Example sentences of "and [vb past] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is precisely how Dicey viewed Parliament and expected it to act . |
| 2 | ( 1981 , 1983 ) believed that the greenhouse warming should emerge from the noise level of natural climate variability by the end of the century , and expected it to become noticeable during the 1980s . |
| 3 | I wrote a long time ago to his Department and asked it to move against him and the Department failed to do so . |
| 4 | The United Kingdom pointed out that , by letter of 1 March 1983 , it informed the Commission of the problem created by the registration of Spanish vessels and of its intentions in that regard and asked it to put forward measures which would enable the problem to be resolved . |
| 5 | ‘ Really opened your heart and mind and asked it to come in ? ’ |
| 6 | She heard a sound and realised it came from her own throat . |
| 7 | Certainly , there were examples of transparent deception : for example , when , as proof of their transcendental patriotism , the ICP dissolved itself and announced it had become the Association for Marxist Studies . |
| 8 | AN EMPLOYEE stole his boss 's BMW car and sold it to make up for wages he had not been paid , a court heard . |
| 9 | ‘ Our combined weights on the outside of the cradle pushed it into the side of the building and made it tip , ’ said Warel . |
| 10 | 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 ! |
| 11 | Women have grabbed rock by the balls and made it squeal in agony . |
| 12 | She shook her head and made it go away . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It was still raining , great drops spurted up whirlpools of dust , but the buildings cut off the sand and made it seem lighter . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The wind coursed over it and flapped it — little whip noises that stirred it and made it seem alive , the dog-face scowling . |
| 17 | I attacked it , and made it let go of her leg , but the Lintons ’ servants appeared and caught hold of me . |
| 18 | The PLO quickly dispatched delegations to Cairo , Amman and Damascus and made it known that it would not disrupt the process . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . |
| 20 | 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 ? |
| 21 | ‘ You 're thinking that the aunt killed him and made it look as though he 'd done it himself . ’ |
| 22 | One possible explanation for China 's changed attitude is that previous protests only gave the Dalai publicity and made it look silly . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . ’ |
| 25 | 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 … |
| 26 | He mounted it on his vehicle and made it work . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | so she changed the Susan to , to Theresa and made it pits instead |
| 30 | A CHESHIRE theatre yesterday raised the curtain on its Christmas show six months before it is due to open and disclosed it has scooped some of Britain 's major stars for its pantomime line-up . |