Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [verb] it [art] " in BNC.
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1 | So I thought it no less than my duty to book us into somewhere special on the west coast for a week . |
2 | So I did it a lot . |
3 | The plates still had some food on them but although I found some meat , it had a strange gloopy liquid on it so I gave it a miss . |
4 | ‘ Perhaps you hit it a little too hard ? ’ suggested Dieter . |
5 | You 'll never guess it 's for collecting gases so we call it a |
6 | There are two notes involved so we call it a second . |
7 | so it makes it a bit better . |
8 | what , what you need to do , and the sooner you do it the better , the sooner you can get the information the better , is to set out those sort of philosophical issues |
9 | Thus they considered it an affront to a man 's dignity — but not to a woman 's — to earn a wage only on a par with social security benefits . |
10 | The timbers are badly shaped and put together ; such a structure can only be a vehicle for plants and the sooner they cover it the better . |
11 | okay Right you mentioned it a few minutes ago you suggested that this thing was formed . |
12 | ‘ Let it work its way through him , ’ said Ellen to Brenda , ‘ let it work its way through and out ; the harder I put it the faster it will happen . ’ |
13 | One further thing that will help you to be a successful prescriber ; the more you enjoy it the easier it will be . |
14 | Walking is habit-forming ; the more you do it the more you will want to do it . |
15 | Hence we call it a ‘ psychosemantic fallacy ’ . ’ |
16 | The constant streams of traffic flowing past it gave it the appearance of an ocean liner in a sea full of tiny fish . |
17 | And when it came out I gave it a puff in my little rag , and made sure the others did the same . |
18 | I used to think it bad enough parting from you , but now I feel it a hundred times worse . |
19 | Now I think it an accident — intended for some other . ’ |
20 | ‘ Every time we leave this country , when we come back we love it a whole lot more than when we left , ’ he growls . |
21 | it stopped it dead in its track , yeah , could n't get to rewire it after it though it snapped it a little bit . |
22 | " Girl I knew — Holy Roman she was , Irish — she used to say God thought it up as a joke , and when he found people taking it serious instead of laughing , he was so put out he made it a sin . |
23 | are you , well you eat it the way you want to do it and I 'll eat it all up |
24 | Well you give it a good bash then . |
25 | Well you call it a run-on line and you call it an enjambement line to give it the French term . |
26 | Well you did it the other day but then you did n't have a teddy in your hand did you ? |
27 | You 've got a captive audience there why the hell do n't you do it a sheet why do n't you give them a programme for the next three months exactly what is happening . |
28 | Ca n't you make it a rounded fi , hundred and fifty ! |
29 | ‘ Ca n't you give it a rest ? |
30 | " Herriot , dear boy , ca n't you vary it a bit ? |