Example sentences of "it and [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the same principle as the female body receiving the male sperm , and , after it has conjoined with the egg , nourishing it and gestating it so that its form can grow from fundamental simplicity to the complexity of a human body . |
| 2 | Infant teacher has it and asks me to make sure that the Head of Primary knows that one of the children had a fit on the bus this morning . |
| 3 | The people surrounding it and supporting it — and by now many are living off it — are fitter and are living longer than ever before . |
| 4 | so it was a bit of er struggle to er , to get them to come and look at it and fix 'em up again , well they did n't fix 'em up they , they , they give 'em a new one , they only got it in the sale |
| 5 | Ideally , Praxis would like IBM to adopt the installer , productise it and bundle it with the RS/6000 , though it is ‘ far too early ’ to say whether this might happen , says the firm 's Stephen Robertson . |
| 6 | The post office was owned by two white-haired sisters , Annie and Lizzie , far out cousins of her own , and Annie stamped the envelope for her , postmarked it and dropped it in the calico bag on the counter . |
| 7 | And Hilderbridge lay in the sunshine , its slate roofs all turned to planes of silver , its spires sharp needles , as if a silversmith had made it and dropped it in the valley between the meadows and the moor . |
| 8 | In the latest issue of Moscow News , Daniil Granin said Czechoslovakia 's efforts to create ‘ socialism with a human face ’ was ‘ the first perestroika in socialist countries , and we crushed it and slandered it . |
| 9 | But help is there for those who need it and seek it . |
| 10 | Somehow it always righted itself and reached the front , where new hands seized it and raised it high so that everyone could see it . |
| 11 | on nine , facing Tufnell , digs out a full-length ball and guides it down on the off side , poor old David Lawrence has to give another painful chase their from backward point , but er , he lumbers after it and sends it an energetic return on the er , he 's swivelling round as he threw it . |
| 12 | I slid a fingernail under it and peeled it away , leaving a tiny redness on the skin . |
| 13 | It was too much but she loved him for it and let him kiss her when he came and stood beside her again . |
| 14 | JEWKES : He is my master and if he bids me do anything I can do I think I ought to do it and let him who has power to command me look to the lawfulness of it . |
| 15 | Usually , I know exactly what I want , but it is much better if you can get other people to do it and let them take the credit . |
| 16 | That 's it and let them , let them get on with it in the middle of bloody summer with a pint of water and say , look , that pint of water has to last you the day . |
| 17 | ‘ Come on , Terry , just mend it and let me get out of here . ’ |
| 18 | I would encourage you to read it and let me have your views as soon as possible . |
| 19 | When we get back to the house , Marie gives me the key to the door and I unlock it and let her go in first . |
| 20 | Says Ken : ‘ I just read the Echo while she 's doing it and let her get on with it . |
| 21 | Says Ken : ‘ I just read the Echo while she 's doing it and let her get on with it . |
| 22 | But I said , it is , yeah , that 's what I saying i Mary was so delighted because I took it and let her see it . |
| 23 | And then they used to leave it and let us wait and this that and the other you know . |
| 24 | ‘ Think about it and let us know when you get back — we wo n't pressure you , but I know you 'd have nothing to do but relax and be your wondrous self . ’ |
| 25 | Get on with it and let us back in It is a drill I suppose , is it ? |
| 26 | just read up on it and let us know ! |
| 27 | Terror gripped her so completely that she was incapable of opening it and let it fall to the floor where — she very nearly followed it in a faint . |
| 28 | That that 's lubricant that 'll loosen it and let it work its way through nice and gently . |
| 29 | The lady like , you know you have to hold it and let it go right . |
| 30 | It is not necessarily a soft option to tame wild animals , for to do so involves understanding their nature , being at one with it and drawing it into new forms of behaviour . |