Example sentences of "and [vb past] it [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Our combined weights on the outside of the cradle pushed it into the side of the building and made it tip , ’ said Warel . |
| 2 | If she did n't know better she 'd have said he 'd sabotaged her jeep and made it rain this way , just so he could enjoy some amusement at her expense ! |
| 3 | Women have grabbed rock by the balls and made it squeal in agony . |
| 4 | She shook her head and made it go away . |
| 5 | The man in the shadows waved something green and glistening , and the waft of entrails touched the cat 's sensitive nostrils and made it sit up and watch the stranger . |
| 6 | It was still raining , great drops spurted up whirlpools of dust , but the buildings cut off the sand and made it seem lighter . |
| 7 | This sight brought her immediately down from her high , tragic pinnacle and made it seem all somehow cosier , as she thought she was sharing this music with such a wise and friendly dog . |
| 8 | The wind coursed over it and flapped it — little whip noises that stirred it and made it seem alive , the dog-face scowling . |
| 9 | I attacked it , and made it let go of her leg , but the Lintons ’ servants appeared and caught hold of me . |
| 10 | ‘ He hath unpacked his carriage and made it run a mile or two up and down in River 's great room , making it carry the fire shovel , tongs and poker . |
| 11 | That fat kid from the Double Deckers who played the tuba and made it look the size of a bag of crisps … what is he up to now ? |
| 12 | ‘ You 're thinking that the aunt killed him and made it look as though he 'd done it himself . ’ |
| 13 | One possible explanation for China 's changed attitude is that previous protests only gave the Dalai publicity and made it look silly . |
| 14 | A source who ought to know says that Unix System Laboratories has changed Destiny 's original Mac-like interface and made it look more like Windows : Sounds like a dumb move to us . |
| 15 | It made my life a bit unbearable for a while and made it look as if I was attacking Michael , which I was n't . ’ |
| 16 | So he turned round the second he did , and made it look as though he was waiting for the woman he 'd just tried to kill — when they were walking along together … |
| 17 | He mounted it on his vehicle and made it work . |
| 18 | What we 're , in effect what we 're saying is that for a a number of years the Communist Party has provided , has made that moral economy work i in a s and made it work very well because rents have been reduced more than the peasants would expect erm er interest rate is extremely low . |
| 19 | Cos , probably you do n't realize that , even a cigarette light , if you drew a cigarette , like that , and er and made it glow , it 's visible for quite a few hundred yards in the darkness . |
| 20 | The squire 's white velvet purse had weighed him down , and though he had slipped it out of his jerkin and felt it sink past his feet , coins still seemed to be clinging to his armpit . |
| 21 | He banged on the power and felt it start to right itself . |
| 22 | I saw pain in her face , and felt it rush up my arm . |
| 23 | Then she drank a glass of water and felt it trickle slowly down inside her as if she were a pipe . |
| 24 | She achieved the crest of the road and saw it spill over , and the village in the bottom of the valley , silent as if drowned a hundred years beneath a lake . |
| 25 | Nails watched it with horrified fascination , and saw it start to slide towards him . |
| 26 | And did it make any difference , theologically speaking , whether he knew or not ? |
| 27 | And did it make sense ? |
| 28 | And did it make a big difference ? |
| 29 | And did it bite her ? |
| 30 | What did he look like , and did it matter ? |