Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had she been Matron , her telling me to sit down would have told me immediately that whatever her reason for wanting to see me it was not to sack me . |
| 2 | The world was so recent that many things lacked names , and in order to indicate them it was necessary to point . |
| 3 | but eh , she , it does n't seem to worry her it 's not causing her any |
| 4 | The juice of all wine-producing black grapes is clear , but in order to extract it it has to be pressed through the grape 's skin which , even in chilly Champagne , contains enough pigment to discolour the liquid . |
| 5 | One of the accusations used and levelled against er against Christianity against the , the evangelical message , against things like the , the mission of Graham and , and others is that it , it does n't meet the needs the , the material needs of people but if you deal with the persons spiritual needs , if their sins are forgiven , those problems that are causing the material problem , it 's amazing how there are dealt with as well , the best way to sober up a person , the best way to deal with a person who 's an alcoholic , the best way to deal with a person who is a drug addict , the best way to deal with a person who , who commits adultery is not by telling them the wrongs of those things , it 's not by trying to , to , to do , to , to , you know , to , to counsel them it 's presenting the gospel allowing Jesus Christ to come into their lives and to forgive them , that will make the person sober quicker than all the counselling in the world and Paul says I brought you the most important the fundamental thing , that Christ died for our sins Paul again when he 's writing to the Romans in chapter five and verse eight he says but God demonstrates his own love towards us , in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us so God did in Jesus Christ what we could n't do for ourselves , so all of you have sin , so all of my sin , and he came and he died on the cross and as he was dying there was that transmit there , for he was n't dying for his own sin buy he was dying for your sin and for mine , it was all piled on him and so when we except what Christ has done , when we come to that place and yes I believe that you died for me , |
| 6 | ‘ Of the contenders lining up to replace me it 's hard to give a definitive verdict . |
| 7 | I am sorry your reply is not clear enough I 'm going to have to shoot you it 's for Children in Need |
| 8 | to prune it it 's still over the garage . |
| 9 | wants to sell us it ! |
| 10 | If you feel you have done well at an interview and everyone seems to like you it is quite likely to find that you have n't got the part . |
| 11 | Sliwa said : ‘ If people are going to like you it 's time they know the truth . |
| 12 | rearrange everything to fit them it . |
| 13 | The two boys , shrieking excitedly , chased it around the terrace , panicking it further , and to escape them it darted through the open doors into the palais . |
| 14 | We do n't want pe I mean we do n't want sales reps agreeing to allocations I mean at the moment we have n't got anybody to administer them it 's being done by groups it 's going to be a nightmare in a big way |
| 15 | To identify them it is usually essential to clean off most of the enclosing rock , otherwise one can be misled by superficial resemblance . |
| 16 | It 's called the Tripyer Shield and it 's a local amateur thing Eccles and District and to win it it 's like winning the F A Cup and this G M B team that we started we lost about three or four matches and we started losing the players , so when you do n't lock the doors and you 'd end up with about seven players and you 'd think is it worth bothering ? |
| 17 | ‘ He realized I 'd be knocked out and did his utmost to persuade me it was all for the best . ’ |
| 18 | But I mean , we we 've got a situation where we are , I mean , our estate 's quiet , very quiet and and , you know , you get the impression that , you know , they can do it without fear or favour , you know , th they know that no one 's going to disturb them it 's very quiet there |
| 19 | No , you have to give me it . |
| 20 | ‘ If there is a one-in-a-thousand chance that the present deputies will accept the referendum results and take this path of constitutional reform , then the president and government are obliged to give them it , ’ says Sergei Shakhrai , a deputy prime minister who is one of Mr Yeltsin 's most influential advisers . |
| 21 | we do n't want to give em it for the whole year . |
| 22 | Thomas kept trying to persuade him it was safe . |
| 23 | There was n't much he could do about Preston except shout abuse across the garden fence at his nan while she was putting the washing out , but he managed to persuade her it would be a mistake sending him to a Catholic school . |
| 24 | Fear sliced through her and she tried to close her ears to the sound , but as if to mock her it was joined by another and another until the air was filled with a shaking roar . |
| 25 | There is a girl that collects money if you want to give her it . |
| 26 | Er my mother 's waiting to come in , so I was going to give her it . |
| 27 | I mean we do n't necessarily have to give him it every month . |
| 28 | And he used to lend me dad a pound and he always used to give him it back on a Wednesday , on his pension day . |
| 29 | If you do n't know what they mean i anything if you do n't know how to do it it 's hard but if you do n't even know what they mean it 's very hard to work out what 's going on is n't it and what you 're supposed to be doing . |
| 30 | The company have n't asked me to do it it 's just er erm just a personal thing . |