Example sentences of "and [adj] [coord] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The champagne tasted sharp and dry and it had lost its fizz . |
| 2 | The gesture was both intimate and impersonal and it reminded her of Maggie 's physical friendship that never grew into love . |
| 3 | This process can be painful and revealing but it leads to greater self-awareness — the first step to unambiguous communication . |
| 4 | This seems quite antiquated and unnecessary but it seems to appear in virtually all commercial leases and landlords ' solicitors seem reluctant to start a new trend by agreeing to its deletion . |
| 5 | The heartache and suffering over the centuries has made them tough and strong and it 's been a slow evolution . |
| 6 | The new style is bright and crisp and it reflects the thorough , professional approach adopted by the college . ’ |
| 7 | Literally , and then you have to sit there with this cream on , and it 's all very fiddly and messy and it smells . |
| 8 | The cost of educating our children is below the national recoupment figure , and that I think is good , right and proper and it reflects the many years of excellent Conservative administration that Oxfordshire has enjoyed . |
| 9 | But then the weather changed and although things were given and flowering it was cold and windy and it seemed strange there should be all that blossom , wrong like , as if it had made a mistake and popped up at the wrong time — that was because I had felt the warmth of those few nice days . |
| 10 | It is black and gleaming and it gives his wife Meriel the willies . |
| 11 | ‘ It was warm and personal and it felt right for him , ’ says Marie . |
| 12 | I know but you but you see if it came to be something big and serious and it went into the newspaper he would . |
| 13 | The September night was hot and humid but it did not perturb Constance as she struggled through the crowds of noisy , gesticulating passengers purposefully carrying cardboard boxes , mattresses and crates of chickens down the long platform . |
| 14 | It 's long and shiny and it takes me ages to do it . |
| 15 | Again , it avoided the words black and white but it classified people as patrials and non-patrials ; in general terms , patrials , who can come and go as they wish , are almost always white ; non-patrials are almost never white . |
| 16 | Erm that the time has now come to accept that we do have to do the same things and it has to be in black and white and it has to be E E C wide . |
| 17 | A budgie found found this morning in the Bobsmill area it 's yellow and green , two nine three eight two five two nine three eight two five can you call after four o'clock and er last one a cat found in Standhill Road in Carlton found last night it 's black and white and it 's got a pink collar on , five two six six seven one five two six six seven one . |
| 18 | Peel told the NME : ‘ The Wedding Present 's virtues are that they make records which are direct and uncomplicated and it seems that these are now being regarded as vices in some quarters . ’ |
| 19 | The villa is very beautiful and large and it has been possible for myself and my baby and my husband to stay together which is a very great privilege and one I did not look to have extended to me . |
| 20 | And once we 've clipped the nails , we actually file the nail so that it 's nice and smooth and it does n't catch on your tights or it does n't catch on the sheets at night . |
| 21 | Washing carefully around the anus is helpful and hygienic but it does n't remove the health risks completely . |
| 22 | ‘ They were old and shredded but it crossed my mind to get out the glue stick . ’ |
| 23 | I go to a charming Chinese lady acupuncturist and although I detest needles I found it painless and relaxing and it helped me tremendously before and after the operations . |
| 24 | And my body was lumbersome and sluggish and it slowed me down . |
| 25 | The editor 's role is one that is very time-consuming and tedious but it demands good critical evaluation as well as sharp observation of consistency of presentation . |
| 26 | In the mental health field the voluntary sector is , on the whole , well organized and effective but it suffers from lower levels of charitable donations compared with more immediately appealing charities such as those for children , cancer research or research into heart disease . |
| 27 | Its tone is playful and frivolous but it makes some valid criticisms . |
| 28 | The people have been most warm and welcoming and it has been one of the most enjoyable times in my ministry . ’ |
| 29 | The people have been most warm and welcoming and it has been one of the most enjoyable times in my ministry . ’ |
| 30 | Children tend to believe that those adults around them are all-wise and all-powerful and it follows that whatever these adults say must be true . |