Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [pron] [conj] it [vb -s] " in BNC.

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1 A bees ' nest has only a single entrance , so air can not be made to flow through it as it does through a prairie dog 's tunnel .
2 Educational technology is a theory and a set of hypotheses ; it is a habit of mind , and a readily applicable methodology ; it is far too early to claim for it that it has a large body of accepted practice .
3 The main thing is they do n't inform you of what 's happening now until it 's happened and then they say , oh well , we did n't need to consultate with you cos it does n't affect your members .
4 They 'll be able to hide under it when it rains .
5 Techniques vary but it is important to work at them until it becomes automatic so that , when the time comes , you do n't need to think about it too much .
6 I do n't want you to talk about her if it hurts .
7 If anyone is currently fighting a case such as this , I would also be pleased to hear from them as it does seem to me that the Revenue is using its muscle to try to remove one of the benefits of independent taxation .
8 I think in , in shorthand terms the best thing to do is to regard the UCCA form as a mirror , and to look at it when it 's completed and say , ‘ This is the picture of me . ’
9 Some people are very wary of machines : " I only have to look at it and it breaks down . "
10 Our aim is to prevent long-term unemployment , rather than just trying to cope with it after it has occurred .
11 Because if you start messing your duvet up at night times it means that you do n't want to sleep underneath it cos it goes all scrunchy and horrible , and all the duvet bit comes out of the cover .
12 Society is increasingly helpless to deal with it because it has ceased to be society .
13 ‘ It 's nothing to do with me unless it concerns Riddle 's death . ’
14 The official regatta has virtually nothing to do with it but it does give farmers with riverside frontage an extra source of income … which has reached six figures , although not this year .
15 Yeah you know you can buy stuff to put on it when it 's dried up .
16 Although Uaru are not noted for equipment bashing , they have been known to move it gently aside , or even to spawn on it if it happens to be in their chosen spot .
17 What we think as , as Frank said erm , our policy is to accrue erm , income , which we think we 'll get in cash terms the following year , ie , we 're not gon na accrue it as soon as B Sky B expenses it , which is one end of the spectrum of erm , imprudence you could say or , and the other end , extreme prudence is to account for nothing until it 's cleared er , in the bank balance .
18 Anne is divorced from Simon 's father and was living alone , so she came to live with us and it has worked wonderfully .
19 But it tends to gloss over them when it draws on mainstream psychology .
20 If a window has to be tailor-made , you must expect to pay for it if it does n't fit !
21 But you 've got to think about it if it does happen to you .
22 But you have to think about it and it comes with practice , which as you obviously sell more and more of these plans , most of which have got waiver of premium .
23 Madam Deputy Speaker there is course another matter of er of er broader significance and that is that er whilst these orders er er er cover erm certain financial institutions , they do n't erm they do n't cover others , they do n't cover Lloyds of London in so far as I could see , erm I 'd half expected to see the honourable member for Gloucester West er in his place to pursue his campaign that apparently he er he he is not able to be here and indeed er others who sit on the benches opposite who lost a large sum of money in Lloyds , er but they might have had something to say about it as it does seem odd that Lloyds has not been covered , no doubt the minister would tell us that needs primary legislation and I I 'm quite sure this government would move heaven and earth not to introduce another Lloyds bill er because of er the problems that that would no doubt attract .
24 Allowing this latitude , we may claim ‘ Be aware ’ as an imperative both universal and valid a priori , since it would be inconsistent to say of anything that it exists yet is irrelevant to any possible choice .
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