Example sentences of "[coord] it [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either the tumour in my lung had grown in the last three and a half weeks , in which case it must be even more in evidence , or it had stood still , in which case today 's X-rays must be much the same as the previous ones , or it had diminished . |
| 2 | Either the tumour in my lung had grown in the last three and a half weeks , in which case it must be even more in evidence , or it had stood still , in which case today 's X-rays must be much the same as the previous ones , or it had diminished . |
| 3 | Whether Branson had taken over Virgin Atlantic or it had overtaken him was difficult to tell . |
| 4 | And then we had the er the battledress was issued , the khaki , and erm we was had our head headquarters were started , the headquarters were started in an office at , one of the office rooms at the at the Bloxwich Lock and Stamping Company by the , the top offices we used to call them , by the gates , we had one of the rooms there for and it eventually became the armoury when we got some equipment because rifles etcetera was in very short supply after Dun Dunkirk So eventually we had a few rifles and er when the er we got a few rifles and er the sirens went it was the practice at the beginning when the sirens went in this area for everything to stop and everyone down the shelter but it happened four or five times , everybody realized how non-productive this was , that the time that was lost and there was nothing happening in this area so it was decided by the R T B that we , the , the people off the shop floor would n't stop work until the attack was really imminent or it had started because if this , this was happening all over the Midlands area and of course if you , if you multiply that by the number of people at work you can imagine how much production was lost erm and also when the sirens went Major at the factory used to get the chappies out from off the shop floor , get the few rifles we 'd got , take we in to King George 's playing fields there was a , a brook running across King George 's playing fields then , it had n't and a trench which was extended to stop er aircraft from landing in King George 's cos it was just a big open space . |
| 5 | Or it seemed to lose its beneficial influ influence on your skin . |
| 6 | And you 're terrified in case you drop it , or it stops breathing , |
| 7 | This is a reminder to go through your papers , particularly the offer of advance by a building society if this is on your file and requisitions on title , to check that by the time you go to completion you can satisfy the mortgagee on every point he , she or it has raised . |
| 8 | Either it was created in its present form , or it has endured forever as it is today . |
| 9 | The York stream is either stagnant or it has dried up completely . |
| 10 | The upshot of it is that the appellate court , where the matter is one of discretion , as this is of course , will not interfere with the discretion of the court below unless it considers that the court was plainly wrong or it has erred in principle , that it has taken into account something it should not have done or has failed to take into account something it should have done , and on that narrow basis I must proceed with this appeal . |
| 11 | ‘ Either LIN buys the rest of the franchise it does n't already own , or it has to come to terms with McCaw . ’ |
| 12 | Well it 's usually because the heart itself is getting either old or tired or it 's damaged in one way . |
| 13 | Because the Times price cut was so large , no-one 's sure if its gains are due to the publicity , or it 's proved wrong the conventional wisdom about quality newspaper pricing . |
| 14 | Well , when it , when it is irrational it is operating either under the influence of the id or it 's overwhelmed by some external circumstances that it just ca n't understand the controls , therefore making all the wrong decisions and acting in a completely inadequate manner . |
| 15 | And the roofs that keep the snow for along time , do so either because the house is unoccupied or it 's pretty cold inside , or it 's got a well insulated loft . |
| 16 | Can I just say then that I think either it 's got to be blocked completely so they ca n't jump over the bridge , or it 's got to be unblocked . |
| 17 | But if you put a number that 's bigger than that , or it 's got any decimals to it , then er , you 'll use eight bytes for each number , additional eight bytes for each number . |
| 18 | That 's , I think that 's the one that 's sold eighty five eighty five thou that 's gone for , or it 's got a sale agreed on it . |
| 19 | like your , your plug leads are , just one 's popped off or something or it 's got ta bit loose something like that |
| 20 | But you 've got more of an accent now , a bit more country or it 's got |
| 21 | You or it 's implied in what you 're saying about the er the burgeoning self-confidence that people become responsible for particular avenues . |
| 22 | One point , just to add to what Liz is saying , and I support everything she 's said , one further point is that accuracy is terribly important because if you actually have a mistake in the press release , and the editors publish it or it 's broadcast and a whole lot of listeners or readers write in and complain , they 'll find it very hard to forgive you because they get themselves in a terrible problem , so do be sure you 're giving them accurate information all the time . |
| 23 | I try an unmarked door and it opens to reveal … yes , stationery again . |
| 24 | He felt as if he was burning and it hurt to breathe . |
| 25 | Of these identifications of a new underclass as the victim of affluence in the two-thirds ( affluent and Tory ) versus one-third ( not ) society , Bauman 's formulation is to be preferred to Saunder 's because it sets up issues which are subject to empirical review and it continues to use a conception of reproduction : |
| 26 | Sh , sh , and it continues to go through this , and I say , you can see , it 's very , very comprehensive , and very , very detailed . |
| 27 | But personal growth is also shown here as the character of Pip begins to change even before he was given the money and it continues to change after all the money is gone . |
| 28 | Although the western consensus based on the traditional liberal interpretation has now broken down , many of the most distinguished scholars in the field remain firmly committed to it and it continues to inform conventional wisdom among non-specialists in the West . |
| 29 | And it jabbers laughing pain-crying mockingly |
| 30 | Her salary has been growing to the point where she feels she can afford to buy a home and it promises to climb much further over the next few years . |