Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [subord] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You have nothing to lose if it does n't work , Mr Timms . |
| 2 | Because every person who comes in thinks ‘ this geezer 's gon na make me laugh because it says here he recalls Harold Lloyd , he 's a comic genius and he 's a continual delight ’ . |
| 3 | They explained that the meeting was cancelled and everyone dispersed as it had been confirmed that the government was about to arrest all strike leaders . |
| 4 | I mean cos it makes a difference the pack I bring out . |
| 5 | I mean if it does , you , I think you find a way of coping with it . |
| 6 | So you know , in time of crisis , I mean if it goes any cheaper , they 'll get less and less money . |
| 7 | Yeah why not , yeah anything that 's relevant , I mean if it goes on till then we can only use it twice ca n't we ? |
| 8 | I mean if it turns out you 're not anaemic and your sort of pallor is normal for you , |
| 9 | I mean if it had been an electrician 's job and |
| 10 | Fortune having smiled on them , and I mean if it had n't been for a lump of expanded foam out of one of the life boats that had blown up at , if it had n't come floating past me , I mean I would have been a goner as well , but I got hold of that . |
| 11 | which it ca n't be right cos , I suppose in a way it 's none of our business but it is I mean if it gets to it , it puts our company in financial difficulties it means it 's jobs on the line int it that sort of thing |
| 12 | Yes , just go straight on to policy and resources , we we have to take it with the main motion , I mean if it 's passed it 's a s standing motion . |
| 13 | So er I mean if it turned out to be twelve weeks work . |
| 14 | I mean , that 's all doctors know I mean when it itches it itches and I scratch it and then I cre cream out and put on . |
| 15 | But I , I mean when it comes to times tables that sort of thing I 've never been sorry I learnt those . |
| 16 | And also someone like him because I mean , I mean er obviously he , he seemed like a , I mean I 'm sure he 's a nice guy er I mean when it comes down to it he probably is a nice guy , he 's probably nice to her but it 's just the fact that he is so restricted in his views and |
| 17 | You know but I mean when it comes to a screw and your , I mean we 're talking about coming like this to undo the screw . |
| 18 | I read a lot of books , and I knew the theory of it very well , but I failed when it came to the practice . |
| 19 | I forget whether it had wings on it or not . |
| 20 | I wait until it fills itself and then I swat it , the blood splashing over my hand . |
| 21 | This one is well researched , but I question whether it adds much to the sum total of our knowledge about Wellington . |
| 22 | Yeah I know because it said erm |
| 23 | Yes I know because it 's come from an old an old word an old . |
| 24 | ‘ I remember because it struck me as being unusual . |
| 25 | I remember cos it looked so nice . |
| 26 | Well in the sense that I suppose whether it matters whether there are six hundred and fifty one members of the house rather six hundred and forty or six hundred and fifty five , no it does n't . |
| 27 | Erm but I I suppose once it gets embedded in the system , it 's maybe not so bad . |
| 28 | No I meant when it goes up you need little things now and again . |
| 29 | I doubt if it had ever been correctly swung , and even our little hand-compass was more accurate . |
| 30 | But that is a highly vulnerable position for any politician to take - and I doubt if it offers the whole answer . |