Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] it [vb infin] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 He continued as if she had n't spoken , his voice dropping to a level of intimacy that suddenly made it feel as though they were alone , not being listened to by thousands of people .
2 Anything which makes rigging and de-rigging more difficult increases the risk of someone getting tired of holding up a wing-tip and so letting it droop or even drop .
3 He will recall that , when British Rail proposed that Waterloo should be the first channel tunnel station , not only did it say that one station was sufficient and that it did not need a second one but , in the case which it put to the House of Lords during the discussions , it said specifically that King 's Cross was not an appropriate location for a second station .
4 And how long did it take before you felt settled in ?
5 Working together makes sense : not only does it ensure that duplication of effort is minimised , it addresses the need for a single , coherent , national system .
6 Not only does it influence whether or not you fork out the requisite 65p , it can make or break a band .
7 again there is no answer to that question , simply because the answer is so horrific , it does n't bear thinking about , but thank God all maybe safe , all will not be safe , but all maybe safe , God has provided a salvation that is available to all and if we are not safe it is because we choose to reject his s , his offers of mercy , so we thank God that all may be safe , but the solemn fact remains is that all will not be saved , well that leads us on to , to this third proposition , not only that the bible teach that all maybe saved , not only does it teach that all will not be saved , but it is quite clear that some will be saved whom we did not expect to be saved , we can be quite sure about that because judgment does n't rest with us , way back Abraham says perhaps one of the most important statements in his life when he said there in , in , in Genesis chapter eighteen and we actually sang the wo tho the quotation in the song we just sang a few moments ago where he says will not the judge of all the earth be right , judgement is not yours and mine , that 's God 's prerogative and the other song that we 've been , the song that we 've been singing , that song by faber there 's a wideness in God 's mercy lets be honest we are so narrow with our mercy , our gra , our expressions of grace is so limited , but there 's a wideness in God 's mercy and faber says it 's got the wideness of the sea , there 's a kindness in his justice , which is more than liberty , David knew all about that when he was given the option , he said oh I 'd rather fall into the hands of God than into the hands of men , I 'd rather that God dealt with me than that my fellow man dealt with me , because with him there 's mercy , with him there 's grace , with him there is , there is long suffering and there 's compa compassion and there 's love , and faber goes on with the love of God is broader than the measure of man 's mind and the heart of the eternal is most wonderfully kind , now that 's all very well for the song writer to say that in a hymn and it sounds nice and it 's , it sounds good but is there a scriptural authority for this , is it really true , or is it just a nice song that we sing with , it does us good because we feel it 's a nice , there nice thoughts , well , surely we have it in the passage we 've been reading that there is there is a mercy with God , there is a kindness with God in ver in verse thirty of that chapter behold some who are last will be first and some who are first will be last it 's quite clear that some will be saved that we did not expect to be saved , and you can find example after example of this , it was a tremendous surprise to the onlookers when a very sinful woman annoyed to the feed of Jesus , it was a tremendous surprise to the Pharisee who rejected God , although he was such a good man , to find that the , er sorry to be rejected by God although he was a good honest upright man , and to find that the sinner was accepted by God , it was a tremendous surprise to the people when Zacchaeus who named you to be a sinner , an open twist there an evil man was saved by the Lord Jesus , you could save salvation has come to this house , it was a tremendous surprise when the law breaker who was dying on the cross beside the law Jesus was saved and went to be with him , with the Lord in paradise , it was a tremendous surprise to the disciples when Jesus preached the gospel and revealed himself to a gentile woman , who was an adulterer seven times over but he did and she was saved , it was a tremendous surprise to Ananias when the Lord revealed himself
8 and all of this leads natural to the final fifth proposition not only does the bible teach that all may be saved , not only does it teach that however that not all will be saved , not only is it true and clear that some will be saved and we do not , do not , do not expect to be saved , not only is it quite clear that others will not be saved , who we expected to be saved , but finally it is quite clear that no one will be saved except by God 's way , and God 's way of salvation is very simply by repentance and faced .
9 again but but how long does it take before it does happen again ?
10 Though he was the descendant of a family who had done this sort of task for generation after generation , George nevertheless made it look as though he were acting .
11 always ask me never never just let it go and think , Oh well perhaps I 'll understand it later .
12 She says she could walk away from it all tomorrow ; ‘ I could just let it go and start all over again .
13 It just makes it smell and taste … mm , wonderful . ’
14 Only gradually did it emerge that she was rather a miniature whirlwind , perhaps an inch shorter even than Charlotte , but so slender that she escaped looking like a pocket edition .
15 He also let it drop that Prince Andrew was a close friend who trusted him .
16 Only later did it emerge that the Germans had supported his candidature for the post of High Commissioner in Danzig , and that he had since 1920 been on very friendly terms with Baron Ernst von Wiesäker , the head of the political section of the German Foreign Office .
17 But the work of Muschel and her collaborators , George Khoury , Richard Koller and Ravi Dhar at the National Cancer Institute and Paul Lebowitz at Yale , now makes it look as though the mutation may not have occurred in the tumour cells alone — instead , the mutant gene may be a rare variant that is actually inherited by some people .
18 And this manuscript really makes it look like Hasan is the Twenty-fourth Imam !
19 ‘ I thought the idea was to let the funeral go ahead , or at least make it look like it was ; he was bound to be here .
20 She took another breath then let it go before she asked , ‘ When shall I phone ? ’
21 We had a good view of Sao Paulo as we flew over it — so massive , it looks bigger than New York , and you can almost see it grow as you watch it , because all round the outskirts of the city are straggling half-finished ‘ shanty town housing estates ’ , with dirt roads and little hut-like dwellings , as it seemed from the air .
22 Only then did it emerge that the settlers did not really know what they intended to do .
23 It 's also a very spooky guitar to hold , because the headstock is completely straight , in line with the neck , which almost makes it look like it 's pointing forwards .
24 ( i.e. does it manufacture or just buy in and sell ? )
25 What I might actually do it see if Ian 's not doing anything if he not come in for the full time that they 're cleaning up , but come in for those sort of things .
26 Ca n't actually see it move but I can see it if I look
27 The second thing was that almost never did it matter since the whips ran the show .
28 The high attendance at the annual Landesgerniende , as it is called , certainly makes it look as though there 's a healthy interest in public affairs generally and these annual meetings in particular .
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