Example sentences of "it [adv] [conj] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 I mean it 's , it 's general I suppose I mean if it would be better to switch it on and off which you can do and er , you know , I mean we ca n't sit here continually talking
2 If you just flick it on and off it 's going to use very little .
3 The need for arousal thought well should I be absolutely calm when I 'm giving a presentation but I never am so is it right and now understanding that you need a certain level of arousal to be able to perform at all is is satisfying for me because at least I understand the situation now and able to work with it rather than against it .
4 He accepts it only because of what he calls ‘ an insuperable logical difficulty ’ : position is not a quality , so a sensation can convey to us the position of a stimulus only by virtue of our ability to interpret something about it as meaning a certain position .
5 I use it only because of what it can become in later stages of evolution : the power of a snake 's fang , for instance , to propagate ( by its indirect consequences on snake survival ) DNA coding for fangs .
6 He forgave it only because of his party loyalty and his equally constant recognition , honest , reluctant , surprised , of the value to the Conservative Party of Baldwin 's unique position in the country .
7 Well was n't it better than around my knees though ?
8 It seems a shame not to do it just because of what old Bedwelty said . ’
9 He rejects it not because of what his experiments , or his introspections , tell him but because of what he calls ‘ an insuperable logical difficulty ’ .
10 This alchemical characteristic is peculiar to photography , where the mind and heart have potential to blend with the structure of the image , coding it above and beyond what is obvious at first glance .
11 This alchemical characteristic is peculiar to photography , where the mind and heart have potential to blend with the structure of the image , coding it above and beyond what is obvious at first glance .
12 This intro on the piano was in its way a very formal announcement , and people would hear it over or under whatever other music was on , and the bar staff would turn the tapes down and then off , without anyone having to say anything , they would just do it .
13 Sometimes I can laugh it off but inside it gets me down .
14 Was she just covering it up because of something to do with her father , or had she banished it from her mind too ?
15 By this time the aircraft was at a height of approximately 300 feet with the landing gear still down , the crew not having had time to select it up because of their preoccupation with avoiding the bird flocks .
16 then , no Ian had an orange one and when we pedalled it up and down it kept falling off so Katie put a bolt in it , a wee little one and it screwed onto the tractor bit .
17 very good Jonathan , are you gon na cut it out and into your jigsaw then ?
18 Now nobody 's done it , now we 've got two people in our area and one packing line , so I suggest we get them three together now and sort it out as to who done it and if they have n't done it and then wait while the three o'clock mane comes on , see if he 's done it .
19 I do n't run him too much with it though because of his back , because of his
20 Spraying with weed killer may become an annual ritual , and you will from time to time have to rake the surface over to keep it even and within its boundary .
21 I could not wear it there because of my drysuit cuff , and had it just above the cuff to sleeve joint .
22 Theoretically , in today 's educational environment , the disabled pupil has the right to be different , to be accepted in the ordinary class , encouraged to participate in it fully and in his own way and to be considered as an individual , a totality with assets and strengths in addition to those disadvantages or difficulties which arise from his disability .
23 ‘ The hammer ’ , Hortensia said , ‘ is actually a ruddy great cannon-ball on the end of a long bit of wire , and the thrower whisks it round and round his or her head faster and faster and then lets it go .
24 For a man who despaired of his appetite he was surprisingly offhand with the buck rarebit he had ordered ; he did no more than shove it round and round his plate .
25 But the man who says , ‘ It looks bent ’ thereby exhibits his sophistication in the matter of how an object 's being half in water leads to his seeing it otherwise than as it is .
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