Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [adv] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lot of people just think by definition the world is going to carry on as it is today , but it does n't . |
| 2 | Nobody 's going to know officially and it 's not as if there are hundreds of you or anything — I mean , so what if somebody does find you ? |
| 3 | ‘ You mean you 're going to help even if it kills me ? ’ |
| 4 | I did n't really look at him , though I immediately smelled alcohol on his breath , and thought , that firm is n't going to last long if it 's sending out drunken drivers to pick up clients . |
| 5 | It is to be hoped that future research into the nature of language processing will continue to relate findings about the performance of both skilled and impaired language users on the wide range of tasks which go together to make up out ability to acquire and use language — for it is only by attempting to do so that it will ultimately be possible for psychologists to develop a comprehensive model of language processing . |
| 6 | No on really knows how a wine is going to turn out until it is bottled — even then , claret 's development is notoriously fickle . |
| 7 | ‘ And sitting on a wrecked pod that 's going to blow up if it does n't blow away first is just way too safe for me . |
| 8 | I am trying to find out if it was ED611 or RF141 that was involved in the Woodbridge incident ? |
| 9 | You 'll spend the first couple of hours with ‘ Power Missy ’ trying to work out whether it 's a tease or a threat and then , just when you decide you really ca n't decide whether they 're all Polly Harvey bolshie or Sundays pliant , it may dawn on you that ‘ PM ’ is , in fact , f—ing scary , like playing S&M games with a dangerous schizophrenic . |
| 10 | She reached out and turned the clock towards her , blinking at the small ornate face , attempting to focus on the figures , trying to work out if it was twenty past twelve or twenty past one , finally deciding it was the earlier hour . |
| 11 | and er I 'm just trying to work out if it 's the same style as this . |
| 12 | Yeah that 's exactly the same as what you 're I was trying to do before so it 'd be the equivalent of that . |
| 13 | I was saying , I do n't think it 's true at all , but erm , I do n't know , I 'm trying to figure out whether it 's actually true or not . |
| 14 | She avoided a car trying to turn right where it should not , and turned left . |
| 15 | Those who already sail have an exciting time trying to stay upright when it 's really blowing . |
| 16 | Those who already sail have an exciting time trying to stay upright when it 's really blowing . |
| 17 | He was n't planning to fight indoors but it might happen and sweeping the floor clear of glass was the same as cleaning his guns — not a task to be left to someone else . |