Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [pers pn] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It — it disgusts me to think that I 'd let you kiss me that way . ’ |
| 2 | Why I said I do n't think it matters I said cos I think |
| 3 | It frightens me to think that not only are we so vulnerable to these monsters but also that we are constantly blamed for being provocative or careless . |
| 4 | ‘ Keith hits and kicks any child playing with a toy he wants ’ is an objective description of the problem and it allows us to decide whether it should take priority over some other problem behaviour . |
| 5 | Doing the best or the right thing is central to the definition of agape love , because it allows us to see that love is not some sugar-plum notion — it is an investment in the future as well . |
| 6 | ( b ) It allows you to assimilate and summarise your main points/subsidiary detail in preparation for your notes . |
| 7 | It allows you to check that you have not forgotten to do essential jobs and , if you have , it provides the chance to rectify the mistake . |
| 8 | As it passes I turn and watch it enter Hadley Wood South tunnel . |
| 9 | It says he believed that the historical awareness will help any linguistic scene to profit . |
| 10 | On the beach or in the changing room it forces us to confront and compare size , shape and sexual attractiveness . |
| 11 | Indeed , it leads me to suspect that subconscious folklinguistic beliefs have influenced sociolinguists ’ choice of settings for data collection . |
| 12 | Erm , I think Chair , it , there is a need obviously for all committees to be realistic , and erm , that certainly is our intention within those , but I would say again , it leads me to believe that you should keep a reasonable er , committee contingency in case certain difficulties present themselves in terms of those additional er , pressures and requirements . |
| 13 | Much of what we have just talked about may seem far beyond our reach or experience yet , but it comforts us to believe that no exigency of life can ever rob the believer of accepting its transcendence as well as its immanence . |
| 14 | Pressure is stimulating , it gets you moving and achieving things but when pressure exceeds you ability to cope , then you 're in the stress arena . |
| 15 | It keeps me thinking and I know I 'm going to enjoy the different style . ’ |
| 16 | Yes , yes , it sounds it sounds as it 's for a limited time anyway , so , you know |
| 17 | It requires us to admit that having a pain in one 's foot is really having a pain ( in the void , so to speak ) , and associating it with one 's foot , such association being in the form , say , of a judgement that there is something the matter with one 's foot . |
| 18 | As a theory of law it requires us to accept that there is something intrinsically moral in the legal method . |
| 19 | It takes me places that I thought I 'd never see |
| 20 | ‘ You know how long it takes you to wash and get yourself into bed , Beth reminded her . |
| 21 | and all that lot , yeah , and then when it , when it rains you see cos it 's a lot of clay |
| 22 | It appears he waited and waited to pluck up courage to catch a plane home . |
| 23 | As it rises it cools and the invisible water vapour in the air is changed into visible water droplets , which make clouds . |
| 24 | Er it seems it seems that there were a lot of students , from one of the bigger un er er top class universities which were handling this train , er but er there were quite a few er things done , some of them I would think dangerous . |
| 25 | Er it seems it seems that the English are p pretty good at this sort of thing . |
| 26 | It grieves me to say that the committee seemed to spend some time trying to denigrate the authority 's findings and to vindicate the tobacco industry . |
| 27 | If the theory that DNA and its copying machinery arose spontaneously is so improbable that it obliges us to assume that life is very rare in the universe , and may even be unique to Earth , our first resort is to try to find a more probable theory . |
| 28 | In this context , the phrase ‘ higher learning ’ is particularly helpful , because it prompts us to ask whether in higher education there is anything especially ‘ higher ’ about the learning we expect students to achieve . |
| 29 | Having done the job myself , it helps me to understand that departments are being asked to review everything continuously . |
| 30 | I 've always loved cleaning , it helps me to think and stops me getting ideas above my station . |