Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [conj] it [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Labour party can not have it both ways : it attacks the system either because it expects people to claim or because it requires a register . |
| 2 | Well if it looks as though it needs a drop we can always pour a drop in ca n't we ? |
| 3 | Nowhere is the siren song of conservation more difficult to resist than when it combines a sentimental appeal to make a restoration project out of every down-at-heel relic , with the coded suggestion that it might even be a retail money-spinner in its own right if properly marketed by a curator and a press officer with a gift shop and a T-shirt designer on hand . |
| 4 | If I tried , the package would probably look as though it contained a designer gazebo for the centre of the potager , and in those circumstances , finding just a plain spade among all the Christmas paper , would be bound to disappoint ! |
| 5 | And what sounds as though it has a mother and father ? |
| 6 | Britain has been muttering that if it perceives a ‘ consensus for democracy ’ in Hong Kong , it will start ‘ talking tough ’ to Peking at a diplomatic level , and perhaps even adopt the Legislative Council proposals for 1995 in the teeth of Chinese opposition and without regard to ‘ convergence ’ with the Basic Law . |
| 7 | After about nine months , the baby starts to clamber out of the pouch and hop about at its mother 's side , though still returning when danger threatens or when it wants a drink of milk . |
| 8 | Again perceptions of the value of these interviews differed , but one teacher went so far as to say that if it needed an appraisal to bring these advisers into the school then it was worth it . |
| 9 | Very quickly , by the early 1950s , the idea that a true ‘ Welfare State ’ had been created and that it offered an effective means of solving social inequalities was being criticised by the likes of Richard Titmuss . |
| 10 | Still it is now part of the larger narrative , and read as that it suggests a period of peaceful coexistence before their final parting . |
| 11 | Space behaves as though it has an overall curvature . |