Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [adv] [subord] 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 | ‘ You mean you 're going to help even if it kills me ? ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | No on really knows how a wine is going to turn out until it is bottled — even then , claret 's development is notoriously fickle . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | I am trying to find out if it was ED611 or RF141 that was involved in the Woodbridge incident ? |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | and er I 'm just trying to work out if it 's the same style as this . |
| 10 | Yeah that 's exactly the same as what you 're I was trying to do before so it 'd be the equivalent of that . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | She avoided a car trying to turn right where it should not , and turned left . |
| 13 | Those who already sail have an exciting time trying to stay upright when it 's really blowing . |
| 14 | Those who already sail have an exciting time trying to stay upright when it 's really blowing . |