Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [to-vb] it [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the back pass could have been salvaged had Beeney realised how crap it was a second earlier , and even then , he could have tried to kick it to either side on Gray , as opposed to trying to kick it as hard as possible … straight at gray . |
| 2 | I 've g I 've got about a half a dozen sheets of paper scattered all over the place , and I 've decided to do it in this cos then I can just go to here . |
| 3 | He had threatened to do it for some time , but only Hank had taken him seriously and tried to dissuade him . |
| 4 | And then , for ten , twenty , forty hours or so the millions sit back to watch the show as the huge tropical storm lashes and bursts and howls its way around the islands , shaking , shuddering and drenching the place as if it held all the concentrated fury of nature and had decided to unleash it upon this one unfortunate spot . |
| 5 | One bit of me says well you 've got to , you 've got to do it like that . |
| 6 | Well we got er Mrs that was in she 's like , when she comes on phone you 've got to hold it like that . |
| 7 | Political influence is what the Other Side wants as much as anything and you 've got to meet it in that arena . |
| 8 | you 've got to have it like that |
| 9 | I have a suspicion I 've wanted to do it for some time . ’ |
| 10 | To really get to know a country , you need to get to know it in some detail , and to allow you the chance to know the fascinating world of Chianti , Citalia this summer offers its Flavour of Chianti programme . |
| 11 | Nonetheless , I believe that the CA approach can get us further with the study of code switching than other approaches tried so far , and it is on that basis that I have chosen to use it in this book . |