Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] it [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Church no doubt helped to speed up the decline of slavery ; it did not cause it in the first place . |
| 2 | council to , if you could like lump it with the next year 's . |
| 3 | He could now lose it on the last ball ! |
| 4 | Unfortunately , the Lerwick side did n't make it past the second round . |
| 5 | I would have to wait until Mum and Dad went out to the pub so we could n't make it to the first . |
| 6 | Batty could n't make it for the second half against Villa after a recurrence of a calf injury he received against Wimbledon last Saturday . |
| 7 | But erm I mean th th the debate yesterday was , was as , as budget issues always are I mean when you 're talking about budget no matter , even in boom years you 're always still talking oh we have n't got enough money erm but it was positive in the sense that it was A we 're coming off the back of some good performance , and that 's important to remember , and all I 'm saying is there 's no reason why we should n't be able to maintain our performance , even if we ca n't improve it in the next two or three months erm from , to where we actually think we should have been given that the systems come in last year . |
| 8 | Do n't overdo it in the first few days . |
| 9 | If I do n't pass it at the third time I 'm just gon na give up cos I 'm not failing more |
| 10 | But Ferguson insisted : ‘ Let me make one thing crystal clear — Manchester United wo n't bottle it on the last lap of the championship . |
| 11 | In other words , if you could n't get it in the next three months , you could forget about it ! |
| 12 | I 'm not complaining about it , but I say I did n't raise it for the first time |
| 13 | he 's saying he did n't say it in the first place . |
| 14 | Well we could maybe leave it till the next committee meeting to organize ourselves |
| 15 | The turnover may have to be greatly reduced in this situation until the young fish are large enough to withstand the water flow , so why employ it in the first place ? |
| 16 | I think it would be nice , and then we could actually discuss it at the next planning meeting which I presume , which is the twentieth |
| 17 | Once the door was shut , they could have had a dance band going full blast and you 'd never know it in the next room . |
| 18 | You could use it er , in the reverse of the way that the theory suggests , which you can actually leave it on the last diary page where you have something on your to do list that you have n't completed . |
| 19 | If you say , as sometimes judges in Court cases do , sometimes child abusers do , oh she led me on , she was eager and willing , oh she erm , well judges do n't actually say it in the first person , do they , usually ? |