Example sentences of "of [verb] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think its because erm I do n't , I 'm not happy with mine because it it shows signs of ageing and it reminds me that I 'm getting older and I do n't like that |
| 2 | If we can never be certain that we have stated every objective we might have , in the clearest form , and with the most practical means of testing whether it has been achieved , this does not mean that we abandon the attempt or that to try one 's best under the circumstances is not a helpful activity . |
| 3 | This last provision looks so sweeping that there is a danger of supposing that it has swept away all difference between legal and equitable rights . |
| 4 | However , it is not unusual to see pilots take off towards a heavy rain shower on a good soaring day instead of waiting until it has passed . |
| 5 | He had never before been accused of stealing and it did not sit well with him . |
| 6 | The clay tablets of the Knossos temple archive record such large quantities of produce that it seems as if the temple was at the very centre of the organization of the Minoan economy . |
| 7 | Perhaps the charge that attitudinism makes ethics peculiarly irrational is merely a way of saying that it denies that there is such a thing as objective ethical truth . |
| 8 | This is just another way of saying that it has 3ml of alcohol in every 100ml . |
| 9 | Still hammering away , the Institute has the satisfaction of knowing that it has at last brought home to the Ministry of Health , within whose purview this question comes , that things are not what they ought to be , and Dr Eichholz , who has just retired from the Chief Inspectorate of Special Schools , is at its request making a special enquiry . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's a working breakfast which I have no intention of cancelling because it does n't fit in with your selfish plans . ’ |
| 11 | The offeror must not employ any " strong-arm tactics " to prevent the board of the target from making an announcement or requesting a suspension of listing if it thinks it appropriate . |
| 12 | Amiss thought of mentioning that it had tasted like condensed milk with a tea bag waved at it , but felt that might be a slur on Alf 's taste-buds . |