Example sentences of "[prep] it [conj] he [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The teacher used to come in and take him and he got fed up of it 'cause he could n't get on with his other work . |
| 2 | Barcelona had already been refused a penalty , but they soon drew level through Julio Salinas , the deceptively inelegant striker who has taken Gary Lineker 's reluctant ill-fitted role on the right wing and , on Saturday , made such a good job of it that he might have had a hat-trick but for Francisco Buyo 's reflexes . |
| 3 | The Marquess of Lincolnshire , a former Liberal Minister ( as Earl Carrington ) and confidant of Asquith , wrote in his diary on 8 December with emphasis , ‘ The general opinion is that Baldwin has made such a mess of it that he must go at once ’ , and on 18 December , ‘ There is a Chamberlain-Birkenhead intrigue going on backed by the ‘ Daily Mail ’ . ’ |
| 4 | Sometimes an opportunity is so obvious to the person who has thought of it that he can not imagine how it is not equally obvious to everyone else . |
| 5 | ‘ I tried to persuade him out of it but he would n't budge . |
| 6 | Silly to have bother of it when he need n't . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's too much for you Ciss ; you know the baby will need feeding in the middle of it and he 'll get all upset and really Jo-Jo would be quite happy if you just filled the bread bin with sponge fingers and sat her in front of it . |
| 8 | He was very geared to the principle of being in an indie band for the sake of it and he would have had difficulty signing to a major label on any terms . ’ |
| 9 | Success in moderation was no doubt better for the character than failure but too much of it and he would lose his cutting edge . |
| 10 | But enough was enough , this fast drinking ; alien booze , much more of it and he could not drive to work . |
| 11 | Another thing we used to do regularly as well we boys er there was a erm a yeast merchant in erm er Road , well I say merchant it ti it was his house , and he had a garage at the side of it and he used to sell yeast . |
| 12 | ( Negative about writing , especially creative writing , will put it off and get out of it if he can . |
| 13 | There was something unique about a hospital over the Christmas period , and most years he 'd made a point of working for as much of it as he could . |
| 14 | ‘ He 'll be against it because he wo n't think I 'm nice enough for you . |
| 15 | Another thing against it if he 'll get three ca , he 'll have wo , his on the drive and he 'll be able to park two cars on ours . |
| 16 | Mum would dish up my plate of food , and I 'd go and sit down with it and he 'd get up . |
| 17 | He hung grimly on and wrestled with it until he could lower it in front of them . |
| 18 | She said , ‘ Mr Evans , I 've something to tell you , something important , ’ and then rushed straight into it before he could stop her and say , ‘ Clear out while I 'm eating . ’ |
| 19 | Kevin would either lock into it or he 'd miss , but you 've got to let these people do what they do and if it does n't work , it does n't work . ’ |
| 20 | The rain was splashing on the concrete , and the hole in it that he used to pretend was the way to Australia had filled up . |
| 21 | Well he was in it but he wo n't go back . |
| 22 | But er then there was erm a desk we had big stools and poor old was trying desperately to get me to add correctly you see , and he 'd he 'd let me add and then he 'd always find there was a mistake in it and he 'd try to tell me why . |
| 23 | He must be caught in it as he could n't possibly have had time to get back to where he was staying yet . |
| 24 | But he told me to think upon it and he would come back for an answer . ’ |
| 25 | He would have to heave her blood-stained body away from the door and then scramble over it before he could race out and lose himself in the hills . |
| 26 | He 'd put his mind to it that he would n't , you know this he had it in mind that we were going to work for this thirty pound a week less , take it or leave it . |
| 27 | Provided a Minister can maintain an effective performance in the House , the Whips see to it that he will get his way . |
| 28 | Could it be that what he was feeling was a kind of envy , in the sense that he 'd brought her here , to a place that he felt he 'd made his own , and in a matter of weeks she 'd already grown closer to it than he could ever hope to be ? |
| 29 | Give in to it and he could be coping with another hysterical female . |
| 30 | He could at least spend the money on it that he would have used in buying a ticket to see Dinah , in powdered wig and paduasoy , as Lady Teazle , once again . |