Example sentences of "[subord] [conj] it [vb -s] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost everyone in England and Wales is aware that the penal system is in ‘ crisis ’ , even people who have little idea of what ‘ the penal system ’ is , except that it has to do with prisons and punishment . |
| 2 | Like a great eft [ newt ] … except that it 's got nine holes around its mouth … and bodes no good … |
| 3 | For if a garage habitually does half the service its costs are very much lower than if it has done the full service ; and since it can charge the full price , because of the ignorance of the consumer , its pro fits are maximised when it does as little of the service as it can get away with . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | So it actually comes to us quite a bit smaller than when it 's filled in by them . |
| 6 | Cos it 's cos if it 's got |
| 7 | You can dry no gla a gla what does a glass look like if it 's had a di dry with a damp cloth ? |
| 8 | And if if it does start dropping we 're gon na have to change our tactics and go and do something else you know we 'll we 'll knock on anybody 's doors do you know what I mean w we 're not proud and we 'll go you know we 'll just change our tactics and er whatever it takes . |
| 9 | gives you a bit more time to decide exactly what you want to talk about cos if if it has go to be in week three or week four , then we really sort of like decide now what you 're going to write about so that n Cos next week is gon na be our last meeting on this topic , so you really want to sort of give a bit of a presentation on what you 're going to say . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | yeah yeah , cos when it 's got that three it 's two |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Because if it 's written into reforms and so on . |
| 14 | And particularly I mean just signing the V Os , because if it 's cocked up , the question 's been asked of me . |
| 15 | Owing to the crescendo , the 2nd clarinet , when once it has entered , can not be dropped and is therefore carried on . |
| 16 | It looks as though it 's stopped raining now . |
| 17 | But there 's like , as though it 's burnt the erm skirting board underneath |
| 18 | Well everything looks as though it 's had a good water now . |
| 19 | And it looks as though it 's picked up the middle page . |
| 20 | She in turn feels she has painted best when ‘ the ’ dog appears as though it has turned its head to the viewer and is gazing back ’ . |
| 21 | In Lobophytum species , the process is not particularly dramatic ; the polyps withdraw , the body of the animal will deflate , looking as though it has collapsed , and then when it takes in fresh water to stiffen up again , a thin , transparent layer of mucus can be seen detaching itself from the surface of the coral , to be swept away by water currents , the whole process usually taking a few hours . |
| 22 | Like Irons 's immaculate body , which looks as though it has spent too long in the gym , it is all very pretty , and attractive , and unsurprising . |
| 23 | For example , the mental-health establishment , behaving as though it has sniffed bad news , is publicly agitating for full-fledged inclusion in the benefits programme . |
| 24 | Talking about Hamlets , I need another quotation before I begin my travels , for when it comes to research into English I have found that it is rarely possible to predict the end-point of the journey when one starts out , or whether one 's road leads anywhere at all . |