Example sentences of "[conj] [pos pn] [noun sg] [vb -s] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | or my sister gives it Sam ! |
| 2 | Unix , meanwhile , derives its greatest unequivocal advantage from kernel robustness , where its maturity earns it a high degree of reliability . |
| 3 | The day-to-day management is in the hands of the managing director , and if the number of members or the importance of the functions of the association or its character justifies it , a supervisory board may be created . |
| 4 | If I am warned that my weight makes it highly likely that I will suffer health problems in hot climates , the probability of my being ill is reduced if I do either one of two things — lose weight and/or avoid the tropics , Thus , I have some choice about my life . |
| 5 | Except my mum does it now though . |
| 6 | The proper reply , which accepts the fact that we may rightly have some suspicion of a view on the ground that its proponent wants it to be true , is that the satisfactions afforded by indeterminist as against determinist claims of one kind and another are far greater . |
| 7 | In this last case the prime purpose of the prize is to benefit its giver ; if Barclays Bank had to pay for the column inches of publicity that its award brings it every year , there would be no Barclay 's Prize . |
| 8 | So flowers keep their nectar behind locks to which only a small group or even a single species has the key , which is of such a specialised design that its owner finds it difficult if not impossible to use on any other flower . |
| 9 | Make sure that your text makes it clear where the quotation comes from ( see pp. 107 – 8 ) . |
| 10 | Well I think you , you , you 've got , well you 've got , if you 're gon na work overtime , you 've got to make sure that your productivity justifies it . |
| 11 | It 's well organised and nice and my daughter likes it . |
| 12 | Maybe it wo n't , and my father says it 'll be over in six months anyway , so none of them will have to go . ’ |
| 13 | My parents still live there and my father loves it and shares its faintly ridiculous pride . |
| 14 | I do n't really know much about this cos my son does it all . |
| 15 | If my mum finds it I 'm dead . |
| 16 | I 've not heard that for quite a while and its unfamiliarity makes it sound strange . |
| 17 | As far as overall weight is concerned , it 's surprisingly manageable and its size puts it into the larger car boot category for transport . |
| 18 | You may have some if you have any dental fillings ; it is also used as a contact in telephone circuits and its malleability makes it a useful substitute for platinum in jewellery . |
| 19 | Kimberley is lucky to be alive , and her mother says it 's all due to the skill of medical staff at both Cheltenham and Frenchay hospital in Bristol where she was transferred . |
| 20 | The events at Stony Stratford clearly took the political community by surprise , and their reaction makes it likely that the seizure of the prince was a pre-emptive strike by Gloucester rather than ( as Mancini 's scenario would suggest ) a retaliation for his exclusion from power . |
| 21 | The events at Stony Stratford clearly took the political community by surprise , and their reaction makes it likely that the seizure of the prince was a pre-emptive strike by Gloucester rather than ( as Mancini 's scenario would suggest ) a retaliation for his exclusion from power . |
| 22 | And if , if her foot overlaps it all , take them back , cos you might be better off just getting two anyway |
| 23 | However , if its movement carries it into any other target it charges into hand-to-hand combat and stops . |
| 24 | Yeah well well actually Russell do n't own , cos she 's still alive , and his mother owns it , and she 's still alive . |
| 25 | ‘ And his father knows it , too . |
| 26 | The point is — and our survey reveals it — that such an amount does deter some youngsters from participating in tournaments and again with respect , I would guess that few of them come from the lovely part of the country from where you write . |
| 27 | Well I , I thi well if , if your boss checks it , what should he be checking for ? |
| 28 | Leave for 2–3 mins , or more if your hair needs it , then rinse off with warm water . |
| 29 | You must , therefore , be prepared to translate the jargon of your profession into normal , crisp English if your readership requires it . |
| 30 | If your lass sees it cos she thinks you 've gone shop . |