Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before we seek authorisation for the production phase , it will be necessary for each nation to restate or modify it 's planned off take and that will be done very firmly on the basis of the studies which er Group Captain Granville White has already d described which will factor in er against our military tasks , which is , y you know we define now fairly clearly , er exactly what aircraft are needed to undertake those tasks in what scenarios and in the future er as you say , there may well be scope for er adding additional aircraft types to that . |
| 2 | Even if bitten or pecked it continues to lie limply on the ground . |
| 3 | They regard it as an ideal way to familiarise themselves with the latest legislative and other changes and are sometimes reluctant to delegate the task or to see it rendered unnecessary , as is the case with the microfilm system described below . |
| 4 | Yes , so you have to put a lot of , like , mousse on or make it wet , no not wet , it stings |
| 5 | We are not engaged in proving the universe to be nomic , or defying it to step out of line . |
| 6 | Could one promote his buried awareness into a skill of giving matter-of-fact recognition to a child 's potential , of giving a child hope about himself , instead of confirming his negative stance by showing surprise at occasional good work or using it to prove that Dave ‘ could do better if he tried ’ ( as we so easily exhort when we are exasperated , and as the group seemed to be doing with Mr E ) ? |
| 7 | Since the article need not be made or adapted for burglary , stealing or cheating it bears a wide meaning . |
| 8 | Sentencing the two men , Judge Richard May said he was bearing in mind that the defendants had n't put the money in their own pockets or used it to support expensive lifestyles . |
| 9 | The sudden movement of a frightened myotonic goat trying to flee triggers a rapid stiffening of limbs , back and neck that either leaves the creature unable to move or causes it to topple over , legs rigid and outstretched . |
| 10 | Dressed up or down it fits the fill for every occasion and will be one of the easiest things you have ever made — try it in linen , washed silk or a floral print |
| 11 | Where a summons or other originating process has been served on a defendant by post or insertion in his letter-box under Ord 7 , 4 10(1) ( b ) or 4(a) or r 13(1) ( b ) or ( 4 ) and after judgment has been given or entered it appears to the court that the process did not come to the knowledge of the defendant in time , the court may of its own motion set aside the judgment and may give any direction or make any such order as the court may think just . |
| 12 | Turn it off , or has it gone ? |
| 13 | Paulie , bring me in my , my or has it gone upstairs ? |
| 14 | Or has it got ta be on this line here ? |
| 15 | Have you just got to sort of like the , these open to interpretation , or has it got to be word for word ? |
| 16 | Is the energy demand in this country still increasing , or has it levelled out nowadays ? |
| 17 | Has it made him more docile and thus easier to control , or has it destabilised him ? |
| 18 | A person in possession of a moveable chattel ( e.g. a painting ) who loses it , or has it stolen from him or otherwise taken from him against his will can demand it back within five years from any person who then has possession of it [ Art . |
| 19 | The drawing number alone can tell one what size it is , where to find it , what product or process it describes , in how much detail , whether it is on micro-fiche , how many times it has been modified . |
| 20 | Paul stared at the reeds in the narrow river ; the Clyde wound here like a country stream , and up the grass incline women hung out washing or spread it to dry on a fine day . |
| 21 | You can then either hem and gather it with shirring tape before it is fixed to the walls ; or let it gather itself naturally as you push the rods through the turned-over hems at top and bottom . |
| 22 | Or let it mature , still wrapped , in a cold larder overnight , and reheat by steaming for 1 hr or so next day . |
| 23 | It is not only more kind , but more intelligent , to give it a rest or let it slow down . |
| 24 | The water was fine , as long as you did n't drink it or let it touch your skin . |
| 25 | A degenerate male voice exhorted its hearers to give it love or let it die in peace . |
| 26 | Simon Andrew Detchon , 19 , of Cleveland Street , Great Ayton , was convicted of receiving a stolen cover note knowing or believing it stolen , making a false instrument , namely a cover note , with intent to induce someone to accept it as genuine , using a motor without insurance , forging or altering an insurance certificate , using insurance with intent to deceive , fined £350 plus £30 costs , licence endorsed , disqualified for one month . |
| 27 | Moore insists that the statement that good is indefinable is not about the word ‘ good ’ but about the notion or object it denotes . |
| 28 | The bulb inside would be attached to a battery and when the bulb flashed the heat sensitive powder would explode — either splitting the copper pipe or causing it to splinter into shrapnel . |
| 29 | A local authority , once satisfied that an odour amounts to a statutory nuisance is under a duty to serve an abatement notice in accordance with s.93 of the Public Health Act 1936 on the person whose act , default or sufferance gave rise to the nuisance or caused it to continue , requiring that person , in a specified time , usually two to six months , to abate the nuisance and to execute such remedial works and take such steps as may be necessary for that purpose . |
| 30 | The judgements that have to be made are complex , not least because local government has existed for a long time and the opportunities for building up capital or depleting it have been great . |