Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] [subord] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You have nothing to lose if it does n't work , Mr Timms . |
| 2 | I mean , if anybody asks you to see if it 's gone through our books it has n't , but |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ He thought the world of the shop , I could n't have told him to retire because it meant everything to him . |
| 6 | If you use a videocassette recorder with this facility , check it to see if it has a socket you can plug a microphone into . |
| 7 | He would understand in detail the working of the mechanism of the clock , which enables it to function as it does . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Because so many people so badly wanted it to succeed when it did they almost believed it was because they had willed it to . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ Tell me quick what to do before it starts falling out ! ’ |
| 13 | — 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 |
| 14 | ‘ I was a bit surprised , ’ said McNab , ‘ I did n't really know what to do when it flew in . ’ |
| 15 | There was none but yourself to blame if it ended in tears . |
| 16 | Those who fall for drunkards and drug addicts have only themselves to blame if it goes wrong which it nearly always does . |
| 17 | It is important for us to consider whether it contains principles which are of value for us today . |
| 18 | It would be silly for us to say if it happens , because it 's bound to . |
| 19 | ‘ COSE WANTS US TO JOIN BECAUSE IT COVETS OUR OBJECT INTEGRATION SOFTWARE , ’ DEC NOW BELIEVES |