Example sentences of "[prep] it you [vb mod] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I knew you 'd tracked me down , so I thought if I only took some of it you would n't put the cops on me . |
| 2 | They leave you to amble into the desert on your own , and when you come to think of it you ca n't really blame them . |
| 3 | Actually dust off 'im , you , some of it you ca n't even see . |
| 4 | Some of it you ca n't keep int office and |
| 5 | this to a and you 're totally in charge of it you wo n't really get to grips and get . |
| 6 | For example once he went to Rome on business and when he got back he told me about a building which was like the sky at night , so big that even when you stood in front of it you could n't believe you were actually seeing it . |
| 7 | But half of it you could n't understand could you ? |
| 8 | It 's just a pity that the castle itself is a little bit indistinct I mean , when you stand away from it you ca n't er you can hardly see the castle there and er , it is an attractive castle , photographed many times but I would just like to see that shown up a little more in the picture . |
| 9 | ‘ Her room smells funny , like an old jar with something sticky and brown in it you ca n't tell what it is . ’ |
| 10 | I mean unless somebody 's living in it you ca n't go in the evenings in the winter can you ? |
| 11 | But when it comes down to it you ca n't do it can you ? |
| 12 | And coming off valium was a lot harder because you do n't realize that when you 're on it you ca n't get back off it again . |
| 13 | An and the other thing is of course , when I first started going on it you ca n't read while you 're on it |
| 14 | She said , ooh she said to me , she said I know Barbara she said it 's no good talking about it you would n't wan na know , she said , you 're alright . |
| 15 | And if you think about it you ca n't get a much bigger turn out than that . |
| 16 | The rowing boat near the weir — only this time they had gone too far and Uncle Albert was not strong enough to row them back to safety ; the study at Uncle Albert 's house looking warm and friendly and inviting ; the professor beetle shouting rude instructions at some little beetles that had got into difficulty ; again a glimpse of her uncle 's study ; then a turnstile — one of those that only turn one way , so once you have passed through it you ca n't get back ; playful light beams now shrieking with fear as they hurtle past the window to their destruction ; walking up the down-escalator and not being able to get anywhere ; yet another brief snatch of the study … |
| 17 | — though to look at it you would n't know ; |