Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] it [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | Yes , so you have to put a lot of , like , mousse on or make it wet , no not wet , it stings |
2 | You can then either hem and gather it with shirring tape before it is fixed to the walls ; or let it gather itself naturally as you push the rods through the turned-over hems at top and bottom . |
3 | Or let it mature , still wrapped , in a cold larder overnight , and reheat by steaming for 1 hr or so next day . |
4 | It is not only more kind , but more intelligent , to give it a rest or let it slow down . |
5 | The water was fine , as long as you did n't drink it or let it touch your skin . |
6 | A degenerate male voice exhorted its hearers to give it love or let it die in peace . |
7 | The accidental loss or destruction of a will has no effect upon its validity , and its contents may be proved by the production of copies or drafts , or even by the recollection of persons who have seen it or heard it read . |
8 | Jenney wondered whether it is better to try and reduce congestion , or to let it increase , if we want fewer people to drive ? |
9 | The play doh , the plasticine , what happened to the plasticine , did it float or did it sink ? |
10 | Did this er , going back to Helliwells again , repairing of the aircraft , did that cease when the war finished or did it continue for a time afterwards ? |
11 | Did it feel like it was a well-organized group , or did it feel ? |
12 | ‘ Did it turn your mouth green ? ’ said Rosa to Caterina , ignoring her mother 's placatory offer , ‘ Or did it make your lovely lips pink ? ’ |
13 | Or did it make any difference either way ? |
14 | Did the population remain more or less static after the dramatic decline in the second half of the fourteenth century , or did it make a rapid recovery from the first wave of epidemics ? |
15 | or did it mean a few more ‘ Hail Marys ’ |
16 | Or did it mean just what it said ? |
17 | Or did it regard ‘ conduct ’ , used in the legislation , as being qualified in the same way as ’ misconduct ‘ in Creffield 's contract of employment ? |
18 | Can it have changed much — or did it rain so pre-emptively that he can not have noticed the lovely inlets at Isleornsay , their green banked lands sloping to soft-coloured waters ? |
19 | It is hard to judge how much weight should be given to such utterances ; was the designation ‘ northerner ’ intended to be purely geographical and descriptive , or did it reflect a feeling that these were men almost of a different race ? |
20 | Or did it comment that out ? |
21 | Now what did you think about this lesson was it a bit boring at some time or you think , Oh or did it go too quickly No . |
22 | Was it simply curiosity — or did it go deeper than that , and was she right to have this strange feeling of apprehension ? |
23 | Its mystery somehow diminished life , or did it enlarge it by making life and its purpose more mysterious still . |
24 | ‘ Or did it suit your plans , after that miserable failure last night ? ’ |
25 | Or did it pick me up ! |
26 | Was Venus born dry , or did it become dry ? |
27 | ) Or did it reveal a conservative attitude at the heart of a movie that is dressed up in hippie garb ? |
28 | Did this modernism , in Jürgen Habermas 's terms , deepen and extend the rationalist Enlightenment project , or did it undermine that project ? |
29 | Was it purely physical or did it have a psychosomatic dimension , as her sudden and dramatic recovery could indicate ? |
30 | Or did it have to be somebody like Sir Edward ? |