Example sentences of "and [conj] [pron] [vb past] it " in BNC.

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1 If ‘ that bloody woman ’ had heard him utter such a curse , she would have ripped into him with a piece of her mind , then he would have whipped her with his tongue , then this sop of a man before him would have got between them , and afore you knew it , there would be a full-scale war waging — and in the heat of the moment he might foolishly betray his devious plans to boot the lot of them out of his house and out of his life .
2 I 'd like to know which picture this is , and where they got it .
3 How much they spent ( in addition to accommodation ) , and where they spent it .
4 Kipling wrote : ‘ We 've only one virginity to lose And where we lost it there our hearts will be . ’
5 Couns Williams and Dixon confirmed that their view of Mr Major 's achievements and thoughts for the future differed from his , that they would not be sending donations and that they thought it was a complete cock-up .
6 B. Hunslett claims the Service Crew were the first élitist group to travel the country with the casual look , and that they brought it to the attention of the general public .
7 And that they found it easier when they that that English was English and Orcadian was Orcadian .
8 She felt as though all her bones had melted and that everyone knew it .
9 I remember that she asked me to guess what was inside a sort of pasty served to her on Thásos , and that I got it right at the first guess : macaroni .
10 When I spoke I made it clear that I intended to do something about the position of the ‘ early leavers ’ and that I thought it right that people should not suffer if they transferred their pension from one job to another .
11 Standing up , I assured her that I was n't drunk but tired and that I thought it was time for me to walk her home .
12 By demurring to that plea , the plaintiff admits that he had no cause of action against the defendant in the action therein mentioned , and that he knew it .
13 But would n't you feel a lot better if you knew that you 'd kicked him back — and that he knew it too ?
14 She remembered her thoughts as he told her he was as shocked as her , and that he wanted it to continue … her heart skipped beats frantically .
15 When by the third day her father had still not allowed Jessie out of her room , and Agnes confronted him , saying he could n't keep her incarcerated forever , and that if he did n't let her out then she was leaving , and that she meant it , he had gone along to his daughter 's room , taking with him a Bible , on which he made her swear that if he gave her the freedom of the house she would not attempt to leave it .
16 Compared Janet NcCalman alledged charmer and being questioned as to her using of charms confessed that she used one charm for Causing Cows bull ( called eelis dhair ) which she practices by expressing some words over water and that she gave it particularly to one NcAbhrionid in Balulise .
17 Compared Janet NcCalman alledged charmer and being questioned as to her using of charms confessed that she used one charm for Causing Cows bull ( called eelis dhair ) which she practices by expressing some words over water and that she gave it particularly to one NcAbhrionid in Balulise .
18 On Monday 27 February Fleischmann and Pons were due to bring their working cell to Brigham Young University for the neutron spectrum to be measured , but a graduate student had to go to a funeral and so they suggested it would be better to come at the end of the week instead .
19 He built his dragons a garden , the most beautiful garden in the world , and although he surrounded it with an iron wall which he believed they would not cross , he made the wall beautiful for them , lavish with filigree work and sweet with hanging plants .
20 The letter filled Lucy with indignation , and although she answered it politely she longed to ask whether the writer would agree to allowing a similar number of plants to be dug from her own property .
21 There was always too much to do and although she hated it when she came as a young bride , she had grown to love it and would defend it with her life .
22 And although I found it hard to understand that you did n't want to meet her again that evening , I accepted that she was possibly ‘ not your type ’ .
23 This study might appear one sided with more detail about ‘ Anna Karenina ’ but I think it is inevitable and although I found it quite hard to compare such different styles , I enjoyed reading and studying both .
24 And once we had it was before we had all our carpet done in the hall
25 Type-cases too were heavy , and if one fell it took a long time to sort out the type again .
26 And if they knew it had all been
27 The working classes rarely travelled far , and if they did it was on foot or , in the later years of the century , by tram , ‘ the gondola of the working classes ’ .
28 ‘ If Haines recommended the Jockey Club should be abolished we would have to consider it and if we felt it was for the benefit of racing we would do it , ’ Lord Hartington said .
29 So we 're just adding the conductances again , and if we did it with three of , we had sort of three pipes
30 Two hundred and fifty five , and if we did it to he 's absolutely right , erm then this one should have given his bearing as two fifty three minus seventy , which comes to , what does that come to ?
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