Example sentences of "[coord] [modal v] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each meeting ends with the moneymen all saying things like I 'm in or I want in on this or You got it or Let's do it . |
| 2 | that 's something else which you might find , a lot of the time in er literature about interaction with children , you might find that er where parents are asking their children to do something , like if they 're playing a game , you might find some You 'll find that mothers and fathers talk differently to sons and daughters er so you start off with a direct ac action like Put that one there , if they 're playing lego or something , straight prom Put that on there down to er Would n't it be a good idea to put that on there down to Could you put that on there or Let's put it on there . |
| 3 | We are a country which is very conscious indeed of history , or let's put it this way , of the past , and the job of the historian is to convert that interest in the past into something which is a little bit more critical , more profound , erm and which will genuinely , I think , provide you with some kind of perspective in which to understand the problems of the present . |
| 4 | Where the application is made to the district judge he may , if in doubt as to the proper order to be made , refer the application to the judge forthwith or at the next convenient opportunity , and the judge may hear the application and make such order as may be just or may refer it back to the district judge with directions . |
| 5 | Sometimes this is no more than a description of what has to be done but sometimes it incorporates how the operator does it or should do it . |
| 6 | One can agree that another has or should have a right , that is , believe that he has or should have it , or agree to give him a right . |
| 7 | Well , that raises the old question — or might raise it , if there was not an answer to it-of Lampleigh v. Brathwait ( above , p. 200 ) , a subject of great interest to every scientific lawyer , as to whether a past service will support a promise . |
| 8 | Consider , he says , that when we speak of the existence of a sensible thing we mean that we are perceiving it by various of our senses , or could perceive it were we suitably placed . |
| 9 | What struck me , however , was how distant the preoccupations of the audience were from those which could capture a majority in modern Britain , or could govern it successfully if that majority were ever won . |
| 10 | Most of this Greg felt he could ignore : either he had read it , or could read it in more convenient circumstances . |
| 11 | Indeed it did , to anybody who remembered or could visual-ise it as a busy dock . |
| 12 | But in ( 5 ) there is no " and then " sense ; and here seems to mean just what the standard truth table for & would have it mean — namely that the whole is true just in case both conjuncts are true ; hence the reversal of the conjuncts in ( 7 ) does not affect the conceptual import at all . |
| 13 | So the first people who made films , the first people who invented the apparatus by means of which they could be made , were relatively simple showmen or photographers , or in certain cases like Edison , erm the , you know a professional inventor , who would use either his staff to develop a piece of apparatus , or would do it himself . |
| 14 | So women you 've sent , have you sent up Avriel 's name or will send it up . |
| 15 | Sometimes insects are disinclined to collect pollen , preferring nectar , or will pack it away in places from which it is not easily dislodged . |
| 16 | Whatever the sufferer or family member may say at times of anger or despair , nobody causes addictive disease or can control it or cure it . |
| 17 | Adultery can arise from problems within the family or can disrupt it . |
| 18 | Children can present data in simple block graphs , pictograms or sets , or can enter it into a computer , using suitable software , to compile their own database . |
| 19 | You know you need some information , resource investigator can either give it to you because he 's got it or can find it for you . |
| 20 | So as soon as you get too awkward you think , oh well , forget about fractions , and let's do it by algebra . |
| 21 | out rechecking with Malcolm in cahoots to say , well show me where you counted these and let's do it again . |
| 22 | I 've argued that for twenty years , now suddenly overnight it 's become unfashionable and let's make it clear why it 's become unfashionable . |
| 23 | Now we all know because we 're print buyers to a larger or greater degree but they 're clients they over-estimate they add about twenty five per cent more on than they need and you have to send them back to sharpen their pencils several times before you 've seen the estimate , they of course know that all print buyers are idiots who keep forgetting all the important things and do n't give them half the information they need like the weight of paper or the fact that there 's to be a pocket at the back so , I think if we got the man I think if we maybe started off with H M S O the print buyer which is more akin to what we are and say well you know these are the problems I 've got I 'm sitting with a six million pound budget buying for the whole of the government of Scotland and I have problems and these are the problems that I have , then we get to the wee man from who says now wait a minute boys I get the rubbish that you send out , that was the message and let's make it funny but slightly aggressive let's highlight the real problems because that 's what it 's about , we 're not here for a nice night we 're here to learn |
| 24 | If we can improve let's hom let's home in on it and let's improve it . |
| 25 | ‘ Let's pretend our train has got 25 loads on it , let's pretend British Rail has got a locomotive which can actually pull 25 loads over Shap Fell and let's assume it is 100 per cent full , ’ he continued . |
| 26 | Of course we can , he wo n't mind , we know him , just let's go , we 'll stop out for the day , and let's bring it back tomorrow . |
| 27 | And let's face it , Focus Now is going to be different . ’ |
| 28 | And let's face it , the Royals will not be sleeping on the streets . |
| 29 | And let's face it , with Scotland 's poor weather , nowhere deserves more priority . |
| 30 | Water conditions can be corrected at the first sign of any trouble with far less chance of an annoying , expensive and let's face it , cruel loss in the tank . |