Example sentences of "it i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ask yourself , ‘ What precisely is it I wish my child to say and/or do when I am asking him/her to be good , polite , helpful , kind ? ’ ( or any of those other vague goals parents set for their bemused offspring ) . |
| 2 | With a flourish I fastened the middle button of my new suit ( off-white with charcoal seaming : I 'm not sure about it I wish you were here , I wish you were here to tell me it looked okay ) , eased my hands into my trouser pockets , and ambled loosely across the street . |
| 3 | Where was it I took you , within my own domain or outside it ? ’ |
| 4 | The way he said it I knew he meant to goad her . |
| 5 | ‘ After 13 years of it I knew I wanted to go into painting full-time , ’ he said . |
| 6 | Ah I like it I knew there was something |
| 7 | But even as I made it I knew my accusation was ridiculous . |
| 8 | The minute your gran told me about it I knew it was n't true — and so did she , or suspected as much , anyway . |
| 9 | As soon as I tasted it I knew it was serious |
| 10 | I have n't , I have n't got a clue but I knew it the minute the second you said it I knew it . |
| 11 | In it I saw my child 's body inside my own , but it was n't curled up like a foetus . |
| 12 | where was it I saw it now ? |
| 13 | Oh it 's terrific you know it 's a great building I like it I like what 's going on and you say will you come back again ? |
| 14 | I went to change me poll tax and er I says to her , I says , I should be court to Monday oh she says you 've got a fifteen pound court thing , I says aye , she says oh well that 's fifteen pound , I says it 's not cos I 'm not paying it I says I 'm not paying the fifteen pound to the court , I says , I says how come last year I did n't pay right round to February last year I said and yet I , your last payment 's next month , you know , she said oh well they 're stricter this year she says , she , if you 'd pay the half year you 'd of been alright |
| 15 | I told her it I says she do n't wan na lose this child , I said if the worst comes to the worst she 'll have it herself . |
| 16 | Now when I said you were very good at it I said what 's fifty as a fraction of one fifty ? |
| 17 | So now Marie 's got to go into hospital and have this done , do n't know if she 'll be out on time and er anyway and so they , you know , she said we 've only got to face it mum , so she said well we ca n't come cos Marie ca n't face it I said they all went and got |
| 18 | I said I pretend I 'd never heard that question David , because if I answer it I said there 's a lot more |
| 19 | staying open , I ai n't going , I ca n't handle it I said I just wan na get out , it was really like a sentence I just could n't stand it of course I laughed , me and Elaine went to the meeting same place , same wall and I kept looking at her and we brought you in here to say thanks , and Elaine looked at me and I looked at her and I said well if that 's all he 's got ta say I said I 'm not , I , what did I say to Elaine ? |
| 20 | Yeah , what 's that got to do with it I said I , you know , just never heard of that well there you are then , |
| 21 | I said well do n't worry about it I said I locked all off from under my windows I says . |
| 22 | You know what I mean the prices are reasonable I ca n't even hang it I put them , leave them in the bag . |
| 23 | found it I put it behind so stop the kids |
| 24 | And instead , instead of telling the woman I I pretended to eat it could n't finish it I put it down the lift shaft . |
| 25 | Oh no no no I put it I put it off . |
| 26 | Sorry does it I put my question very badly , does it make any difference to traffic through this particular part or Knaresborough where the relief road is ? |
| 27 | And it 's the only house now well I left it I left it five year ago but it still belongs to my son . |
| 28 | I left it I left it on there . |
| 29 | kept it I kept it . |
| 30 | This resulted in a great deal of correspondence between myself and the Development Corporation and at the end of it I told my wife the best thing to do was to hand her notice in as there was no chance of us ever getting a house in Harlow , fortunately her services were much more seriously in demand then we imagined and the company nominated us for one , a house which is allocated to one of their executives , the house that we 're living in now and have lived in ever since nineteen sixty three . |