Example sentences of "[subord] [conj] it [verb] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Except that it does n't work like that . |
| 2 | It is similar to the scale bar on a typewriter , except that it does not indicate the widths of the margins on each side of the typing line . |
| 3 | The first five notes of Clemens 's bass are indeed those of the plainsong eighth-tone Magnificat , but his superius is identical with that of Sermisy 's ‘ C'est une dure despartie ’ except that it does not follow Sermisy 's repeat of the first two phrases and does repeat his last phrase . |
| 4 | ‘ Conveyance ’ means any conveyance construed or adapted for the carriage of a person or persons whether by land , water or air , except that it does not include a conveyance constructed or adapted for use only under the control of a person not carried in or on it , and ‘ drive ’ shall be construed accordingly . |
| 5 | In summary then , the action project appears not to have made a great deal of difference to people 's receipt of other services , except that it has probably kept some sufferers away from day care and has increased home help hours for its own clients ( and probably allayed the need for home help among other clients ) . |
| 6 | I have no regrets about the divorce — except that it did n't happen sooner . |
| 7 | The statement of 12 January 1987 was completely consistent with Zaidie 's evidence on incidents ( a ) to ( e ) , except that it did not mention a threat in connection with incident ( d ) . |
| 8 | In a climate where what is thought is less important than that it does not deviate from what it is ‘ correct ’ to think , the use of grids can illuminate the unique aspects of individual insight . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , it will be a much easier horse to handle , for example to catch , than if it had not had this early contact with people . |
| 10 | future cos if it does n't work you can always |
| 11 | Not a medium so he 's given him the small so he 's thinking if if it does n't fit he 's still made the sale . |
| 12 | If if it had n't caught , it was a dull sound you see , a thud . |
| 13 | I mean if if it had n't got a , there 's noise in the problem there 's |
| 14 | He 'd , somebody advised him because if it had n't got a license number plate on |
| 15 | But unfortunately , in international relations , you have to er work with , with the grain , and if it is a case that the Iranians are taking a fairly er tough line on Iraq , well this is clearly to be encouraged because Saddam Hussein must be er surrounded , he must be isolated , the sanctions must work , and I 'm sorry to say this , but the country of Iraq must suffer in order that those sanction work , because if it does n't suffer , and if the sanctions do n't work , there is a danger of war , and that will be immensely costly to our side as well as being the end for Saddam Hussein . |
| 16 | The chairman called on the Department to take action about those complaints because if it did not do so there would be little industry left to take action about . |
| 17 | I 'm told it 's the 43rd single release off the album they said they 'd split up after if it did n't outsell Guns N' Roses ( or something ) . |
| 18 | The front of the jeep was as clean as if it had just come off the boat from Japan . |
| 19 | At once I can see Annexe B , Summerchild 's list of possible members of the Unit , as clearly as if it had just come out of the porridge oats box . |
| 20 | When they reached her floor eventually , she bade him a perfunctory farewell and stepped out of the lift with a feeling of release , hurrying towards her apartment , heart and hormones defeating any intention of greeting Luke 's arrival as coolly as if it did n't matter to her one way or the other . |
| 21 | ‘ Come early and leave early , ’ coaxed Meredith , and as though it had just occurred to him wondered aloud whether it would be a good idea to include young Harbour . |
| 22 | He had seemed thrown for a moment , as though it had genuinely slipped his mind that he was about to be married . |
| 23 | Almost as though it had all happened in another life . |
| 24 | As though it does n't matter that time is going on . |
| 25 | As though it does not matter that half of humanity have been prohibited from realizing their potential . |
| 26 | I mean not Bronze Age , or whatever , and a calf was eating the grass on the top as though — well , as though it did n't matter . ’ |
| 27 | But last night he had refused even to consider what she had told him , tossing it to one side as though it did n't matter . |
| 28 | Then the roof of the grotto glowed two times lighting the water and the company a little , nothing was to be seen of the keeper or his coffin , as though it did not happen . |
| 29 | Matthew Spender 's writing is at its best remembering the past as though it has just happened . |
| 30 | For though it stands so isolated today from human kind , St Mary 's church was a mother-church for a wide area round about , as befitted the spiritual centre of a royal estate ; and we do not know how far back a building stood on this site . |