Example sentences of "[be] [verb] it [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If these intuitions are justified it follows that some exhaustive analyses of the concepts of excuse misconceive the social function and thereby distort the nature and operation of the criminal law . |
| 2 | If the notes of elderly patients alleged to have died from asthma are examined it seems that most of them had fixed airways obstruction , with little evidence of having had asthma , and that most died of something else . |
| 3 | When such details are examined it seems that , in spite of all their contrasts , these pavements were by the same craftsman/men . |
| 4 | Seeing Batty on the video just showed that he loved playing for Leeds and from what has been said it seems that he had never contemplated leaving the club . |
| 5 | But I 've ordered a navy blue skirt and I 'm praying it comes and if it comes it fits . |
| 6 | Sometimes you feel that he must be doing it to show that he can . |
| 7 | She supposed wearily that she should be hoping this last thing would still happen , should be making it happen if it did n't happen on its own , but she knew that however hopeless this love for him was , it was the most precious and valuable thing she had ever experienced . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm making it sound as though the little hut was some sort of brothel , but it was n't like that at all . |
| 9 | In particular , I am interpreting it to imply that we are not simply governed by considerations of immediate personal advantage . |
| 10 | The girls that were using it reckoned that they were contacting ‘ the spirit world ’ but I reckoned it was all a big con trick . |
| 11 | In her child 's understanding it seemed that it was her own liberation that was the cause of the celebration , and the arrival of the princess , the flags which appeared on all the buildings and the succession of functions for which her mother and Denzil put on their beautiful evening clothes and left her with the maid . |
| 12 | What we do is buy it barrelled and and |
| 13 | If this is the approach which is adopted it means that when a certain point is reached the word of the head is final . |
| 14 | When it is aired it looks and feels different . |
| 15 | If this hypothesis is proved it suggests that ‘ physiological ’ changes in matrix composition may be utilised in health to configure the developing hepatocyte either directly , or as the result of sequestration of particular growth factors and cytokines , the type of which would alter according to the specific matrix components . |
| 16 | And he ca n't get the note out of his pocket and his trousers are all stuck to his bum , and he ca n't get them out and he 's digging it looks like he 's digging out his pants he 's going he pulls it out and takes the envelope off nearly and the waves are coming at him and he goes to read it and the wind blows it away . |
| 17 | He has a bald head and a long beard , the combined effect of which is to make it appear as though his head is stuck on upside down . |
| 18 | His ignorance of what she feels about his ‘ human kindness ’ — she rejects any ‘ compunctious visiting of nature ’ ( 44 ) — makes him a victim , or accomplice , who has to be instructed in hypocrisy : One of Shakespeare 's problems in having to develop an evil conspiracy in the absence of any vocal moral commentary on it is to make it judge or condemn itself . |
| 19 | The whole approach to their wardrobe is more considered , but their trick is to make it look as though they have n't given their appearance more than a passing thought . |
| 20 | She said , ‘ You see I was given it to work and read in , not to … entertain . ’ |
| 21 | I said I was flashing it to see if the window was all right . |
| 22 | The idea of progress was crucially important in an age when the west 's growing technological power was allowing it to conquer and colonize most of the world . |
| 23 | One aspect of the case which is not explored in the judgment is the fact that the appellant was on parole when the offence was committed , although by the time he was sentenced it seems that his licence would either have been close to expiry or have expired already . |
| 24 | I thought that was floating then , but it 's an island , the way their camera was moving it looked like the old grass was moving , oh that 's a nice boat |
| 25 | Because she was having it taped and watching it ! |
| 26 | Because we felt that the application for mining , the timing would be picked by the companies , there would be immense pressure on the people to change their position because at that stage it would be out in the open that there was money there and that it would be in the government 's hands and we felt we would lose that so what we had to do was get it stopped before it got to that stage ’ . |
| 27 | And the way she was talking it looked like they were gon they were going to put some more and invest some time , money |
| 28 | The next thing was to make it eat and drink . |
| 29 | The solution , therefore , was to make it look as though they did have a choice , but to ensure that they chose Franco . |
| 30 | All he had to do then was to make it known that he had promised to leave Laura alone so that she could have a rest in peace , to make an excuse about paying a brief visit to the Gents , to go up to his room — probably via the guest-lift — to stick his hand inside the room and grab the handbag , to take out the jewel before dumping the handbag , and then … ’ |