Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [subord] [pron] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did n't never have a jinx when I had it . |
| 2 | Right well just that er it 's been resolved a bit since I handled it cos er got this meeting set up which I do n't know whether , whether you need to come , it 's on the second of February |
| 3 | talk about it a bit before you start it . |
| 4 | A married 27-year-old estate agent admitted : ‘ There are times when , to be honest , I could n't give a shit whether she enjoys it . ’ |
| 5 | They could n't come to a decision so they put it to the vote when — as the book put it — a pair of bearded anarchists , one with flame red hair , appeared out of nowhere and took their decision for them , smashing down the gates with sledgehammers . |
| 6 | They say when you look at someone who is dead the spirit is n't there , it 's a shell because whatever made it alive has gone . |
| 7 | Always try to look inside a PC before you buy it . |
| 8 | And , never sign a cheque before you use it . |
| 9 | I only want a bike because I want it and want it and want it . " |
| 10 | On the other hand an ambassador might refuse a present because he thought it insultingly small , because his mission had been unsuccessful , or because it seemed that the monarch he represented was about to go to war with the one whose court he was leaving . |
| 11 | Have a look before you bite it . |
| 12 | The old coppers who I knew — they used to hit hard enough to stun them , as hard as a butcher hits a cow before he kills it . |
| 13 | Perhaps it is not an ideal system — some day no doubt the MR will be appointed by competitive examination in Law Reports , but it is our system for the present ; and we should give our party arrangements a wrench if we throw it aside . |
| 14 | huh , huh some one went , do n't because it makes a noise , put it down , no , because it makes such a noise when you pick it up |
| 15 | ‘ And I never run a horse unless I think it 's got a real chance . ’ |
| 16 | There would be a wedding whether she liked it or not . |
| 17 | " They live on a boat because they think it 's smart . " |
| 18 | Give us a ring if you want it . |
| 19 | I thought he 'd actually caught a defender as he headed it but er he has n't really got a good contact on the ball . |
| 20 | Ah here it is hang on a second while I rinse it out . |
| 21 | Can I sorry could I could I take obviously take some question people wish to ask a question because I think it 's important that before people start drifting away we actually bring the meeting to some conclusion and determine where we 're gon na go with the meeting once it 's actually passed . |
| 22 | and a half , one over two the reciprocal of a half if you turn it the other way round it 's two over one |
| 23 | So long as you got the question wrong you got a cabbage if you got it right you got a prize |
| 24 | But it was true , what Jim said , in business you ca n't stand still , you go up or you go down , you ca n't just sit comfortably in your own 1972 executive four-bedroomed plate-glass-windowed centrally heated wall-to-wall-carpeted gadget-equipped house , with your Rover and your wife 's Mini in the two-car garage , and your pot plants in your loggia , and your electric lawn mower in the shed : you ca n't sit still and enjoy it , you ca n't call it a day and call a halt when you own it all and do n't owe anyone a penny , you have to go on and on , relentlessly onwards , juggling with larger and larger sums , owing more , paying out more , until finally perhaps the whole thing comes tumbling round your head like a pack of cards . |
| 25 | Deborah turned away from the signpost and began wading back through the deep undergrowth to the main path , intending to break into a run when she reached it ; but just as she turned off she heard a faint , distant , reedy cry , which stopped her in her tracks . |
| 26 | ‘ did use ( or keep ) ’ A person ‘ keeps ’ a vehicle if he causes it to be stationary on a road when not in use . |
| 27 | Nayak and Ketteringham ( 1986 ) stated that ‘ as a manager , as an organisation , you can get a breakthrough whether you deserve it or not ’ , and that ‘ new , extraordinary ideas can emerge from any environment ’ . |
| 28 | Robyn turned , forcing herself to ignore the sudden uncontrollable lurch in the pit of her stomach , the slight tremble in her hands that would surely take a hold if she let it . |
| 29 | But i it 's a shame because you see it 's , it 's really down to the a lot of the advisory staff and erm yo your teacher training colleges because there was a period when , I mean , I was always very formal I mean I , I , you know |
| 30 | It 's a shame because I mean it I think what they 've got is really you know , er er er they 'd be hard put to it to get anything as good really at the price I think . |