Example sentences of "[prep] it and [adv] they [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their heads were actually downcast , they themselves were ashamed of it and yet they would not commit themselves to vote for it . |
| 2 | When they say to you ‘ oh well , you know , surely you do n't mind a little bit of flirtation and so on ’ I think very often that 's an entirely mendacious reply , that they know perfectly well what you 're talking about when you talk about sexual harassment , and in the context of discussions in the SCR or over dinner , they simply do n't want to have to deal with it and so they will dismiss it by way of saying ‘ well , you know , I 'm only being chivalrous , or this is the way I was brought up ’ . |
| 3 | Let Ned Clarke deal with it and then they would be out of her life . |
| 4 | But Customs and Excise still call this industrial meths unless it 's pure etha , completely pure ethanol in other words , no water in it and then they can call it absolute alcohol but they do n't specify which alcohol it is look ! |
| 5 | I think , well we 'll hang on to it and then they can send us a reminder ca n't they ? |
| 6 | Yeah that 's a good idea put a on it and then they 'll go |
| 7 | Show them that I 'm willing to come off it and hopefully they 'll bail me out . |