Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [subord] it [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stopped neither to rest or eat until it was almost dark . |
| 2 | Like , you could n't have pianos or sax because it was n't hardcore . ’ |
| 3 | We ask for three O eight to be referred or opposed if it is not and that you support motion three O nine as it 's in line with current policy . |
| 4 | Wind the strip of green crepe paper round the length of your pencil or stick until it is completely covered . |
| 5 | This is why it is better to see a doctor when you first feel unwell rather than wait until it is so bad that you have to go to hospital . |
| 6 | This raises another difficulty for the historian , because it is far harder to estimate the extent to which a village had shrunk or when this occurred than to note when it was finally deserted . |
| 7 | Eventually Frankie and I were called in by Mum and told to get a wash and change as it was nearly time to go . |
| 8 | I filed that away and asked if it was all right for the girls to stay until the doctors had done their rounds . |
| 9 | Keeping a big horse is expensive ; I know , I 've got one , and when I worked out what he cost me to keep I got to £50 per week and stopped because it was too frightening . |
| 10 | Instead , we 're willing to take the risk and give Birmingham the retail centre it deserves and needs if it is not to be completely undermined by rival out-of-town attractions . ’ |
| 11 | One is forced to ask what OSF had to gain and wonders if it was n't some kind of supralegal manoeuvre to put pressure on Addamax and Sun because they 've got something on the OSF contingent . |
| 12 | There was also an urgency to protect and preserve while it was still possible to do so : the countryside was in change and this seemed to invigorate the various lobbies which fought for their special interest : flora , fauna , landscape , outdoor recreation and protection from development . |
| 13 | A chill October breeze forced its way through countless gaps and alleys in the structures surrounding them , tugging and pushing when it was least expected , lifting Diane 's hair and flicking it across her face . |
| 14 | Whereas before I used to say let's do this or that and worry if it was n't done , now I 've decided that I 'm really not going to worry about the garden any more . |
| 15 | I should go and see if it is all right . ’ |
| 16 | you could phone up and see if it 's there , yeah . |
| 17 | Micro Focus Plc makes a very good living out of a programming language that many believed would be long dead by now yet still shows no signs of fading away — but if object-oriented programming fulfils its promise and sweeps away the paraphernalia of the first 35 years of the computer industry , Micro Focus is going to have to be ready and waiting if it is not going to be swept away too . |
| 18 | Or perhaps she would paint a picture of Oliver and it would be hung in the National Gallery and everyone would come and look at it and weep because it was so beautiful . |
| 19 | Fitting the water softener is a matter of breaking into the rising main and ‘ teeing ’ one pipe off to the softener and another from it ; a third pipe connecting the two tees contains a by-pass valve which is shut when the water softener is in use and open when it is not . |
| 20 | BEFORE you start Take a good look at your hair and decide whether it 's really in a fit state to tackle the onslaught of chemicals , however gentle . |
| 21 | The private sector has also responded to the need with , for example , Butterworth 's European Community Legislation : Current Status , which lists all Community legislation since 1952 ( except for legislation dealing with the daily running of the Communities ) and indicates whether it is currently in force , amended , repealed , or spent . |
| 22 | One of the most striking features of IBM 's lamentable personal computer business is that there is not a single reason embedded in the hardware why IBM mainframe and AS/400 users should buy their personal computers from IBM rather than from its army of tormentors led by Compaq Computer Corp : presumably few customers have actually asked IBM for 3270 and 5250 emulation in ROM on the motherboard at no extra charge in its PS/2s — or perhaps IBM thought that would kill off its dumb tube business and resisted until it was too late — now it makes no money on personal computers and sells few dumb tubes . |
| 23 | If the task is completed successfully there is joy and satisfaction ; and there is disappointment , sadness and anger if it is not . |
| 24 | Traditional glass is cheap and lasts provided it is not subject to direct hits by flying objects . |
| 25 | They find it very difficult to get into Torbay to try and trade cos it 's very , I mean it 's another hour on the trip really is n't it ? |
| 26 | The issue flared up when the party was doing badly for other reasons , and subsided when it was not . |
| 27 | ‘ Have you ever seen a woman yoked to her husband pulling a plough because they ca n't afford an ox or a horse , while their baby lies under some hedgerow , wrapped in rags , sucking a crust and whining because it is too weak with hunger to cry ? ’ |
| 28 | But anything of a bigger scale that involves attracting the public or rallying the faithful or listening to a guest speaker does need forethought and care if it is not to be a shambles . |
| 29 | Her hand was caught and held before it was anywhere near its target . |
| 30 | I opened his razor in the bathroom to rub the powered residue of his beard in my fingers , and wondered if it was still growing on his dead face . |