Example sentences of "[det] [prep] it [pers pn] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 When Alice told her a little of how she felt ( some of it she could tell no one ) , and how she was angry with God as well as Belle Maman , Aunt Violet said God would understand : ‘ He is All Wise , Alice .
2 there does n't seem to be any sense to it really but you can try and make a bit of sense out of some of it not all of it but some of it you can make a bit of sense out of it yes .
3 So you were n't aware of what he could n't do , so much as what he could do and did do , and how little of it you could understand .
4 I enjoyed what little of it I could manage , though .
5 At that moment it had been appropriate to put big pickets you know I think if we thought too much about it we would have and taken it to the lodge and put it through the union it would have had cold water put over it and you know it was right for Tom to be wary and it was probably right for us to do what we did I mean I think you know it it was successful the way it turned out .
6 No no , there are natural , we always have a strong preference for something but we can actually develop them , just like management style we have a strong preference for , for one style but it is something that we can learn can get more and try and rationale sort of like theoretical we can try and rationalize what 's perhaps happening is that in situations when we 're not gaining a lot and it could be that it 's because it 's had a lot of activity and we can actually gain more from it we can rationalize it and analyze it .
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