Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He agreed to do it because it flattered his ego . |
| 32 | Similarly , if you are in covenant relationship with others in a church , then when such a need arises it is quite reasonable to do it because it needs doing . |
| 33 | yeah one of Andy 's cases this morning I had to do it where it had growth old cash on it , which it should n't have had so it was quite handy . |
| 34 | I wish to make it clear that I have no intention of using that power at present , but I would be prepared to use it if it emerged that individuals ' interests were not being properly protected by the scheme in practice . |
| 35 | There was a flurry of yelps and scurryings but nobody managed to field it and it rolled almost up to Maxim 's feet . |
| 36 | Now he is said to regret it because it has inflamed the Thatcherites . |
| 37 | You 've got to verbalise it and it gets very political , too . |
| 38 | He kicked it away from the bars , then continued to boot it as it shambled deeper into the hut . |
| 39 | The waiter brought the champagne and thumped it around in a bucket of ice to persuade us that it had n't come out of the refrigerator . |
| 40 | The enormous importance people attached to these issues seems eventually to have encouraged the parties to address them though it failed to encourage very much television coverage . |
| 41 | After the war the industry was too depressed to re-equip itself as it had done in 1804 . |
| 42 | Young skin is less able naturally to protect itself as it contains less melanin and therefore has less tanning ability . |
| 43 | Although Sémillon is one of the grapes behind the star sweeties of Sauternes ( and the majority of dry Bordeaux wines ) it was never able to flaunt itself before it arrived in Australia . |
| 44 | At the time of birth , however , an angel strikes its upper lip , so causing it to forget everything that it has seen and learned . |
| 45 | The right hon. Gentleman can hardly refer to such a body as having the kind of authority with which he seeks to imbue it when it disagreed on a number of matters and failed to address any of the ones that really matter . |
| 46 | Mustafa got Arab engineers up from Tel Aviv to build it and it cost about 700 Palestinian pounds . |
| 47 | But that , in turn , owed as much to the readiness of the Spanish conservative classes to believe it as it did to Franco 's skill in propagating it . |
| 48 | I merely felt the need to satisfy myself that it had not escaped your attention … ’ |
| 49 | Men will say ‘ I love you ’ to get women into bed with them ; women will say ‘ I love you ’ to get men into marriage with them ; both will say ‘ I love you ’ to keep fear at bay , to convince themselves of the deed by the word , to assure themselves that the promised condition has arrived , to deceive themselves that it has n't yet gone away . |
| 50 | Whatever their purpose , the turntable , loop and building were probably removed within a relatively short time , for in the years following its opening the BCR could not afford to keep anything that it did not need . |
| 51 | ‘ My reaction was to hit him where it hurts , you are not with some for 27 years without knowing that . ’ |
| 52 | Carrie floundered excitedly through the snow to greet him and it seemed she was about to throw her arms about him . |
| 53 | She wants to love me and it makes her happy . |
| 54 | The question did not appear to surprise her but it did surprise him , as did the very fact that they were walking so companionably together . |
| 55 | ‘ I was in the middle of painting a tile and I 'd like to finish it before it dries . |
| 56 | Now joint tenants is a legal term sensible place to describe it as it 's come up which is what husband and wife often own property as . |
| 57 | You ( or the entertainer ) pretends not to see it and it disappears . |
| 58 | Some of those pilots were there to see it when it arrived at Fairford earlier this week . |
| 59 | Having gained weight so rapidly , the abandoned pup then begins to lose it as it uses its blubber to develop the organs of its body . |
| 60 | My hair is really short so I do n't actually have to style it but it did feel better and I would use this conditioner again . ’ |