Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [subord] it [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , tell me when it 's going . |
| 2 | ‘ You see , I want to make love to you and be able to tell you I love you and hear you say you love me while it 's happening . ’ |
| 3 | Another woman , evidently heavily pregnant , asked simply if there was ‘ any other way to generate electricity that can , by its very nature , potentially reach inside to my foetus and contaminate it before it is born ’ . |
| 4 | Some babies will take their milk at room temperature , but many prefer it if it 's warmed up . |
| 5 | Strictly , this is outside the remit of this book since it is a seasonal or annual rhythm , but we include it since it is believed to involve a disorder of daily rhythms . |
| 6 | ‘ So again Kingfishers , when they catch a fish , always beat it until it is killed ; and in the Zoological Gardens they always beat the raw meat , with which they are sometimes fed , before devouring it ’ — Charles Darwin : The Expression of the Emotions in Man & Animals |