Example sentences of "it [conj] [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 Yes but the trouble about it is that the English are so insular that lots of them do n't , do n't realize it or wo n't believe it .
2 his driveway that he put up and er he just about misses where the tree was , but he 's chopped all the tree down so he can have his grass , I du n no , well even if it meant just supporting the piece of something above his car so he do n't get any sap on it or ought
3 putting a skewer in it or shall I leave it as it is ? you know .
4 What shall we post it or shall we give it to her ?
5 Each meeting ends with the moneymen all saying things like I 'm in or I want in on this or You got it or Let's do it .
6 Would you recommend it or would n't you ?
7 Was it was it or would you say it was ?
8 No it is n't erm and erm even those who in , in my experience who did get through there was just an occasional er time when they did n't pass that part of it , they , they , they , they could n't quite manage that , the height side frightened them and er they failed , erm so there 's quite a lot of demands on them and I 'm sure that a lot of women could do it and a lot of women if they had the chance would do it or would , if they were willing to do it , but it 's not something that grabs most women , I do n't think it does , I think it 's the physical side that puts them off , and that is what is the problem with the Fire Service , it is a physical job .
9 Oh you get that and use that and then if there 's any invoices to do I 'll borrow it or would you rather have one of those ?
10 Do you keep it or should I go to a larger store ? ’
11 Sometimes this is no more than a description of what has to be done but sometimes it incorporates how the operator does it or should do it .
12 The risk theory , therefore , requires an important value judgment in relation to any particular governmental activity : if that activity inflicts loss on private individuals , should those individuals be expected to bear it or should the government pick up the bill ?
13 Do you want me Do you want me to drop it or should you drop it ?
14 And having accepted it , let us admit that the book that gives this experience to the individual young reader who needs it or will benefit from it , may not be what we ( outside the experience ) might recognize as a ‘ classic ’ .
15 Erm if the car has done a lot of mileage , will you get a lot of money for it or will you get less money ?
16 Next you have to decide when to enter the date and time information — do you want to use the spreadsheet like a time clock where you record what you are doing at the time you do it or will you use it to maintain a post-hoc record and enter dates and times in batches .
17 Are you going over to Droitwich on it or will you go in your car ?
18 You know you need some information , resource investigator can either give it to you because he 's got it or can find it for you .
19 A few nurses also commented that patients would wear them when the ulcer was healed , were too old and too frail to get the hosiery on , refused to wear it or could not tolerate it .
20 Could it or could it not have a bearing on this present case of murder ?
21 What kinda religion is it that would encourage the parent to shelter the child from any outside influences and punish it by putting it out in a world you never had any way of learning about ? ’
22 But the intention of practical English must be to ensure an understanding of what is read , not necessarily an appreciation of those aspects of it that would appeal especially to literary critics or literary historians .
23 The pine wood looked just the same as ever , it always did , it was always dark and dense with very narrow passages through it that would surely allow nothing bigger than a fox to weave its way through .
24 It therefore seemed logical to press a little of every suitable plant in her garden and later to create a design from it that would remind her for many years to come of her treasured garden .
25 So how would we find an outside correspondence for jealousy , a way of writing about it that would make it real for the reader , so real that it puts him/her in touch with his/her own jealousy ?
26 And the first part of it that would be staff comments .
27 No ruling class , no working class , just people producing wealth as they produced it , consuming it that would be an efficient society where nobody would go hungry , there would be no unemployment , no poverty and er it 's the ultimate objective of er the human race .
28 If the teacher had had no obvious part in planning or organising an activity , it was difficult to see what might be learnt from it that would be of help to other teachers .
29 That 'd be a good way of spelling it that would be a sensible way S T R A D E but they do n't spell it that way unfortunately .
30 Somehow all his rolls of fat were invested with dignity as they shook to his sobs and his weight pulling at her was a part of it that would be a part of her life forever .
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