Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] it [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you think a little about it you will be able to convince yourself that Rk is nothing other than the old familiar resistance ( proportional to length ; inversely proportional to cross-section ) derived in a different manner . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm sure if you thought hard enough about it you 'd know the reason for that , Seb . |
| 3 | Acorn Computer Ltd chose the Cebit Hannover Fair to launch a German version of its RISC OS 3 operating system : not much to it you may think — just translate the error messages — unfortunately the company had reckoned without the sheer verbosity of the German language — it took five beta versions before all the Achtung ! messages were successfully squeezed into the ROM . |
| 4 | It should be a close race on paper , but when it comes down to it we 'll see what happens . |
| 5 | But I have to say that they 've been the major percent of them er we think if only they would knuckle down to it they would do it . |
| 6 | But when it comes down to it you ca n't do it can you ? |
| 7 | if they wanted to come along to it they could |
| 8 | She gulped hard , struggling to suppress the impulse to laugh , knowing that if she gave in to it she would not be able to stop . |
| 9 | ‘ And if he 's thinking he 'll be getting away with it he can think again ! |
| 10 | But if he thought he could get away with it he could think again ! |
| 11 | It 's just a pity that the castle itself is a little bit indistinct I mean , when you stand away from it you ca n't er you can hardly see the castle there and er , it is an attractive castle , photographed many times but I would just like to see that shown up a little more in the picture . |
| 12 | There must surely be somebody already in it who could do it . |
| 13 | Tomorrow she really must settle down to serious work on her novel ; time was slipping past , her deadline was approaching and if she did n't get on with it she 'd have Joe making agitated phone calls and coming down to visit . |
| 14 | And to make up for it I 'll treat you to a slap-up lunch in Haverfordwest . ’ |
| 15 | If he gets fed up with it he 'll just stop and we wo n't mind . |
| 16 | Probably she 'll be so wrapped up in it she 'll feel differently . ’ |
| 17 | However , he knew that if he failed to live up to it they would not take his word again . |
| 18 | Or the fall out about it they could still all three prove . |
| 19 | When you find out about it you could have Dr. Zimmerman lodge a complaint if you want . ’ |
| 20 | That caveat notwithstanding , those close to Mr Bush insist that there was an effort to get a non-military solution , and that if Saddam Hussein had reached out for it he could have walked away from Kuwait with something gained from his adventure . |
| 21 | If the trial goes so badly that the plaintiff wants to take the money out during it he must , as was decided in Gaskins v British Aluminium Co Ltd [ 1976 ] QB 524 , make an application to do so , and he must have the defendant 's consent even to make the application . |
| 22 | She agreed with Gilbert that the souls of the dead are in the hand of God and , as for herself , she was persuaded that there is nothing in this world or out of it which can separate us from the love of God . |
| 23 | Out of it he could see Barry , his bike propped up against his house , mending his chain . |
| 24 | You have been doing the right thing by cutting out the dead wood you found in spring , but these plants do get very straggly , and to get the best out of it you will need to be a bit more ruthless . |
| 25 | I used to listen to other children describing holidays in Bournemouth or Butlin 's or Benidorm , and not wanting to feel out of it I used to invent mine because I had never been anywhere ! |
| 26 | Looking back on it I could not figure out what went wrong as I had done exactly as instructed but nobody had ever really said much about fallen trees or currents and especially not in such a small part of the river . |
| 27 | If you look back at it you will see what a transformation has already taken place . |
| 28 | Mm but I , I mean I can use it as it is now but anything else on to it I would find it difficult . |
| 29 | I might have to hold on to it You 'll have to get people to you know . |
| 30 | Now , part of that might just have purely the ritual that 's associated with things like coronations and investitures , but surely if people had felt so strongly about it they would n't have turned out in such numbers , er to support her . |