Example sentences of "[prep] it you [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I knew you 'd tracked me down , so I thought if I only took some of it you would n't put the cops on me . |
| 2 | Answer guide : On the face of it you may not need much financial information as you are not judged on profitability over which you have little control as selling prices and buying prices are fixed . |
| 3 | Some of it you ca n't keep int office and |
| 4 | For example once he went to Rome on business and when he got back he told me about a building which was like the sky at night , so big that even when you stood in front of it you could n't believe you were actually seeing it . |
| 5 | But half of it you could n't understand could you ? |
| 6 | And you 'd listen to your tapes back and er w in the middle of it you 'd always hear yourself going shh |
| 7 | okay , it is where the trouser crease meets the line of the groin and it 's skin deep , okay , so you 'll pushing onto it you 'd probably have to put your two fingers and a pad and your knuckles right in there , alright and you 'll feel it yourself best when you 're lying down and your knee just up like that , that 's when you can feel it best because you can push in harder then , cos you 've relaxed your stomach and that 's another tip for putting pressure on it when you 've got somebody who needs that , you need to relax the stomach muscle , but you manage to put pressure up there okay ? |
| 8 | I mean unless somebody 's living in it you ca n't go in the evenings in the winter can you ? |
| 9 | ‘ Her room smells funny , like an old jar with something sticky and brown in it you ca n't tell what it is . ’ |
| 10 | But when it comes down to it you ca n't do it can you ? |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | If I 'd asked you for it you 'd probably have punched me in the eye . ’ |
| 14 | She said , ooh she said to me , she said I know Barbara she said it 's no good talking about it you would n't wan na know , she said , you 're alright . |
| 15 | And if you think about it you ca n't get a much bigger turn out than that . |
| 16 | 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 … |
| 17 | — though to look at it you would n't know ; |