Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] it [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If , if you look in your books page one seven seven , you 'll see a beautifully illustrated instruction on how to do it , which you can refer to yourself this evening or later on in the course if you forget but I 'm now gon na show you how to do one as well , you , if you want to know it 's there for you to look up you take the bandage and fold it into your narrow fold band and put it round your leg , you 've got something to tie a reef knot round , okay ? if you know how to do a reef knot already fine , just do it , if you do n't , follow instructions . |
| 2 | The times when I have problems about how I want to look it 's not to do with me , it 's other people . |
| 3 | Yes , I wanted to emphasise the way some men feel constrain before , not because I want to suggest it 's now becoming a problem for men and we should be worrying about them , but because you asked what prospects there were for doing something about it and I think if something 's to be done about it , and it 's a problem of everyone devising new standards of behaviour , it 's very important that quite large numbers of men should be prepared to play a part in trying to work out what these standards should be , and there is quite substantial interest in trying to do that , both at the level of the teaching staff at the university and at the level of the undergraduates . |
| 4 | ‘ Or you want to believe it 's too neat . |
| 5 | However , regarding the actions of coalition forces , " we want to believe it was not a crusade , it was not colonialism … subsequent actions will prove all this to us " . |
| 6 | Erm I only want to say it is very important that we must do nothing to sort of prejudice the outcome of the consideration of the planning application environment cases sub committee , erm at a later erm stage . |
| 7 | But they came with the chief being an Anglesey man you see , they came from Anglesey as well to erm they used to come a lot in and erm as apprentices you know And er Aye no , the ol same old game again that er we in Wales seem to inherit it 's in I suppose it 's in the B B C and everywhere is n't it . |
| 8 | ( I begin to feel it is awfully easy to talk out of ignorance & still sound not unlike Berger et al … ) |
| 9 | I try to pretend it is not happening but I know it is . ’ |
| 10 | He added that the government was also helping local businesses to expand and invest by cutting down on red tape : ‘ If people in business try to expand it is very , very bureaucratic and government approval is needed for most projects . ’ |
| 11 | I tend to think it is n't . |
| 12 | I tend to think it 's rather hard to over-read Shakespeare , simply because of the experience of finding that my reading fell short on many occasions . |
| 13 | I tend to think it 's rather hard to over-read Shakespeare , simply because of the experience of , of finding that my reading fell short on many occasions . |
| 14 | Yeah that 's the way mine tend to think it 's more productive on a Saturday . |
| 15 | Breaking up the surface is well worth avoiding , firstly to save it and give yourself another heavenly run tomorrow , and secondly because when your edges start to catch it 's not much fun to ski and can be dangerous . |
| 16 | Yeah , cos I think Ann 's been two courses now and we 've picked her brains so we can have basic use , but er you start to realise it 's only a little bit of the system you know , you could do a lot more |
| 17 | Anyway , we 've finished all we can eat of this Cambozola , and the wine bottle is only good for sticking candles in , and we are still sitting on the carpet lit by one small lamp somewhere over in the corner , and she keeps filling in the pauses by staring into my eyes as if she 's checking I do n't wear false eyelashes , and I start to think it 's about time I got up off the floor . |
| 18 | the monarchy are non political and therefore , when they choose to speak it 's usually out of a genuine concern for that problem , it 's not for popularity or personal gain because they are there already and , I think that is quite important when po politicians tend to do good it 's usually to get votes . |
| 19 | What I mean to say it 's not very , it could be appreciated if they about it , but we just er left to do it and then tell him afterwards the bits . |
| 20 | In so far as there is surveillance of us , we tend to feel it is largely intended for our own good , to avoid us getting into difficult situations , etc … |
| 21 | Although we shall be looking at ‘ spiritual direction ’ in its narrower Christian connotation , we need to see it is also relevant to the wider contemporary scene where people are seeking both spirituality and direction . |
| 22 | Quality of finish was n't too good at many points on our test tractor , either , but we have to assume it was largely because our machine was one of the first off the production line . |
| 23 | ‘ I just have to hope it was n't me . |
| 24 | We have a lot of estate across the city and have to ensure it is well used . ’ |
| 25 | As my comrade from Scotland says John Prescott has done a good job here , but I have to say it 's not up against very much . |
| 26 | I have to say it 's not the current proposal to , to complete the bottom link of the scheme to the timescale which is associated with the erm er waste plant at . |
| 27 | It gave us a bit of a giggle in the office , but I have to say it 's not the sort of thing that we would show to the public . |
| 28 | Well I have to say straight away that I 've erm worked on a Council with the Labour Party in opposition with us , and now with the Labour Party in Government with us with us a very small group , and I have to say it 's much preferable to have the Labour Party in power than to have the Conservative Party in power as far as we 're concerned , because at local level the sort of things that we want to do — providing better services , caring of people , all those sort of things — we do n't disagree . |
| 29 | Well I have to say it is n't suitable . |
| 30 | In fact , Julian has just started his own phone-in , Intimate Contact With Julian Clary ( R1 ) , and I have to say it is simply riveting . |