Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] and it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is entitled To Choose or to Lose and it proclaims a strategy ‘ developed against the background of the desire to solve or gain control of environmental problems within the duration of one generation ’ . |
| 2 | Lentils coming from Ethiopia , you get wheat from the States , rice from the States , ap apples from France , tea from India , coffee from Brazil and Columbia , sugar from the Windward Islands , bananas from all over the place , you know those are the things that keep us alive , no , you know , whether we one think they are or not , but I mean them things are what keeps the economy alive for one , it 's also what keeps us personally alive if you do n't know why we take an interest in Third World issues , I would say that it 's that , we 're dependent on these countries , we could produce enough foods for our own needs , but we would n't have oranges , coffee , tea , sugar , you know cos we ca n't grow them in this country we , we really depend on those things to stay alive , and for that reason alone we should have some kind of interest , if you went to Kenya for example they would be staggered at how little you know about their country given how much they know about yours they know a lot about this country , a lot of it is a bit loopy , but then what you know about their country is probably a bit off centre as well , and you know I hope that this is something that we 're reversing in this section , our perceptions of the Third World or the south or whatever we choose to call it , colour a lot of the things that we think and do and say and it increases the amount of racism that there is around us all , all those kind of things , erm and I think that it is really important to look at what a perception is , you know , for example what 's your perception of this ? |
| 3 | When a young boy , overcome with curiosity , stepped out and prodded the dog 's mouth with a stick , he was grabbed by the arm and hauled back roughly : and when a dog began idly sniffing the body , someone kicked out and shouted and it lurched away through the crowd . |
| 4 | The kite just kept snapping and flapping and flapping and snapping and it hauled the girl off the earth and into the air , winch and all . |
| 5 | Within the Labour Party the Socialist League was finding that its attempts to remould policy were resented and rejected and it began to look for allies outside the Party . |
| 6 | A grey day in a cold April , one of those winter's-end days when the land looks exhausted and worn and it seems like all the colour is gone from the world . |
| 7 | because at that meeting you can imagine that twenty people gathering then you end up not really making any decisions , far too many people , there was a lot discussed and aired and it concerns expressed and it was a case , and I 'm going from recollection here , it was really a case of let's go away and think about it and calm down and look at it rationally |
| 8 | The rain kept starting and stopping and it looked as if most of our march was going to be in the wet . |
| 9 | Oh at any rate , he they started rebidding and then of course it went and went and it fell and then this Mr gave up and whoever the other one was , Do n't remember who he was . |
| 10 | Rose 's hand was small and freckled and it teased and rubbed . |
| 11 | Ms Armstrong said : ‘ I 'm NorthEast born and bred and it has not interfered with my career . |
| 12 | It teaches correct stances and breathing and it emphasizes coordination and timing . |