Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The Labour party can not have it both ways : it attacks the system either because it expects people to claim or because it requires a register .
2 Does property pass when the letter is posted or when it arrives ?
3 Anyone who has encountered a skunk will know that before it fires its stinking spray it issues clear warnings of its intentions .
4 If you 've read our fab feature — the Men 's Room , then you 'll know that when it comes to great skin care , shaving and shaving products play a vital role — that 's why Wilkinson Sword have designed Skin Solutions for men .
5 It was something I wanted to do , but i I did n't know that until it started to happen , and then with the removal business too it 's more or less the same kind of thing .
6 Do you want me to hammer that cos it 's pinned ?
7 And some people say that 's the best thing that happened to it being voted that cos it meant people had done things about it and sorted it out but you think it 's still dull as
8 Supporters say that although it provides vital support for millions , Oxfam has hardly any effect on the real causes of poverty and illness .
9 They say that if it keeps up we shall sail on time . ’
10 Given the rugged nature of the area , I was shocked , indeed horrified , to find that although it contained several hundred of Prince Charlie 's caves , it only boasted three Munros .
11 Linked with this latter point , it was also reported that when it came to an evaluation of training courses " higher education providers revealed that their concern was very largely with improving the quality of their courses rather than assessing their effectiveness upon participants ' management practice in school " ( Wallace and Hall 1989:172 ) .
12 Danzig found that whether it liked it or not , its life was dominated by Poland .
13 Yet , if he was honest , he found that when it came right down to it , he wanted to call the shots , not have them called .
14 For example , the experimental Peckham Health Centre ( opened in 1926 in the London suburb of Peckham as a community centre dedicated to the study and maintenance of the conditions necessary for health ) found that when it re-opened after the War only about half the original members ' families remained in the area .
15 ‘ People forget that if it had n't been for John , we might not have got this far .
16 Mr. Lightheart reported that since it had not been authorised or erected by council authorities they were unwilling to pay for the fence .
17 Mr. Lightheart reported that since it had not been authorised or erected by council authorities they were unwilling to pay for the fence .
18 Numerous demonstrations were held as war approached and after it broke out , the largest protest being on Jan. 12 when 40,000 attended two rallies in Paris .
19 That 's where the fuel tanks are located and though it seemed likely that the partial tearing away of the wing had also ruptured the fuel lines and spilled the fuel , there was no way of being sure and no one , again as far as I know , has ever come up against the problem of what happens when an oxyacetylene jet meets a fuel tank under water .
20 Until more interesting work was available he felt he had no option but to keep the men in his charge fully occupied and if it meant using eight men to undertake a task which could be accomplished in a fraction of the time by a machine , well — the men were n't going anywhere .
21 I 'll tell Alison the accountant then , and she 'll tell me what she 's sold and how many contracts we 've booked and but it 's done in front of everybody else while everybody , why everybody else who 's on the phone .
22 Her explanation : ‘ He was going to tour but when it got closer he realised he did n't want to .
23 all the satellites hanging down it was very good the way it had all been done in , in that respect but what I found was the first bit was very boring , I found but when it got going a bit it was better but the whole moral of the story was that nowhere is perfect to live but it 's hard for y young children like this
24 Try not to click with mouse and type on the keyboard while Windows is frozen because when it comes back it acts on all of the commands that you have given it — so apparently switching from a state of deep sleep to rapid activity that can look like another stage in a serious crash !
25 Looks as though it had been cut out for some reason .
26 and that was my Barclaycard number in case you want it although I ordered it through the thr phone I made out that so that I could read it off on the telephone I did n't even erm I did n't even assemble it I just looked and I saw it does n't chop I thought it would chop things but does n't , it only grates Looks as though it had been out before , you know , you look at this !
27 So if there 's one draw , for example , or one match which looks as though it stands out as an absolutely surefire score draw , and everybody puts it down , and it comes up as a score draw , then nobody gains anything .
28 One way that looks as though it works is simply to enter the formula +A5 into C5 and then copy from A5 to A6 …
29 It looks as though it stopped work a decade ago .
30 Chair , it looks as though it includes not only c councillors , but certainly former officers .
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