Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [conj] it [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The keepers still have to cull their set numbers of hinds and this goes on until it 's done — often well into the new year . |
| 2 | well that was , you know I mean they were all waiting they had all got their arm bands on and it was do we take them in or not ? |
| 3 | It collapses onto the ground , which happens to be a deep pile of manure , and it lies there until it is trampled to death by the other cows which are milling continually around it . |
| 4 | There is a stony silence , Dolores hides her head and turns away and it 's left to Fergal to say in solemn tones : |
| 5 | However , unless the expert clause says so or it is agreed by the parties before the appointment is made , the expert need have no particular qualifications at all . |
| 6 | Now at least one top 10 society says privately that it is thinking seriously of becoming a plc in a few years . |
| 7 | David has a theory that the crop grows better when it 's exposed to music . |
| 8 | The aroma of drying fish hangs heavily and it is stifling . |
| 9 | More fundamentally , however , because the suggested analogy at once breaks down when it is recognised that the public interest immunity presently in question is not , or at least not principally , confidentiality-based . |
| 10 | Even in narrow legal terms , possession and use can not be separated absolutely ; but the notion of mere ‘ possession ’ breaks down when it is considered in its military and political context . |
| 11 | It attacks dementedly until it is destroyed , or until all the adventurers leave the passage , in which case the Ghost instantly fades . |
| 12 | The IPG states clearly that it is designed for advice workers , but many instances have proved that clients have used it successfully when left to browse by hard-pressed advisers — an indication of its clarity of exposition and potential as a tool for those members of the public who feel they can cope without personal assistance and someone to listen . |
| 13 | Once the carbohydrate has been consumed it is stored as glycogen in the muscles and stays there until it is required for energy . |
| 14 | This applies even if it is described as a ‘ reimbursement ’ . |
| 15 | A 92½° ( or 91½7degree ; ) bend ensures that a horizontal pipe falls away where it is connected to a vertical section of pipe |
| 16 | Falls partly because it 's shutting down the ends of the arteries , the arteries themselves can actually contract because they 're muscular walled , yes , the arteries can contract and that tends to shut down and reduce the pressure slightly in that area , right and also the body itself is gon na divert that blood is n't it to the core of the body taking it away from other areas , damaged areas , so how can we help to reduce the pressure any more ? |
| 17 | Limits of not more than 5 units ( Hazen ) have been quoted , but this means little unless it is known that the colour is not due to suspended matter . |
| 18 | Any set of conditions that leads to an increase in the activity of an area does so because it is tapping its functions . |
| 19 | A computer is a machine with the attractive property that it does exactly as it is told , yet the outcome of a series of throws of an unbiased dice will produce a random sequence of numbers in which the n + 1th outcome is independent of the nth . |
| 20 | This dries out downwards , just as a wet towel dries out if it is placed with its top in a current of warm air . |
| 21 | ‘ That form of music definitely works best when it is kept simple , which does n't , of course , mean that it 's easy to do ; being inventive within a restricted format is one of the hardest things to do . |
| 22 | The essay works best when it is dealing with people ; and most of these are biographical sketches . |
| 23 | The heater matrix on the SIII commonly blocks up if it is used with hard water so it may need cleaning out by a radiator specialist or replacing as flushing with cleaning chemicals is not very effective . |
| 24 | Really I reckon there 's something wrong , convinced of it , oh it runs alright once it 's moving it 's just such an awkward driver that 's all I was glad to get out of the thing I was did knock the bloody er whatsit down , buses knock the er |
| 25 | They did not often fish for them deliberately , for a coelacanth fights hard when it is hooked and a man might have to struggle with one of them for many hours before it could be hauled on board his canoe . |