Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] it [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ They 'll thank me for it one day : pelvic control is useful when you 're having a baby . ’ |
2 | Do you a lot of good , you 'll thank me for it one day . |
3 | We know nothing about it all . ’ |
4 | The Labour Club does nothing about it all . |
5 | It 's really horrible , he was telling me about it last night , and I was really scared |
6 | Soon he was able to devote himself to it full time . |
7 | Dad , I used to say , you are your own worst enemy and someone 'll kill you for it one day . |
8 | I 'm not going to tell you about it all . |
9 | Really silly ; I 'll tell you about it some other time . |
10 | ‘ I 'll tell you about it some time , but not now . |
11 | Tell you about it some time ( perhaps I already have ! ) |
12 | ‘ Can I speak to you about it this afternoon ? ’ |
13 | This mental state may indicate the remedy on its own , like the emotional state of Chamomilla often does but there may be none of it apparent and yet the physical symptoms would still indicate its use . |
14 | In the last ten years it is estimated that the NRO has spent more than $50 billion , none of it accountable . |
15 | ‘ Do n't none of it mean nothin' . |
16 | But then , she thought , perhaps it is none of it true ? |
17 | ‘ Is none of it true , Pip ? ’ he asked , shocked . |
18 | I 've not known owt like it this summer ! ’ |
19 | She confronted me with it this afternoon and she had all the details — even the name of the pub where the meeting was held . " |
20 | So erm that 's , if you 're , if you 're getting behind on that it 's worth trying to do something about it soonish before you get too far behind to manage to catch up |
21 | He raised his eyebrows , murmuring something about it depending , surely , on the choice of coffee . |
22 | The singular virtue of action-research is that things could not be left at that — it was necessary to go on and do something about it all . |
23 | There was something about it that was scandalous . |
24 | The face of the Jersey is noticeably dished ( concave ) and there is something about it that is strongly suggestive of the humpless short-horned ‘ Iberian ’ breeds of the Middle East , Egypt and the coast of North Africa . |
25 | There 's something about it that 's delectably … grown-up . |
26 | I hope that the Minister will say something about it this afternoon . |
27 | You said something about it last time . ’ |
28 | Well think , did n't she give up last year ? she said something about it last year on radio , on no smoking day . |
29 | Identifying the environment as a major priority is one thing , doing something about it another . |
30 | God and his Reason commanded him to subdue the Earth , i.e. improve it for the benefit of Life , and therein lay out something upon it that was his own , his labour . |