Example sentences of "it you [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How is it you ca n't find it ? ’ |
| 2 | And if you think about it you ca n't get a much bigger turn out than that . |
| 3 | As it is , it excites comment and , to coin an old tabloid favourite phrase , ‘ Love it or hate it you ca n't ignore it . ’ |
| 4 | And coming off valium was a lot harder because you do n't realize that when you 're on it you ca n't get back off it again . |
| 5 | The rowing boat near the weir — only this time they had gone too far and Uncle Albert was not strong enough to row them back to safety ; the study at Uncle Albert 's house looking warm and friendly and inviting ; the professor beetle shouting rude instructions at some little beetles that had got into difficulty ; again a glimpse of her uncle 's study ; then a turnstile — one of those that only turn one way , so once you have passed through it you ca n't get back ; playful light beams now shrieking with fear as they hurtle past the window to their destruction ; walking up the down-escalator and not being able to get anywhere ; yet another brief snatch of the study … |
| 6 | Most people say say you ca n't do it you ca n't do that can you go on . |
| 7 | They leave you to amble into the desert on your own , and when you come to think of it you ca n't really blame them . |
| 8 | ‘ Her room smells funny , like an old jar with something sticky and brown in it you ca n't tell what it is . ’ |
| 9 | I 've no idea how much they cost , but whatever 's left over will go towards the kitchen scissors — rather mundane I know but one of those things that 's not exactly necessary but once you 've got it you ca n't do without ! |
| 10 | I mean my impression is that the resource has come in on this , I mean extra staffing , I mean you need it you ca n't do it without , |
| 11 | It 's just a pity that the castle itself is a little bit indistinct I mean , when you stand away from it you ca n't er you can hardly see the castle there and er , it is an attractive castle , photographed many times but I would just like to see that shown up a little more in the picture . |
| 12 | Now , you can see that coin down there , if you look carefully , you can see it you ca n't get it , you know where it is , it has n't gone through a hole into the centre of the earth it has n't , sort of , disappeared into outer space , you know exactly where it is , the chances are you could pin point it within a few inches of where i , even if you ca n't see it you know where it is , but you ca n't get at it to you , it 's lost you know it 's geographic location , you know when it went there , you know everything about it , you only thing is you ca n't get at it ! |
| 13 | So once you 've done it you ca n't sell any more even though there are two or three people in the wings saying can I go into it . |
| 14 | Actually dust off 'im , you , some of it you ca n't even see . |
| 15 | I mean unless somebody 's living in it you ca n't go in the evenings in the winter can you ? |
| 16 | Some of it you ca n't keep int office and |
| 17 | That 's it you ca n't these days |
| 18 | Why is it you ca n't do this , eh ? |
| 19 | But when it comes down to it you ca n't do it can you ? |
| 20 | An and the other thing is of course , when I first started going on it you ca n't read while you 're on it |
| 21 | To ‘ catch ’ it you might have to slow down and let it come towards you . |
| 22 | If you half-closed your eyes and looked at it you might have likened it to a string of coloured beads . |
| 23 | Once er , any more , shh , shh , I 'm not writing every day , if you want to alter it you might need |
| 24 | You know they 're either set up now you 've given them an education and thrown them on the world squandering it now they 'll only squander it when they get their hands on it you might as well squander it on yourselves , let the kids squander it for you . |
| 25 | And it it it 's called the fog index but the thing that 's interesting about it is that I 've got , I 've got some interesting examples of fog indexes erm and you 'll get people like Churchill who sometimes made speeches and their fog index is quite small you 're going to use this you know example and they might have a fog , fog index that 's fine and what Anne and I are talking about with say something like the Telegraph or the Times or whatever , might have a fog index that people but this is because Churchill was very clear , very concise and going back to the original point about , or some of the original points about this , and I was mak raising these issues earlier this evening one of the great sadnesses that I have is that , is that when I first went into journalism the tabloids as we call them were incredibly well written beautifully styled , well researched and okay they might have been punchier and shorter and everything else , compared to the turning up the er the , the Times or whatever , but they were well written and you might have had , if you can put the fog index test , test on it you might have had a fog index of say six or seven compared to eleven on the Telegraph story , but it was still full of clarity like to read . |
| 26 | But if you got it you might find it would be cheaper to do your house up using these clients rather than sell . |
| 27 | Find it you might find it in a thermometer . |
| 28 | I know but if you 're going to get glue on it you might as well get it on this instead of on the lace one . |
| 29 | Well er , yeah well it is , but I think cos one , you 've got to look at , oh a bit of a design as well a while you 're at it you might as well just get one or two bits |
| 30 | And like I say , if you 're gon na carpet it er not carpet it , you 're gon na cover it you might as well cover it totally . |