Example sentences of "[prep] it [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The comment happens to be about the writer 's home station , but much of it might equally apply to numerous others . |
| 2 | Then , in the next chapter , after elaborating further on the features of psychosis itself , we shall return to examine how explanations of it might also give an account of certain aspects of the creative process . |
| 3 | Then her hands would grow hot and she would pause , wipe them with a moist cloth so that she should not smear the finespun white cotton thread as she worked , and her thoughts of Tommaso would return ; they were very sweet to her , often enough , though when her daydreaming grew extravagant she would fall again into hopelessness , and fear that none of it might ever come true . |
| 4 | Some of it may also reside in the bending of bones . |
| 5 | The finest material may be carried for tens of kilometres down-wind , and some of it may even stay suspended for many months , eventually falling back to earth on the other side of the globe . |
| 6 | The trouble is I mean if , if it did , it came up and he wanted to sell it would of it would obviously decrease the value . |
| 7 | Whether or not this happened to any extent in Britain we can not know , but any hint of it would undoubtedly have started wild rumours , fired by imagination which always accompanies sexual matters . |
| 8 | If she did not return to the Lodge she might never experience such terror again , but the memory of it would never leave her . |
| 9 | A bird that thought so and decided to make a meal of it would quickly die . |
| 10 | Rain would therefore have to permeate rapidly through an artificial surface into the base , where most of it would quickly drain away . |
| 11 | Supporting this idea is the observation that if foreign DNA from any source is introduced into a cell , a small proportion of it will eventually integrate into the cell 's chromosomes . |
| 12 | The abnormal can be left , for news of it will inevitably rise like a suppurating boil . |
| 13 | Although it is law , parts of it will only come into force when the Home Secretary issues the necessary regulations . |
| 14 | In short , it seems inevitable that most PC software will need some kind of re-write to run on the Portfolio , and some of it will never fit at all . |
| 15 | THE INSPIRALS move down to the Harbour area and sit on a green patch with the sun beating down like it can rarely do in Oldham . |
| 16 | I know this might sound obscure , but erm , I read somewhere when that erm , if you actually bring in protectionism , it sounds like it could actually increase trade . |
| 17 | The danger of this is that the fear of an award of damages against it would unduly encourage the authority to reach the same decision again , thus creating an appearance of bias . |
| 18 | Anything less or anything other than this is not only untrue but alien and unhelpful , and if it is not dealt with it will inevitably create doubts . |
| 19 | There are still unanswered Questions about whether the people who got us into it can now get us out . |
| 20 | Secondly , an individual post-hole can not easily be assigned to any particular building phase , since any datable artefact found within it could either pre-date or post-date the structure for which the hole was dug . |
| 21 | She had brought his heart to life and what she had left in it would never die . |
| 22 | In that awful heart-stopping moment Robyn wished the whole damn fountain with her in it would quietly sink into the ground and disappear forever . |
| 23 | It does n't matter if we get them the wrong way round it 'll still work out . |
| 24 | See , the thing about this job , outwardly you have to be unemotional and cynical , but inside it can really screw you up . |
| 25 | If perhaps the Government were to fund victim support properly , Erm , Mr who was burgled and has never got over it might perhaps have had a visit and some counselling from a victim support worker , and that would be a very good thing . |
| 26 | I wo n't explain the method unless you want me to it 'll only muddle you . |
| 27 | ‘ The modifications that are being made to it will probably increase that range by anything up to thirty miles . ’ |
| 28 | Positions taken in relation to it will usually reflect markedly different perspectives regarding the position of people in organisations . |
| 29 | The level of the basic retirement pension is such that those who rely on it must either live a frugal existence ( Holman , 1986 ) , take part time jobs for as long as possible to make ends meet or claim income support . |
| 30 | The hummingbird which feeds on it must therefore visit many plants , one after another . |