Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when the dust has settled , when we consider what we know — from reading history , from films , from our own experience , we realise that though it is outrageous the connections Blake makes are true ones . |
| 2 | Supporters say that although it provides vital support for millions , Oxfam has hardly any effect on the real causes of poverty and illness . |
| 3 | They say that if it keeps up we shall sail on time . ’ |
| 4 | That there was no canopy may be part of why I say that if it 's raining the balcony is wet , but it is not part of what I say . |
| 5 | ‘ People forget that if it had n't been for John , we might not have got this far . |
| 6 | I believe that that is what parents want and that it is the best way to ensure that children are taught the essentials . |
| 7 | On the other hand , in administration terms , suppliers , customers and employees will need to know which part of the operation is in which place and when it will be there , otherwise communication between the different sites may become confused . |
| 8 | Even so-called ‘ fundamentalists ’ usually insist that although it is an axiom of faith that God really created the world , he did not necessarily do so in a literal six days of twenty-four hours each . |
| 9 | In the meantime eat that while it 's hot . |
| 10 | This mean that as it has already applied to run that route it only now needs clearance from the British government . |
| 11 | I mean that if it 's over like two years make quite a difference though . |
| 12 | I , when , when we go down to playschool I walk but because it takes what fifteen minutes to walk into town I put him in the pushchair |
| 13 | I mean if if it had n't got a , there 's noise in the problem there 's |
| 14 | ‘ contributed to the … view that unless it appears that the wife clearly understood the effect of an instrument conferring a voluntary benefit on her husband it may be invalidated . ’ |
| 15 | Bonfire night is one of those traditions that we perpetuate and if it is to be perpetuated , then go to organized bonfires . |
| 16 | Is it always the same advisers and no matter what advice they give and whether it is right or wrong they will always be there ? |
| 17 | You look as though it 's done you good already . ’ |
| 18 | It is a problem estate agents ' name , look as though it |
| 19 | And the reason it likes you is not because of the bucket of wild oats you bring but because it thinks you are a horse too . |
| 20 | I know that whether it was trying to dig him up for some doubles at Kyalami or just dropping in on him aboard the Queen Mary , I always called up first to make sure he was not otherwise engaged , and I can recall many times when James appeared at the track looking benign but far from fresh . |
| 21 | As a working detective , it would take six months of living with a mate to trust him and know that when it came to the Crown Court appearance he would know exactly what to say . |
| 22 | I know that when it was finished , he turned to his wife and announced triumphantly : ‘ There , Bessie . |
| 23 | The first uses PC /k to show that you do n't know anything of which you know that if it were true you would not be a brain in a vat . |
| 24 | ‘ Colonel , ’ I said , ‘ I know that if it was within your power and it was up to you , that you would free me . ’ |
| 25 | but I know that if it was really bad I 'd just stop doing anything for while , for two or three |
| 26 | You know that if it 's sort of an open space , it 's just after the . |
| 27 | And we only know that if it goes on for Monday afternoons for an hour , instead of |
| 28 | Okay , erm I mean you say about even people who 've got members of their family over there , I mean I know that if it was me , I would want to know what was going on . |
| 29 | Actually , I sent Felicity to Summerhill because I saw this awfully exciting film called The Alamo , starring John Wayne , whom I adore , and he makes this absolutely glorious speech in it which goes ‘ Freedom , I like the sound of the word ’ , actually it 's ‘ Republic ’ he says , I know that because it was on the television last week , but I 've always heard it as ‘ Freedom ’ and I read that A S O'Neill positively breathed Freedom , as indeed do all the Irish , I find , and one has to have pots of money to go there , which gives one — what 's the word ? — sachet , which you do absolutely need to get into Society these days , and Felicity ( her name means Freedom , too , from the Latin , you know ) was frightfully keen to go , and does n't the name simply drip June in , say , the Cotswolds , and Felicity says there are teachers there with nothing to do at all , so you can tell the staff must be tip-top — I mean , what luxury ! spare staff ! — and Felicity 's always been such a tearaway and I know it 's jolly hard but I do think one needs Discipline to get one 's Freedom , I 've always had it , and Republics too , and now I gather she 's been on television , and Felicity was absolutely swearing by the school or something , Angela says , and where is it — somewhere pretty — she goes by train … |
| 30 | I know that because it would n't fit in the box . |