Example sentences of "and it [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sent this prophecy to the MP John Lisle [ q.v. ] , and it circulated in the army . |
| 2 | At the present time , it has become attenuated but not extinct , and it continues in the long review-articles in the new York Review of Books and London Review of Books , and a few other periodicals . |
| 3 | And they 've got this doberman or something that barks all the time like , and it 's allowed i in the garden and it sits in the garden all the time and all the rest of it ! |
| 4 | It was an old concrete pillbox built just before the last war to house a gun covering the firth , and it stuck in the sand like a big grey tooth . |
| 5 | I was bringing my own but I put it in the wrong pocket of my coat and it fell through the lining and smashed . " |
| 6 | The dress slipped to her narrow hips where it remained supported by his hands , until he raised them and it fell to the floor and her body gleamed naked . |
| 7 | It gave a last deep cry , its teeth closed on the empty air , and it fell to the ground . |
| 8 | She picked it up , misjudged its weight and it fell to the floor with a thud . |
| 9 | She 'd snatched it away , and it fell on the kitchen floor , where blood had trickled from its beak . |
| 10 | The Marxist value system arose in this vacuum of values and it arose from the multiplying effect that machinery had on man 's labour . |
| 11 | The role of foremen or front-line supervisors in these evaluations is a central one and it developed during the 1950s as an integral part of efforts to promote QC activities . |
| 12 | This is the first time I 've had someone round to tea in years , and it happens on the very day I become homeless . |
| 13 | The ban is a serious infringement on the right to receive and impart information : it prevents representatives of lawful political organisations ( Sinn Fein has an MP as well as dozens of local councillors ) from stating their case on matters which have no connection with terrorism , and it denies to the public the opportunity to see and hear those who support violent action being questioned and exposed . |
| 14 | It was replaced instead by a restrained , disciplined formality that seems foreign to the Minoan spirit , but it was nevertheless hieratic , powerful and rich , and it continued into the post-Temple period ( Late Minoan IIIA , dating to 1400–1300 BC ) . |
| 15 | The struggle between the Greek and the native Slav influences within the Byzantine Church goes back to the time of Cyril and Methodius , and it continued into the nineteenth century in both the Serbian and Bulgarian churches . |
| 16 | It was not a cart-track but one used by men on foot only , perhaps by single horsemen , and it ran along the bank of the stream before turning and crossing by the log , then it seemed to wander off , more or less straight into the forest . |
| 17 | The Gay News Defence Campaign may not have won the case for the paper , but it helped the community maintain a sense of strength and it led to the setting up of the Gay Activists Alliance . |
| 18 | This galvanised the National Agent , R. T. Windle , into making plans for an individual membership campaign early in 1944 ; and it led to the executive summoning a conference of trade union officers so as to encourage them to contribute to a general election fund and to increase the proportion of their contracting-in membership — which was much less than half the total membership they reported to the Trades Union Congress . |
| 19 | Other regions of Scotland were to follow that lead and it led to the formation of the the Scottish Golf Union which , today , has 16 member areas . |
| 20 | There was still a little awe in her wide grey eyes and it added to the astonishingly innocent look that intrigued everyone . |
| 21 | It is the result of conscious planning by multinational corporations and banks and it results from the conscious actions taken by the US and UK governments in building the post-war world . |
| 22 | The rear wall of the churchyard loomed ahead of the figure and it sprang for the top . |
| 23 | And it asked for the Scottish Office Guidelines , and those in Lord Justice Butler-Sloss 's Cleveland Report , to be made law . |
| 24 | I chucked it out the window and it landed on the ledge . |
| 25 | Radical Conservatism had been the product of Conservative powerlessness and despair , and it receded with the onset of Conservative power and hope . |
| 26 | It was a discomfort which would have brief pause only while its inhabitants slept and it extended from the top to the lowest level . |
| 27 | This approximation is shown by the dashed horizontal line in Fig. 2 b , and it agrees with the numerical results significantly better than we would have expected . |
| 28 | The conference theme was ‘ From a socialist to a market-oriented society ’ and it looked at the growing opportunities for women within the new social structures . |
| 29 | Rare Bear had melted the piston in the No 2 cylinder and it looked like the rod in the No 1 cylinder had bent , tilting the entire jug about four or five degrees . |
| 30 | The cat was white , a Suristani with a prehensile tail , and it hung from the lower branch of one of the trees and slashed at the dogs which were clustered below . |