Example sentences of "[prep] it [conj] [modal v] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a mistake to put in a clause that you know will not be enforceable in the hope that employees will be afraid of it and will not try to compete when they leave . |
| 2 | She becomes frightened of the foal or aggressive towards it and will not let it suckle . |
| 3 | Thus the double layer moves more slowly than the average and so yet more growth layers pile up behind it and can not pass . |
| 4 | Tell you the truth , I 'm sick to death of the lot of it , but I ca n't think of anything to do with it that wo n't have my old man haunting me and have other people 's feelings hurt . |
| 5 | Enjoying , we spontaneously welcome awareness ; bored and listless , we can not without effort summon it up ; disliking , we withdraw from it ; suffering , we recoil from it but can not escape it . |
| 6 | I do not yet understand it , but although I was once a keen and proud European , there are things in it that would now make me one of the most sceptical . |
| 7 | The Socialist leadership 's sensitivity to FNTT members ' expectations meant that agrarian issues pressed even more urgently upon it than would otherwise have been the case . |
| 8 | The goalkeeper got a finger to it but could n't keep out the screamer . |
| 9 | I suppose there is n't a little knob on it that would just happen to work zeros ? |
| 10 | So I went looking for it and could n't find it ! |
| 11 | I spoke to her , telling her to do as we had earlier discussed and detach herself from the scene so that she could see it and tell me about it but could not feel any distress , whether mental , physical or emotional . |
| 12 | I always wanted to ask her about it but could never bring myself to say something as ridiculous as , ‘ How was your day ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It 's equally possible , sir , that she knows all about it and may well choose to tell me something . |
| 14 | ‘ I want to think about it and will probably make my mind up in the next day or two . ’ |
| 15 | The pine wood looked just the same as ever , it always did , it was always dark and dense with very narrow passages through it that would surely allow nothing bigger than a fox to weave its way through . |