Example sentences of "it [verb] [adv] [vb infin] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mind , it do n't make sense to me , an 'andsome feller like 'im not 'aving no wife . |
| 2 | made trade unions completely immune from actions in tort , though it did not affect liability of individuals ; |
| 3 | What was worse , within minutes people would be walking all over her back-breaking work — it did not bear thinking of . |
| 4 | While individual officers may indeed have been aware of this work , consideration of it did not form part of the policy-making . |
| 5 | In the same way , if , after an oral representation , the terms of the sale are reduced into writing which does not include the representation , this may indicate that it did not form part of the agreement . |
| 6 | Mr Whitelaw dealt with the question normally by saying that it was no doubt a suitable kind of punishment for schoolboys , but it did not make sense for judicial use , especially because of the delay between offence and punishment . |
| 7 | It did not make sense to her . |
| 8 | It did not do justice to the biblical doctrine of atonement . |
| 9 | The success of Let Us Compare Mythologies confirmed Leonard in his decision to be a poet-writer , even if it did not relieve Masha of her concern for his future well being . |
| 10 | It did not enforce innovation at all . |
| 11 | This notion of breaking a repertoire of language behaviour into a progressive series , moving from simple to complex stages , bore little resemblance to traditional theories of learning since it did not include rote-memorisation as an essential element . |
| 12 | The CP , after some initial confusion , made it clear that , while it did not oppose conscription in principle , it was unacceptable under Chamberlain . |
| 13 | In fact , Mendel 's work was carried out before Weismann 's , but it did not become part of the corpus of biology until later , so Weismann 's ideas will be discussed first . |
| 14 | They found this unsatisfactory because ‘ it did not direct attention to governmental manipulation of transnational relations … [ and they have ] grown progressively more interested in the interaction between governments and transnational society and in transnational coalitions among subunits of governments ’ ( Keohane and Nye , 1973 , p vjj ) .2 |
| 15 | It did not sound human to me . |
| 16 | On Dec. 15 the Bissau government sent a protest note to the Senegalese authorities over the violation of its borders , reiterating that it did not provide support to the rebels . |
| 17 | It did not imply membership of a social circle but an attitude of mind . |
| 18 | It might permit the slaughter , but it did not permit entry of Ministry of Agriculture officials , the nuns said . |
| 19 | Unfortunately , it did not get approval from the Civil Aviation Authority . |
| 20 | The movement 's historian has described it as ‘ a landmark in Free Church history ’ although he admitted ‘ it did not take hold on the life of the Free Churches in the way that might have been expected ’ . |
| 21 | Given asylum by King Alexander , it had remained in being as a military unit and on the German invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941 had offered its services in defence of Yugoslavia against the Germans , although it did not take part in that brief campaign . |
| 22 | If the auditors ' report under s 248(3) were included in the accounts ( in a way which did not cause confusion ) , the company would be entitled to the exemptions , even if it did not take advantage of them . |
| 23 | After a series of rent increases L complained that the basis of assessment was invalid as it did not take account of his personal circumstances , thereby imposing an unreasonable rent on him . |
| 24 | Though it did not take place in a laboratory , the study by Atkinson et al . |
| 25 | In that you could see what was happening on the floor but it did n't show continuity of work which easily |
| 26 | It did n't make sense to me . |
| 27 | People said things like for instance well females are n't intelligent enough to make choices and er which is , which is clearly pretty silly , and er there was also I think and the uncomfortable erm prospect that females could in some way or another control the evolution in males which I do n't think it appealed to the Victorians either and in fact many social Darwinists like Edward Westermark for example rejected the whole concept of sexual selection as Darwin called it the female choice , because it did n't promote survival of the fittest . |
| 28 | No , it did n't form part of it and erm if it were to be done it would be having , shall we say , a political impact , but the sums are of such a nature that they are of no significance in the context of the budget as a whole . |
| 29 | It did n't bear thinking of , but I thought of nothing else as I prepared to go down to breakfast . |
| 30 | At best she 'd be back in the poorhouse while he … it did n't bear thinking of . |