Example sentences of "[vb base] it [vb -s] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you are bullied and you cry it makes things ten times worse . |
| 2 | I know some people say it takes time , but I think if you spend a year producing a lamb it is nice to see it sold and you do the best you can for it . |
| 3 | They say it expresses women 's impotent desire . |
| 4 | The firms say it protects farmworkers and the public from dangerous pesticides . |
| 5 | So we say it has curvature . |
| 6 | But campaigners say it treats refugees as criminals . |
| 7 | It had other beneficial and related properties too , as Martin notes that ‘ the plant itself is not used , but the root is eaten to expel wind , and they say it prevents drunkenness by frequent chewing of it ’ . |
| 8 | Adjectives like ‘ infinite ’ , ‘ unchanging ’ or ‘ impassible ’ could be taken as simple denials that what characterises reality as we know it characterises God . |
| 9 | ‘ I know it sounds old-hat , but it 's for the children . |
| 10 | Did you erm put down , you know it says purpose of proposed address ? |
| 11 | Well I think that 's the intention but as you know it says M in there |
| 12 | You know it says book forty , do you have to know which books you want to go into ? |
| 13 | yeah I think that 's probably the best thing and gradually the past you 've missed might start fitting into place as it were you know if you , if you keep up with the present , I think that 's probably the best thing so er and , you know , er I know it 's no comfort but these things take time , you know it takes time to get socialized into something and it takes time to get used to a way of working . |
| 14 | you know it takes time really . |
| 15 | Forget about all the rest of it , we know it gives water okay . |
| 16 | Tennis World Magazine — you know it makes sense . |
| 17 | ‘ Ecologically , sociologically , physiologically , psychologically — you know it makes sense ! ’ |
| 18 | Send it to Ablex , you know it makes sense ! |
| 19 | You know it makes sense , Stan . |
| 20 | You know it makes sense . |
| 21 | Get to know Steffi , or Stefan , Gabriela , or Boris , Andre , or Arantxa a little better by subscribing to a Tennis World fan club service for one year — you know it makes sense … |
| 22 | ‘ Good girl , Vi , you know it makes sense . |
| 23 | She said , Here seal the loft , you know it makes sense . |
| 24 | All the sound and fury of the past few days has been a desperate diversion designed first to draw attention away from the unemployment figures , the inflation figures , and the figures for businesses closed and homes repossessed ; and , secondly , to draw attention away from what the Labour party is actually saying , and for the simplest of all reasons — they know it makes sense . |
| 25 | Which is another thing that you you know it makes life easy . |
| 26 | With one to match every mood , you know it makes scents ! |
| 27 | I know it means brother Jack but |
| 28 | I know it has splendour , but not for him . |
| 29 | If the floor needs washing , okay , I wo n't wash it , but I know it needs washing and it 'll go on nagging me until I 've washed it — so you ca n't win really . |
| 30 | I suppose it takes years for two cultures to achieve perfect harmony . |