Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] it [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Her room smells funny , like an old jar with something sticky and brown in it you ca n't tell what it is . ’ |
| 2 | But sometimes it is disturbing to mothers , so if you feel uncomfortable about it you can try giving him a toy to hold while he 's on the toilet seat ’ ; and in general : ‘ If you take it easy in caring for your baby , you will be doing him a great service . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ If I start gassing about it to the local vet , ’ she said , ‘ it 'll get all stale and distorted , and I shall be so bored with it I sha n't be able to talk about it at all . ’ |
| 4 | But they were all erm delighted with it I would say . |
| 5 | It 's ages since we played this game , I 'd forgotten how clever at it he can be particularly when you 're not ! |
| 6 | But as his eyes grew accustomed to it he could make out a hand protruding from the open lounge doorway . |
| 7 | He got so good at it he could actually produce a thought-bubble ! |
| 8 | His companion 's tongue had swollen and his mouth was so full of it he could hardly speak . |
| 9 | We have proved if er having considered all the erm information if we are not happy with it we can produce . |
| 10 | In which case if they 're not too happy with it you can turn it off , rewi er wipe it off . |
| 11 | Posidonius confessed that at first he had been disturbed by the spectacle of human heads nailed up at the entrance of the aristocratic Celtic houses , but afterwards " becoming used to it he could bear it with equanimity " ( Strabo 4.4.5 ) . |
| 12 | This whole process appears long-winded and complicated but once you are familiar with it you can employ the strategy very quickly . |
| 13 | I think there was one question I 'll I 'll root it out for next time erm and I was really stunned on it I might be okay on it now . |
| 14 | If we wanted to be self-consciously intellectual about it we could say that this little argument uses the logical principle of the distributive law . |
| 15 | if she 's not satisfied with it she should tell him . |
| 16 | If you 're not sure if you ca n't remember try C because it 's more likely to be right so you 're going to get more marks Oh he 's got this right and they wo n't be putting careless on it they 'll say Oh he knows what he 's doing here . |