Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [verb] [Wh adv] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er I 'll explain why it happened an and then perhaps you 'll hopefully find that you can forgive me , and er then I 'll go on and say one or two of the things that I was gon na say this morning but er did n't . |
| 2 | But I think I 'll know when it 's time to quit and move into something new . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll see how it goes . |
| 4 | I 'll see how it goes anyway , but if you ask him |
| 5 | Truthfully , of course ; I 'd see how it sounded , and if it were too reprehensible , well , I 'd just have to think up a good lie , that was all , right now at the outset , and stick to it until perhaps I 'd begin to believe it myself . |
| 6 | At times when I sensed that the gulf between Jean-Claude and me was so wide as to be almost unbridgeable , I would wonder how it was that our love-making had lost nothing of its fervour . |
| 7 | The striker is anxious to shake off a thigh strain and said : ‘ I trained today , and I shall see how it reacts . |
| 8 | ‘ So much for a career as a burglar , though I can understand why it might appeal . ’ |
| 9 | It was just that I dislike going off half-cocked , talking too much about a project before I can see where it 's leading . ’ |
| 10 | I can see where it is . |
| 11 | ‘ Although now that you mention it , I can see where it would prove useful . |
| 12 | ‘ I can see why it appeals to you . |
| 13 | ‘ I can see how it got people 's backs up , ’ says Lesley . |
| 14 | ‘ I can see how it was , ’ said Gran . |
| 15 | ‘ But I can see how it might have rung all the wrong bells with young Folly here . |
| 16 | ‘ I can see how it might be possible to bring up a family here . |
| 17 | Sorry , I can hear how it sounds . |
| 18 | Until someone can explain why it makes sense for individuals to maintain personal equity portfolios , the odds are that the selling will continue . |
| 19 | Neither of them was capable of searching out any fairy-tale kink in the more drab theories of evolution which might explain how it is that a frog taken ( however reluctantly ) into the soft bed of a princess can be changed overnight back into a prince . |
| 20 | But they 're going to develop a ride which will recreate how it must have felt at the time . |
| 21 | You may wonder why it is reported that He seemed to resent them , which may suggest that he was unable to express his own resentment , which may limit your range of potential interpretations of the expression He . |
| 22 | I shall be drawing a considerable sum in a few days but you must know how it is , travelling the country as we old soldiers do … thank you … ten pounds will be quite sufficient … and you must let me spend some more of it in your excellent company … that evening 's entertainment we enjoyed together , Mr Wood , ’ his voice rose in the small hallway and the other guests and servants indoors and out strained noticeably to catch what would surely be the eloquent testimonial of a compliment , ‘ was one of the , shall we say , most boisterous and wise , a rare combination , Mr Landlord , I have spent , whether in London , in Europe or in and out of ships and foreign postings in a long lifetime . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's bad enough losing the dog — you must know how it affects a vet — but to be accused of practically killing it out of spite … ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You must think we 're all very wicked sometimes , Mr Devlin , but you must understand how it started . |
| 25 | And all the roads converged in it you see , well you see here , you 'll see where it says here road from by to . |
| 26 | Pand it 's actually pan dee mon ium which is quite interest I could n't work out what it really meant , pan demon , across demons , well that does n't make much sense but you 'll see why it 's called pandemonium , in the conventional sense , model . |
| 27 | So what you 're going to do is erm sounds complicated but once you start you 'll see how it works . |
| 28 | At least you 'll know where it 's snowing . |
| 29 | And at night time if you 're not back I 'll , I 'll leave it in your cupboard , you 'll know where it is . |
| 30 | ‘ He won enough to set himself up in his own business , so if you see a ‘ Terimon Cafe ’ on the outskirts of London you 'll know how it got the name . ’ |