Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [verb] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.

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1 He can do no better than argue that it involves apprehending things simultaneously rather than in succession though he does not explain how the successful mystic can transcend the limits of the magic number seven , which most psychologists agree is the maximum number of entities that can simultaneously be held before the mind .
2 Answer yes or no to the statements below and see If it helps you to uncover the reasons for your family relationships — be they bad or good .
3 rather than say if it does n't arrive at a set time
4 In a speech to representatives of the Moscow gentry in March 1856 he announced that it was better to abolish serfdom from above than to wait until it began to abolish itself from below .
5 Mark : I 'll turn it over and see if it works .
6 ‘ If he has not come round , we will put the TV on anyway and hope that it brings him out of it .
7 Dad , try this on and see if it fits .
8 The total of people out of work for a year rose by 75,000 in the three months to January and has more than doubled since it started increasing in October 1987 .
9 He was told : ‘ We try to keep the panelling for three years , to get it thoroughly seasoned while other wood is dried artificially if required before it has time to get seasoned … we use chiefly mahogany , oak and walnut , a vast amount of teak — one of the most useful woods in railway construction — sycamore ; yellow deal for partitions , roofs and floors ; elm we find of very little use , but we are now very partial to Padouk wood [ from South Australia ] , though the workmen do n't like it much on account of its toughness ’ .
10 It quoted him as saying that " if the Iraqis had given a positive response to our call sooner , the situation would be different now " , but also as adding that it had become " evident " that " the USA and its allies are pursuing wider aims than Iraq 's withdrawal from Kuwait " .
11 You do it once , twice , as a special gesture , to please them , and then before you know it , they expect it , week in , week out and grump if it does n't happen .
12 When a young boy , overcome with curiosity , stepped out and prodded the dog 's mouth with a stick , he was grabbed by the arm and hauled back roughly : and when a dog began idly sniffing the body , someone kicked out and shouted and it lurched away through the crowd .
13 But if you are working from a consultancy or from an office situated at some distance from the manufacturing units you will need to organise a system for sending a product out and checking that it has gone .
14 Also , I 'd like to come over all clichéd now and say that it seems that you do get what you pay for , and while the Hohner is a very capable bass I would personally bypass this mid-price level and put the money to something else .
15 My German worked like a dream , like a brilliant robot you switch on and stand back and admire as it does all the hard work .
16 ‘ Obviously , in the last few years when you look back and see that it had an impact in the field , then it becomes a possibility . ’
17 Dally goes as far as to state that it indicates a bad prognosis for the disease , but I am glad to be able to report that although my jealousy continued into my adolescence , including the anorexic period , it did not deter my recovery , and that my sisters and I are now the best of friends .
18 unless he was looking around and see if it had been bumped in the night
19 She bought it a year ago and recalls that it cost a great deal of money .
20 Well we could go , go along there , I du n no , go along here and see whether it comes out .
21 jumper over it does that little there that flashes and it get really big .
22 Communication is not achieved by putting something that means — one thing to us in front of someone else and hoping that it means the same thing to that other person .
23 Well switch it off and bring it up again and see if it changes .
24 It was only the events afterwards that proved that it did n't work , but they were n't clear at this time
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