Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | RE should not be expected to bear the full weight of this responsibility , especially because if it does it can not deal with what is distinctive and peculiar to it — there is not time , etc . |
| 2 | When we talk about it ( now all too common in public ) , we do so as though it had set fast , even for a moment , in some way . |
| 3 | Drugs always do better in nervous markets because people need them at least as much , if not more , when the economy is doing badly than when it starts to recover . |
| 4 | The factor that decides whether a product can be prescribed is whether the product appears on the blacklist rather than whether it has a product licence . |
| 5 | ‘ We are happy to legislate on something which is already happening in the game , in other words to make it legal for the hooker to strike as soon as the ball leaves the hands of the scrum-half — as happens in reality — rather than when it pitches . |
| 6 | Also , in this situation , the elevator control behaves more like it does on a fixed-wing model rather than as it does on a hovering helicopter . |
| 7 | The problem with this reasoning is that it comes very close to construing a clause to the extent that the plaintiffs seek to enforce it rather than as it stands . |
| 8 | It would end up longer than when it started , right ? |
| 9 | More significant , it was not until after it ended that she began to possess permanent representatives of her own in the major capitals of Europe . |
| 10 | With a final darting glance to ensure that her appearance was in order she made her way as nervously downstairs as if it had been she herself about to marry . |
| 11 | When they reached her floor eventually , she bade him a perfunctory farewell and stepped out of the lift with a feeling of release , hurrying towards her apartment , heart and hormones defeating any intention of greeting Luke 's arrival as coolly as if it did n't matter to her one way or the other . |
| 12 | A rod that is propped at 45° to the water , quivering slightly as the current pushes against the line , will suddenly slam over as though it has been struck with a sandbag . |
| 13 | It was slightly damp not in patches but all over as if it had been soaked in water then wrung out and left to dry through the night . |
| 14 | I wo n't , I wo n't I promise , I wo n't switch it on cos when it 's switched on it 's dangerous . |
| 15 | More than once it has been labelled the oriel town of the upper Rhine , and certainly the multiplicity of those beautifully shaped projecting windows , so delicately ornamented , are a significant factor in preserving the essentially medieval atmosphere of the place . |
| 16 | He 'd said something similar once before and it had made Ronni feel a tiny bit guilty . |
| 17 | I 'm told it 's the 43rd single release off the album they said they 'd split up after if it did n't outsell Guns N' Roses ( or something ) . |
| 18 | At the editorial conference Rain brushed aside Holly 's error of judgement as blithely as if it had been her own . |
| 19 | Complying with her appeal , Dada abandoned his kedgeree and , sucking his moustache inwards always with him a sign of annoyance he picked up the viburnum , still with its precious burden , opened the bottom sash of a long window , and flung out the double butterfly as viciously as if it had been a slug in the salad . |
| 20 | For Skaller saw everything again , as it had been then twenty-five years ago , as clearly as if it had been yesterday . |
| 21 | At once I can see Annexe B , Summerchild 's list of possible members of the Unit , as clearly as if it had just come out of the porridge oats box . |
| 22 | And so it was as the " candidate " that he spoke to them , his accent so neutral by now that he could have come from anywhere and everywhere , his green broadcloth jacket still shabby but worn as jauntily as if it had been lined with ermine , his lean , dark face handsome enough to please the women and hard enough to reassure the men . |
| 23 | sta sta staff comment comes out of there and that bit goes up then you have general skills and abilities and then below that you have a wider box which just says comments which will include a staff comment and may include a pupil comment as well cos because it 's signed by both at the bottom . |
| 24 | That is what will keep us head and shoulders above any of our competitors even if they do wave a BS5750 certificate around as though it guarantees them a divine right to business success . |
| 25 | She saw it all as plainly as if it had been magically transported from Yorkshire and spread out on the quayside , the moors stretching away in the distance until they met the skyline . |
| 26 | Through the brushed cotton of her sweater she could feel the pressure of his fingers , his touch scorching her as surely as if it had been on her bare skin . |
| 27 | The battery in your readers equipment could be a NiCad and it would be ruined if he had left it on , just as surely as if it had been a lead acid battery . |
| 28 | Almost as though it had all happened in another life . |
| 29 | That wretched thumb was in her mouth again ; it left her mouth and she watched the hand it belonged to inch its slow way across the counterpane towards his , almost as though it had nothing to do with her . |
| 30 | Her body persisted in leaning into his warmth , seeking his strength — almost as though it knew something she did not . |