Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] it [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we 're to win Fairclough must mark flash well and Newsome and possibly Pemberton play out of their skins — Battyburn do n't just have flash although it does appear that way at times . |
| 2 | It 's smart , effective , ecologically sound and it does pop in such a thirst-rousing way . |
| 3 | The revolution at Northampton may have been different but it did have uncanny echoes of what had gone on at Neath . |
| 4 | It 's really quite misguided because it does encourage those assumptions that mothers are there to tidy up after sons and of course then sons when they grow up and get wives want to replace their mothers . |
| 5 | yeah , that 's the core but it needs fleshing out more and a has agreed that you know it 's if you just stuck to the Editor 's Handbook it 's too narrow and it does need , I mean B A I E in London thus far are being extremely helpful if slightly cautious and I 've to go down and talk to the revamped education committee when the revamped education committee gets around to having a meeting |
| 6 | It 's remarkable where it does go to really . |
| 7 | Erm so that 's fine , to have a harsher lighting on his face is fine cos it does tend to show up the er the wrinkles in his forehead , under his eyes and his whiskers which is fine because when erm my old portraits of this nature , that 's the sort of thing you 're trying to emphasize . |
| 8 | Using a mouse is optional but it does make the game more playable . |
| 9 | Using a mouse is optional but it does make the game more playable . |
| 10 | The incidence of board theft is thankfully low but it does happen . |
| 11 | Thus although we do not know how the DNA controls development , we are reasonably sure that it does carry almost all the information which has been produced by selection , and which is needed to control development . |
| 12 | When I think about it I 'm not sure it makes any important difference how you imagine he looks , I mean who am I to say whether this Boy you are seeing has blonde hair or dark ; but I am sure that it does matter what he means to you . |
| 13 | As their only match preparation for the Test , it was patently inadequate but it did alert them to the vast difference between the cricketing conditions and environment in the Caribbean and those in Australia and New Zealand where they had performed so impressively in gaining the semi-finals of the World Cup . |
| 14 | We fixed it up as well as we could — which was n't well but it did give us both somewhere to live away from our parents , a first real taste of independence . |
| 15 | This is tedious but it does provide an absolute calibration on which other devices can be based . |
| 16 | This , too , is entirely reasonable but it does require that attention be paid to compatibilities of systems so that future system integration remains possible . |
| 17 | The language of a classical play is challenging but it does give the student chance to see how early voice training can be used with a very demanding text . |
| 18 | At last , with a little shaking of his arm , and thrice his head waving up and down , he raises a sigh so piteous and profound that it does seem to shatter all his bulk and end his being . |
| 19 | The thinking of politicians for whom education is only important if it helps boost the national economy , and this is important because it helps people enjoy what they want , and this is important because it encourages consumption and thus industry , either goes round in a vicious circle or takes off on an interminable regress . |
| 20 | She must of turns her , hers up full cos it did go cold did n't it I mean , outside ? |
| 21 | It 's still disturbing but it does have a certain grandeur . |
| 22 | That does not make them quiescent but it does diffuse their conflicts . |
| 23 | Academically , this test is not very accurate but it does have some value as a rough comparative test between different materials . |
| 24 | It was an attempt at prohibition that was never wholly successful but it did set an example . |
| 25 | Strapped on , the Teardrop is much more manageable although it does show a tendency towards neck heaviness . |
| 26 | And there were a ninety yard dr drop but er Had it happen it very often of course , but it was rather unnerving when it did happen . |
| 27 | And may I say very clearly and unequivocally at the outset , that it is abhorrent when it does happen to us because there 's no place for it , quite simply because er it is counterproductive to cohesion , and cohesion is the basis for operational effectiveness , and when there is an incident of bullying then we very promptly and thoroughly investigate it , and that investigation is followed , if there 's a case to be brought , by a trial of the chap that 's guilty . |
| 28 | I can not truthfully say that my work experience directly influenced my ambitions career wise but it did show me that the music business is not about ‘ Top of the Pops ’ but about a day 's work to be proud of . |
| 29 | This is alright but it does tend to bunch up a lot when it 's pulled in close to the face . |