 30 | The petrol tank split open as it rolled and most of the gas spilled out over the hill . ’ |