Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or feel they could do it ? |
| 2 | We could then leave it and say we 'll pick it up in an hour or so |
| 3 | The Chicheley-Smythes have bought an absolutely super villa in Sardinia and say we could rent it if we 'd like to . |
| 4 | I may be tempted to offer the spontaneous inclination itself as reason for my choice , and say I shall do it because I want to do it ; but in examining myself objectively I see that a fact about my wants and likes would be directly relevant only to a causal explanation of my actions , and could be used in deciding what to do only as I use any other objective facts . |
| 5 | After the case jobless Heath said : ‘ I still love her and hope we can make it back together . ’ |
| 6 | When the Frenchman signed for Leeds at the start of the year , I said that he was more a Manchester United player than a Leeds man — and I still believe that now , and hope he will prove it . |
| 7 | You know it 's a magical item and hope he can use it . ) |
| 8 | She drew a line down the centre of Stella 's nose with a stick of No.5 and gestured she should rub it in . |
| 9 | Parke certainly has a brain and showed he could use it under pressure . |
| 10 | and know you can do it in less than an hour , right to the bottom |
| 11 | Thus the main task of childhood is to achieve a sense of its own distinctive personal identity and to do what will reinforce it . |
| 12 | ‘ I might do the tennis stuff for three or four years and decide I can do it sleepwalking and turn to something I really care about and like to pursue , which is politics . ’ |
| 13 | As a matter of fact' — he frowned in concentration — ‘ I do recall her putting a matchbook in her handbag at one point and saying she would pass it on to Heather because she collected the things . |
| 14 | erm because that 's like a continuous thing erm with with some other stuff , if it 's just like essays or projects due in at the end of this term or beginning of next , you know get , get the light stuff out of the way first erm and try you may find it easier if you , if you , what I used to do was sort of try and , you know , pace it out a little bit and not try and write an essay all at once because I found that very difficult to do but if you just sort of write a paragraph and do , do something else for a bit and you know kind of write another paragraph a bit later on in the day and , and , you know , kind of erm you know work , you know do n't , do n't try and write an essay all in one evening but try and sort of , you know , if you 've managed to spread it out over the course of a few days so that you do n't have to do too much at once I mean it 's difficult to concentrate on one thing |
| 15 | Say that for me and go I 'd say it were you were a snob . |
| 16 | Zack carried a gun , and knew he would use it to get away . |
| 17 | I was disgusted by the whole idea of class and thought I could abolish it by pretending it did n't exist . |
| 18 | ‘ She set higher store by emotional security ’ than her sister , ‘ and thought she would find it with a man soft-hearted and caring and pliant , far removed , as she thought , from father 's toughness and uncontrollability . ’ |
| 19 | When you have showered and shaved we shall deliver it together . ’ |
| 20 | An and did you used to tape it with your cassette machine ? |
| 21 | The protesters broke down the parliament 's doors and said they would occupy it until the leaders of all three ethnic communities resigned . |
| 22 | Mr Lang urged the National Farmers ' Union of Scotland and the SMMB to put together a submission showing how the OFT 's findings were flawed and said he would pass it on to the OFT and the president of the Board of Trade , Michael Heseltine . |
| 23 | ‘ Yes , he joked and said he would take it to heaven with him . |
| 24 | Athelstan had hidden his smile beneath a stern look and said he would discuss it with the church council . |
| 25 | So , he got me handbag and took off with me bottle of DFs and me book from the social and said he 'd give it me back once he 'd cashed enough to pay the bread off . |
| 26 | So she went like this pulled our her note card and said I can put it on now she said . |
| 27 | He thought about Burun 's intent towards Sidacai , and wished he could discuss it with someone . |
| 28 | Undoubtedly regulation of industry has the potential power to improve social welfare and to say we should abandon it because it may not always do so is nihilistic . |
| 29 | Yes I 've been looking at that and thinking we 'll take it , mm |
| 30 | It is like throwing a grain of sand upon the sea-shore to-day , and thinking you may find it to-morrow . ’ |