Example sentences of "[verb] it [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The less knowledgeable may attempt to forestall it or remove the child 's attention from it . |
| 2 | A simple turn tightens the system — a turn in the opposite direction loosens it and firm pressure on the centre of the disc will release the foot completely . |
| 3 | ‘ Would you care to modify it if I tell you that we have reason to believe that you recognised Wetherby at dinner on Thursday night ? ’ |
| 4 | I can not express what a privilege it has been transcribing it and entering your very mind and spirit in the throes of creativity , as it were . |
| 5 | Basically the 1969 Act , despite the controversy that has surrounded it and the resource problems that have hampered its implementation , must be seen as a notable step forward and one consistent with a renewed general acknowledgement of the importance of the family . |
| 6 | He loves it but his shore leave is brief and rare . |
| 7 | And she said she said well her little boy , Christopher , loves it but he 's a quiet child you see he thrives on that kind of thing . |
| 8 | My parents still live there and my father loves it and shares its faintly ridiculous pride . |
| 9 | ‘ He loves it and has been very supportive , ’ she said . |
| 10 | I 'm happy with my body because my husband loves it and my children cuddle it and I feel great about it . |
| 11 | Cos they , Shirley loves it as well . |
| 12 | Reggie loves it as I say my nephew bought me two |
| 13 | Says the Leicester boss : ‘ Bully loves it when there 's plenty of rough and tumble . |
| 14 | Nicky loves it when Squeak cleans her , right , my rats and she gives it and Nicky 's getting all and there 's Squeak going |
| 15 | but he loves what he 's doing , absolutely loves it cos there 's nowt for them here is there ? |
| 16 | It should have determined the relative usefulness of the text , suggested the best way of tackling it and provided you with an impression of the scholarly stature and historiographical viewpoint of the book . |
| 17 | Yes well I think I told him a wrong , you see , there were two there there are two ways of tackling it and I do n't think the way I told him is what they want for the examination purposes , at all ! |
| 18 | Fulmars from ‘ Formidable ’ were also flying patrols and on one such sortie Lt. R. MacDonald-Hall , with L/A Harry Phillips in rear seat , sighted a He111 but were unable to catch it before it disappeared into the fog . |
| 19 | Let it ring — what do I care ? thought Dyson , as he hurled himself out into the hall to catch it before it stopped ringing . |
| 20 | I felt the chain break — I tried to catch it but … |
| 21 | Try pulling one of the other 's single doors open on a mountain in a gale waiting for a gust to catch it and snap the stay . |
| 22 | He sent a lad after it to try to catch it and with disgust watched me limp towards him rubbing a bruised thigh . |
| 23 | The other children all try to catch it and , when one of them does , they hide it behind their back . |
| 24 | As his faithful knight Bedivere cast Arthur 's sword Excalibur into the waters of Llyn Llydaw the hand of the Lady of the Lake rose up to catch it and draw it down into the depths forever . |
| 25 | Oh yes , they were all fed properly , looked after alright , but they all , they told me they were all pedigrees but I doubt cos I do n't know whether that 's the truth , but they reckon in Poland when things were bad , when they unload them , they 'd make some excuse that one of these pigs got out and run away and course they used to catch it er , somewhere they used to catch it and that was their fee then . |
| 26 | The record company folk who have been talking Gulf and eating her sarnies leave and Susanna draws up a chair , sits on it cross-legged and starts to play with her hair , twisting it and knitting it . |
| 27 | The Founders were to be the guardians of the purity of the paper , protecting it and keeping it in touch with the grass roots which they represented . |
| 28 | ‘ That 's a good guess , ’ she said , neither denying it nor confirming it . |
| 29 | ‘ I told you not to try denying it because I wo n't believe you , ’ he insisted with iron resolve in the pitch of his voice . |
| 30 | ‘ You could install it and with five minutes of training you could use it . |