Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [pron] [modal v] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | This duality between solidity and beauty thus expressed a sharp division between the material and the ideal , the bodily and the spiritual , highly typical of the bourgeois world ; yet spirit and ideal in it depended on matter , and could be expressed only through matter , or at least through the money which could buy it . |
| 2 | Seeing my disappointed expression , she said that if I did n't want the watch she would keep it herself and give my mother money instead to buy something I would really like . |
| 3 | The hon. Gentleman is concerned about the placement of this convicted person in a nearby hostel , so if he will give me the details of the case I shall have it investigated by Her Majesty 's inspectorate of probation . |
| 4 | ‘ If that were the case he could have it and welcome . |
| 5 | But when he walked on the field you 'd think it was Goliath coming on there . ’ |
| 6 | This is a difficult question that will be examined more fully later ; for the present I will answer it ( rather unsatisfactorily ) by saying that it is unusual for a syllable said on a level pitch to be so prominent that it would be described as carrying a level tone . |
| 7 | If there is any possibility of placing washing machines and dryers away from the kitchen you should consider it . |
| 8 | In order to read the story they must find it interesting or useful , and it must not be so detailed and technical that they can not understand it . |
| 9 | If you go by the side of the college you 'll see it from the |
| 10 | Otherwise , the right sombrely heroic quality emerges , but the playing of the movement does not grip the listener as the composer surely intended and Leonskaja 's leisurely treatment of the second subject group ( say in the recapitulation at 9′54″ ) lacks the tension which would integrate it into the whole . |
| 11 | If you do n't support the roof you can expect it to fall and two men were hurt . |
| 12 | They had worked out their monthly budget to the last pound , and if Norman thought she was going to eat this overpriced muck with a perfectly good cold supper waiting in the refrigerator at home and a decent programme on the telly he could forget it . |
| 13 | And now , my dear Sir , having said this much on behalf of this deserving Youth , I must beg to assure you that however zealous my wish to be the means of serving him and his poor Mother , I do not wish , on that account , to influence you — Quite the contrary — I know that in similar cases , your benevolent views have been disappointed , and , perhaps , you have consequently made arrangements for the Future which may render it ineligible to take any youth in the same way as proposed to his Brother — even if you have at present — or are likely in course of a year or two — to have a vacancy . |
| 14 | The last and equally important part of the system concerns the revision of stock , in which all the factors bearing upon the stock which might cause it to depart from the logistic guidelines are carefully monitored and — where necessary — corrected . |
| 15 | The empowering provisions in the founding treaties generally lay down the method of adoption of the measures which they authorize , specifying in particular the institution which may propose the measure , the institution which may adopt it , the institutions which must be consulted and whether the voting shall be unanimous or by majority . |
| 16 | Oddly enough I mean it 's so far away from the yellow I would say it is n't wrong . |
| 17 | And if Robin gets it in the neck I shall get it in the neck and I shall be getting it in the neck because of you ! |
| 18 | The insurance will be of special interest to those who might otherwise be unable to get insurance because their cruising ground , manning , or the boat itself might prevent it . |
| 19 | And equally by bringing forward other proposals and allocations in the plan you would make it clear where proposals would n't work . |
| 20 | In this age of the telephone you might think it 's never been easier to talk to someone who 's not nearby . |
| 21 | and , if you do n't want the work we 'll take it elsewhere and all this . |
| 22 | But as they crossed the sand she could see it was true . |
| 23 | At first I thought about setting up a series of divisions throughout the length of the hall which would demarcate it rhythmically . |
| 24 | I mean if you put your hand up to the sun you can feel it , you detect it , your eyes detect it , well you have detectors which detect them and , for example , if I want to detect something like an electron well then I can make a counter which is sensitive to charged particles like electrons , and I can allow these electrons to hit this counter and it will produce erm an identifiable electrical pulse and I can look at that and I can say this is an electron , or I can look at other particles , say , for things like helium nuclei which are called alpha particles , and I can make counters which will detect these and I can put a little piece of paper in front and I can stop off the alpha particles . |
| 25 | Well in the winter we used to like it like that , but in the summer we used to got the old fashioned cooler we used to run over there |
| 26 | In the winter we used to have it hot with Yorkshire pudding . |
| 27 | ‘ We have found tenants for all these units , ’ says Gerry Gallagher , who is the project manager , ‘ and we have other plans for improvements to the village which will make it more attractive to visitors . |
| 28 | This very brief motion I 've discussed with the convenor who will accept it and also with the general secretary of worl of the board of the world mission who was ready also to co-operate with it . |
| 29 | The guiding assumption was that the school curriculum should differ according to the ability of the child who would follow it . |
| 30 | Yeah do you think at the moment you could take it all back out again , then ? |