Example sentences of "[to-vb] it [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He used to feed it moths cos they were gon na have a spider race and he called it Rhinoceros . |
| 2 | No she has to do it , she has to do it instalments . |
| 3 | The important thing , as John Wain was to put it years later in ‘ The Vanishing Critic ’ , looking back wonderingly over a good quarter-century at his own vanished youth , was ‘ to respond to life with one 's emotional priorities in the right order . ’ |
| 4 | Is it this , is it that , is it the next thing until they 're prepared to tell you what it is , that 's the way you ask them , cos they 'll no volunteer what it is , cos what you 're looking for is a final objection for them , right now you say oh that 's a load of rubbish that does nay what , but how can you sit and study that and you learn how to use it customers , right , on the objection which is the hardest objection for any sales person to deal with , you know yourself |
| 5 | The College having been founded , it was necessary to give it premises and students . |
| 6 | As a result , it is not easy to arrive it conclusions about the reasons for population trends during the inter-war years . |
| 7 | He grew used to her absence , thought of nothing but his book , and decided to call it Principles of the Real . |
| 8 | I had been to see it years before in a taxi from Roscrea , and had been greatly impressed by the poignant air of haunted melancholy that hung over the ruins . |
| 9 | Buy it and it 'll ruin your life — the dog will crap on your carpet 'cos you forgot to take it walkies , you 'll lose three stone in weight 'cos you ca n't stop playing long enough to eat ( load it in — Fatty Phil ) , and your next electricity bill will be bigger than Gazza 's pay packet . |
| 10 | Paul Reece pulled off the save of the match to make it Wolves 0 ; Oxford 1 . |