Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] it [vb mod] " in BNC.
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1 | Yeah well I I said to Geoff I thought about it , but I did that come to me quite quickly but Geoff could n't think of it could you Geoff ? |
2 | you ca n't do with it can you Joy ? |
3 | It will only be available to women in the first nine weeks of pregnancy ( that 's the only licence for which the makers have asked ) , so not all women who could benefit from it will do so . |
4 | . Ca n't really use for it can you ? |
5 | Like physical ailments and er our , our , our physical body does n't work like it used to , and as you do get older there is a tendency to more to , to need more rest , we ca n't do what the young ones er do , and we would love to do that and that goes along with what the council and the |
6 | It was a moment of magic that she must cherish for it would never come again . |
7 | It merely hints that the world will be a better place if we support it because the unquantified benefits which will flow from it will put us on a level with Germany and France , assuming of course that we wish to be on a level with Germany and France . |
8 | While neighbours need to contribute to some notional ‘ stock of common good ’ , so that they can draw on it should they become in need of help at some point in the future , they also wish not to be imposed upon by the needs of others . |
9 | ‘ If the injunction did go through it would have serious consequences for the National Trust nationally . |
10 | If it does go through it will provide a double benefit for the UK-based telecommunications group and is also likely to be seen as a significant plus for Hong Kong 's stock market . |
11 | Well if they 're that price I mean we 'll er go into it wo n't we ? |
12 | Where plot might be jettisoned , story is retained as a principle of connection : ‘ Once the story is launched it must go on it must follow its course however crooked it may be even if it takes the wrong direction ’ ( 1976b ) . |
13 | But what he does mean by it can not be identified , at least in any simple way , with the actual beliefs or attitudes which caused it . |
14 | This has the advantages that the soakaway can be cleaned out when necessary and that you can get at it should anything go wrong . |
15 | If there was just one person I could talk to it would n't be so bad . ’ |
16 | She can sit on it can she ? |
17 | We could n't load save it could we ? |
18 | And when in 1973 the Lord Chief Justice was asked to ‘ give some guidance upon the phrase ‘ cohabiting as man and wife ’ he swiftly handed back the poisoned cup , saying that the phrase was ‘ so well known that nothing I could say about it could possibly assist in its interpretation hereafter ’ . |