Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] it " in BNC.

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1 I 'd been in the presenter role long enough to know I could do It .
2 If they 're desperate enough to sell they 'll flog it !
3 I only hope I can make it . ’
4 I wish him and his friends no evil , ’ said Bishop Jon , shaking down his book-satchel and peering into it , ‘ but it 's a difficult thing to make plans for your country with them sitting there , their heads switching from this shoulder to the other , and so sleek you would think it was a cow that licked them all .
5 He is dependent on the permission of others for every step he takes , and if they so wish they can make it impossible for him to carry on any concrete activity .
6 But she was an expert and by watching her I at least gained some confidence , enough to feel I could try it myself one day .
7 The Ocean is calm , so calm you could believe it to be lacquered wood rather than water and that if you were in a hurry you could leave the boat and walk to shore .
8 Then I finally realised you could see it , but you 'd decided simply to ignore it .
9 Just say you 'll do it Wednesday night .
10 Up my elbow and er anyway put it used to take it back to the shop and er well I was still inside the shop , down to a certain place in the shop and put it on a on a stand and then there 'd be a on that stand , beside the bucket , was a a box of not Lux not Lux soap but er yellow soap .
11 ‘ It 's a great shame because every year the prize-wining pumpkin is used in the seeds contest by a local pub and I 'd already said they could have it . ’
12 ‘ There is no suggestion we will waive the clause and if an exception was made in this case there might be other companies who have already sold who would see it as a special dispensation for Caldaire , ’ a spokesman said .
13 But it 's a lovely feeling when you finally find you can do it .
14 Coming upon me as it did , however , in the midst of such a busy period , I could not afford to let it preoccupy me unduly , and I thus decided I should resolve it at the earliest opportunity .
15 And erm for summer then we put some here and some seaweed and it made it look kind of queer like but Mr Davis our art teacher just thought it would make it look more interesting .
16 Just thought I 'd mention it — the auditors may say something like it . ’
17 Just thought I 'd mention it .
18 Just thought I 'd mention it .
19 Yeah just ab I just thought I 'd mention it just in case .
20 I just thought I 'd mention it because I did n't want anybody
21 Yeah I just thought I 'd point it out to you .
22 ‘ I just thought you 'd think it , ’ said Rincewind .
23 Well , no , I 'm just thinking you could have it sent , but I mean it was just be on that one now would n't it ?
24 Everything hurt unremittingly and I could no longer pretend I could ignore it .
25 ‘ Yes , well you just said I could have it for thirty .
26 ‘ Maybe you 're right ; I just wish he 'd show it a bit more .
27 I then flew Dawn successfully three times , just to prove she could do it , and brought the show to a close to a great wave of applause .
28 Victorian lockets look beautiful if they contain a tiny flower arrangement instead of a photograph , and if you are lucky enough to find a fob watch that no longer works you can transform it into a stunning and unusual frame for a miniature flower design .
29 Racing is in the blood , and while a driver still thinks he can do it , at or near the top , he is always going to be tempted .
30 It is one of the wonders of the known world and no-one who has ever visited it can forget it .
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