Example sentences of "in [verb] it [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the look in his eyes there would n't be a result in pressing it unless I was really keen on acquiring a broken nose . |
| 2 | There was regrettable delay in serving it and it should have been served personally on Mr. Butler in prison . |
| 3 | Plenty of praise should be given when the dog responds , although there is no point in scolding it if it fails to do anything more than run or sniff around the garden . |
| 4 | Well you 've taken the colour out there obviously in photocopying it but you 've also got to be crafty and think of things like that as well . |
| 5 | " She wanted to do it , she was one of the type who believed in doing it because she wanted to . |
| 6 | It will take a great deal of money to do it properly and I 'm only interested in doing it if I have the support to give me a chance of winning . |
| 7 | Well there are a number of spaces that are in positions which could be used by disabled , in other words , they are not sort of , sandwich tight against other spaces and what 's happened in the past is that erm when a need has arisen an and when perhaps there 's been er generally a bungalow that has been er , occupied by somebody who 's disabled then the housing department have erm modified that space I mean , wha what we 've actually done is we 've er , taken a certain amount of block paving out but put back some block paved logo , sort of , standard white er symbol that erm that identifies disabled space and and , and that space is actually earmarked for that person , and it could happen in a variety of different locations erm it 's just that there 's probably not so much point in doing it until you know that there is er a specific need . |
| 8 | Forced to devote his attention to the problem , he found he had succeeded in locking it when he had thought he was unlocking it , the reason being that it had been open all the time . |