Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] it [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Any up and coming band that really wants to do it will do it . |
| 2 | ‘ I would never have taken her if I 'd thought it would upset her . ’ |
| 3 | As a result she is not allowed by her mother to supplement the family income by helping her in the fields , since to be seen doing it would mean she had become an illiterate villager again . |
| 4 | We know very little of these early years , beyond that it was a family of privilege , untouched by the economic scourge that surrounded it , though Nathan Cohen must frequently have feared it might touch them , too — not least when he was blessed with a much hoped-for son , whom he named Leonard Norman . |
| 5 | thing , for twenty four quid for a hundred and eight weeks , you 've got , you 've got to take that , think it 's coming on and learning , got the thing in there , start to progress it might get you , it 's gon na get to the point where he says right , you know you 've got them just about to sort of labour it 's , you know , accurately with a fair amount of speed now we 'll start sort of now being a bit adventurous , gon na get a lot more interesting . |
| 6 | Ah yes , this one 's been , we 've all been very organised on this , you know , so it 's been better than most , but , 'cos er you were , er you 've seen it and your listeners who 've seen it will know it 's a very complex play , so it 's made us get more disciplined to start with . |
| 7 | She had said it would do him good . |
| 8 | ‘ I had hoped it would please her , ’ she kept saying . |
| 9 | Ben , if she 's gone it 'll kill him . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm very grateful to the Board for the grant , but I have estimated it will cost us around £ a month for a two bedroomed flat in Bristol , and I have the kids ' uniforms for college and all my books to buy . |
| 11 | I have to say it would help him . |