Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You have nothing to lose if it does n't work , Mr Timms . |
| 2 | erm does n't given any more details than that , but it 's red brick to local authority approval , so they 're going to submit it to them for them to agree that it fits in . |
| 3 | Freud seems to be willing to put it this way , and then to want to insist again that it was an actual deed , otherwise the impact is immediately lost once we allow ourselves to think that it did not happen . |
| 4 | I hope this helps you to see that it does not matter at all whether that regression to his past life was factual or whether Barry 's subconscious had caused him to invent the whole thing in his imagination . |
| 5 | I mean , if anybody asks you to see if it 's gone through our books it has n't , but |
| 6 | Leaf-roll sawfly This clever little beast is given a fair description and discussion in the answer to question number 52 on page 208 , which , with Figure 13 above , will enable you to spot that it has been on your plants . |
| 7 | A diary helps you to reflect and it aids memory . |
| 8 | Were she to believe that it did matter , she would be finished . |
| 9 | Broadly , we may say that industry will have to be far less rigid ; indeed much more flexible in adapting itself to change than it has been for the past twenty years . |
| 10 | Because we 've got sixties all over the place so maybe it was n't a brilliant one to try but it gives us some indication of what 's going on . |
| 11 | If we are to vote for the family because it is good , warm and loving , what are we to do if it turns cold ? ’ ; it well-nigh accused Labour of giving ‘ a sharp twist to a competitive spiral of wholesome image making ’ ; and it stated that the Tory Government must be defeated by ‘ the issues ’ . |
| 12 | When an output of the company is in the form of large quantities of interchangeable items it becomes uneconomical to test each one to ensure that it conforms to specification , so tests are carried out on samples . |
| 13 | When an output of the company is in the form of large quantities of interchangeable items it becomes uneconomical to test each one to ensure that it conforms to specification , so tests are carried out on samples . |
| 14 | Drama school is n't going to teach anybody to act but it does give the vital techniques with which to act and gives you a chance to make mistakes , experiment and find out about yourself . |
| 15 | ‘ He thought the world of the shop , I could n't have told him to retire because it meant everything to him . |
| 16 | It was hard for her to believe that it had been Charley , her Charley , who had killed three boys . |
| 17 | If you use a videocassette recorder with this facility , check it to see if it has a socket you can plug a microphone into . |
| 18 | He would understand in detail the working of the mechanism of the clock , which enables it to function as it does . |
| 19 | much better than backing it to win and it comes second . |
| 20 | He hung his heavy axe and rubber-handled flashlight on nails hammered into the edge of a high shelf , then shrugged his jacket from his shoulders and left it to lie where it fell . |
| 21 | I therefore introduced the refinement of bending the infant whisker , by troubling the waters around the moment of its birth , and then simply allowing it to thicken until it broke , this was a little less clumsy but still highly unsatisfactory . |
| 22 | Because so many people so badly wanted it to succeed when it did they almost believed it was because they had willed it to . |
| 23 | And if any splodges onto fabric , just leave it to dry and it turns to dust — then you can rub it off in a second . |
| 24 | You draw it to show that it has a mirror image so what you find in practice is that it and it 's mirror image are not superimposable . |
| 25 | Kate , pregnant with her second baby , thought she knew what to expect when it came to giving birth , especially since she 'd had a long labour first time round . |
| 26 | ‘ Tell me quick what to do before it starts falling out ! ’ |
| 27 | — Hardware — Software — Procedures — How it all goes wrong — What to do when it does go wrong — How to prevent it going wrong — How to evaluate products |
| 28 | ‘ I was a bit surprised , ’ said McNab , ‘ I did n't really know what to do when it flew in . ’ |
| 29 | There was none but yourself to blame if it ended in tears . |
| 30 | Those who fall for drunkards and drug addicts have only themselves to blame if it goes wrong which it nearly always does . |