Example sentences of "and [vb past] it [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She collected some of his saliva from the ground and used it make a serpent . |
| 2 | tt They 'd got two handles which was b made it mobile , two wheels , and used it Have four sacks at the end of this threshing engine , hanging on little hooks , and and a bloke there seeing that it got filled alright and it when it was full , they used to run this thing underneath a sack , crank it up by hand , like that , till they got it to the required height , then nestle it on their shoulders , you see there was a There 's a there 's an art in carrying c In carrying coal and there 's an art in carrying corn and there 's an art in carrying beef . |
| 3 | The oil spilt from the Braer was unusually light and toxic , and this , combined with fierce storms which mixed it into the seawater and caused it combine to form clumps with fine particles churned up by the waves , meant that rather than floating to the surface , as is normal with spilt crude oil , it was carried by ocean currents far from the spill site and later redeposited in deep " sumps " on the seabed . |
| 4 | Loretta forced a smile , and judged it better not to answer . |
| 5 | And wened it gode writen in tales |
| 6 | He then broke away as Lambert was also firing at this aircraft , and watched it crash into the sea . |
| 7 | He drew his sword and watched it come closer . |
| 8 | She moved to the window and watched it pull up . |
| 9 | Yanto attached the crane hook to his latest sling of timber , steadied it as Tiny Bennion took the strain , and watched it disappear through the hatch . |
| 10 | I threw the bag into deep water , and watched it disappear . |
| 11 | I threw the bag into deep water , and watched it disappear . |
| 12 | When he refused , Mr Reynolds climbed off the engine and watched it fall through the bridge on to the car , steam and smoke erupting from the cab as it did so . |
| 13 | He sat and watched it fall into folds across his knee and the dense depth of its scarlet pile was more delightful than wine or the blood from roasting beef . |
| 14 | Then she ruffled the parakeet 's crest and watched it peck a sunflower seed . |
| 15 | I made a great bonfire of it and stood and watched it burn until every trace of him was wiped off the face of the earth . ’ |
| 16 | As his own name shrivelled in the heat , he dropped the envelope into the ashtray and watched it burn to a husk , then prodded it into tiny fragments with the extinguished match . |
| 17 | Before the letter could contaminate him with reason he pushed it into the fire and watched it burn . |
| 18 | This is done by , when he thinks , ‘ … heard the same complaint and sat there powerless as I , and watched it run its bloody course . ’ |
| 19 | His profound sense of fatalism becomes apparent as early as the last paragraph of his very first speech : ‘ … every few years there is still a case , and as the parties tell me what the trouble is , … the thought comes in that … another lawyer , quite differently dressed , heard the same complaint and sat there as powerless as I , and watched it run its bloody course . ’ |
| 20 | He was half turned towards her , and Maria saw him lift a hand and watched it move towards her , coming to rest against her bare midriff , warm fingers shaping themselves lightly to its gentle curve . |
| 21 | He raked his fingers through his hair and watched it spring back around his face in untidy tufts . |
| 22 | One of the men at the roadblock , bored , dropped a stick into the water and watched it float under the span . |
| 23 | He braced himself to clout the ball , and watched it race away , like a round of tracer … |
| 24 | Barney nodded resignedly as he gave the canoe a push with his foot , and watched it drift out into midstream . |
| 25 | Even now I 'll go back and I ca n't play note for note what I played then ; I can get the general feel of it but I can never go back and hit it note for note . |
| 26 | Even now I 'll go back and I ca n't play note for note what I played then ; I can get the general feel of it but I can never go back and hit it note for note |
| 27 | To play , we each choose one of our cards and lay it face down on the table . |
| 28 | Cassie was fond of it and kept it dust free and well polished . |
| 29 | Perhaps they did n't want to scare me and thought it better not to say too much , but I wish they had said something . |
| 30 | I say if you , if you did decide on something and wanted it give me an opportunity to post Connie 's parcel . |