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Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] it [det] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	I li , I li , you can only make it this time of year .
2	‘ You 'd better buy it some flowers .
3	He did n't have to scream at people to get his way ; he just told them and he knew that they knew they had better do it that way or there was gon na be trouble ! ’
4	As soon as you are safely back in your car , write everything down , but do n't necessarily believe it all .
5	In fact , we would rather do it that way .
6	It has survived so long because abolishing it would have been more trouble than it was worth , but that does not make it any better in itself .
7	To know that a particular animal dance , or brightly coloured display , operates as a territorial device or as a sexual arousal mechanism does not make it any less beautiful .
8	To understand the function of bird-song does not make it any less enchanting .
9	Anticipating the problem does not make it any less likely to occur , but planning and preparing for it helps one to cope with it , and will emphasize that professional and consistent judgment has been exercised .
10	But that did not make it any easier to break the news .
11	The news of the morning broadcast had brought them all to this place , anticipating something like what they were now hearing , which did not make it any better .
12	But this does not make it any less true .
13	This realization does not make it any easier to accept that our own mercurial organ is the right size and shape for our body .
14	Offensive lack of cooperation may make the task of the constable more unpleasant , but it does not make it any more difficult than would a civilised refusal to help .
15	It does not make it any easier to do what we have to do , but it makes seeing what we have to do much clearer , because it then becomes obvious that Serbia has been the blatant aggressor in the war and that its aggression simply can not be tolerated by the international community .
16	The fact that this is happening so widely does not make it any less unwelcome , and I would like to express my own thanks to staff for their steadfastness and continuing hard work in these conditions .
17	While the private person/other distinction accounts for most of the variance , it does not explain it all .
18	‘ We 'll not build it all at once , but we 'll allow space for it .
19	However , I ca n't just ship it all — in one huge transfer-to Switzerland .
20	‘ But if Williams and I ca n't come to an agreement , and I insist it 's nothing to do with money , then no problem — I 'll just pack it all in .
21	See it again , right , I 'll just do it this time without talking it through , and you can just watch
22	Now I want you to do it the hard way , I mean you would n't normally do it this way but when you 've got letters in you 've got no choice .
23	In the cold light of day you come to realise that you just can not do it all the time , that the body comes to a point where , for the moment , it has had enough .
24	Of course , the Government can not do it all alone .
25	So she sent a letter home and my dad said , ‘ Yes , well , you 'd better not do it any more ’ .
26	If you can not do it by constructing the notion of pains which are not yours , you can not do it any other way .
27	Now we have lost one and want to replace it but the nursery do not grow it any more , and we can not find one that does . ’
28	But erm the doctors have told me really I can do whatever I want to straight away virtually you know , and erm I 'll just give it another week or two weeks before I start practising erm and you know , I 'm very fit now .
29	She could scarcely believe it all .
30	A.3.2 If the Vendor notifies the Purchaser of a ‘ breach ’ prior to completion but the Purchaser decides to proceed nonetheless ( ie he does not rescind ) then the Vendor should not still remain liable for damages ; the Purchaser has foregone the opportunity to get out of the deal if he does not like it any more .