Example sentences of "it [vb infin] [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 Did it stay up ? ’
2 For how long does it stay off ?
3 How much weight do you remember losing on each , and for how long did it stay off ?
4 The Pentagon was interested in the role of certain Commonwealth countries as well as Britain herself , nor did it rule out separate arrangements with the more important of them if necessary .
5 How would it knock out though ?
6 I saw pain in her face , and felt it rush up my arm .
7 How much can it conduct through ?
8 That 's all right — it is better to disperse the feeling than to let it build up .
9 Why did it build up ?
10 the total is different opposite on the scale , instead of all this stuff inside of you , you just let it build up and you let it build up until whoosh and you throw it outside at other people , and that itself that that as well causes physical problems .
11 the total is different opposite on the scale , instead of all this stuff inside of you , you just let it build up and you let it build up until whoosh and you throw it outside at other people , and that itself that that as well causes physical problems .
12 Add the white wine and let it bubble up .
13 So from that biblical scores have concluded , the book that we know as Genesis was originally two accounts that were pushed together but not very expert actually , because you can still see the join , an and Freud 's view about the Moses there are numerous discrepancies and numerous joins and if you take it all apart and say what is it , what does it make up , his conclusion is that erm Moses was , was not Egyptian , sorry Moses was not er erm no not , not a Hebrew but Egyptian .
14 The question that should be asked at this point is not whether the West should intervene militarily , but what does it want out of such an exploit ?
15 It is not only more kind , but more intelligent , to give it a rest or let it slow down .
16 Another car came up behind her and she heard it slow down .
17 ‘ Remember to let the feeling out , let it gush out like a fountain , but draw it back afterwards .
18 How large were the , were the classes with these influx of all these , di did it boost up the numbers in the ?
19 As a Save Eldorado Campaign splutters on , the writers seem content to let it fizzle out like a glass of flat Spanish beer .
20 I jerked back , tingling with fear , feeling it peel off like a strand of elastoplast .
21 ‘ Did it jump up there like a fish ? ’
22 What a pity she did not discover that all she needed in the first place to remove the ‘ writer 's cramp ’ was to rest her right elbow on the table when writing instead of letting it hang over the edge without support !
23 Though her hair was not quite dry Franca began to plait it very fast , letting a long thick plait materialise between her nimble hands , then tossing it over her shoulder and letting it hang down over the back of the chair .
24 Frau Nordern heaved up her brief-case and let it fall on to the desk with a satisfying , rather official thud .
25 So we 're talking about the sixty acre sixty hectares that are allocated for the rest of the Harrogate district and er I should like formal confirmation from Mr Allenby privately already that there is no question of any part of the York , Greater York area allocation being transferred into the rest of the district should it fall through for any purpose .
26 They were quite content to let it fall down .
27 The towers collapse when the height becomes too great and the vocabulary arising from this activity is usually of the type , ‘ Can I make it fall down ? ’
28 tree that 's making it fall down yeah .
29 She let it fall back into the water when she heard what John had told Larry .
30 No sooner does it fall back and hit the water than the whale flicks it into the air again with a blow of its tail or seizes it with its jaws and thrashes it on the water .
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