Example sentences of "[prep] it but [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm He drew from the Bible at least one maxim , I think his grandmother was also in favour of it but he certainly was , ‘ Do not , or is it , Never follow a multitude to do evil . ’ |
| 2 | If someone very close ( a member of your family , for instance ) were to come into the room while you were in that state , you would be aware of it but you probably would not move or do anything about it because it felt ‘ right ’ . |
| 3 | That should have been the end of it but it most certainly was not . |
| 4 | Really careful with it but you still pick the outline up cos it 's in that area . |
| 5 | When I signed up for the trip I really did n't know just what to expect ; when I got my packet information I wondered how I would stand up to it but I soon found I adjusted very well and even though I had never slept in a tent in a tent in a sleeping bag or had any experience canoeing I did OK . |
| 6 | There was obviously some sort of sexual element to it but I just did n't know what to do next and expected this man , who was about two or three years older than me , to , in some way , tell me or indicate to me and so I followed him without talking to him . |
| 7 | In that case I 'll hang on to it but I really think she ought to , actually I 'll I 'll take round there when I 'm home . |
| 8 | If regression can find the reason for the initial onset of the phobia — that first , frightening occasion — it may not be sufficient to put an end to it but it certainly stops the sufferer feeling that he is simply being ‘ weak ’ and ‘ foolish ’ or ( as one of my patients put it ) that he is ‘ going out of his mind ’ . |
| 9 | that combine , the she just trod on it but she never saw it ! |
| 10 | ‘ I slept on it but I still was n't sure exactly what was going on . ’ |
| 11 | In a way I think so , I mean if were quite honest about it but we also see ourselves mirrored in whoever we love we see ourselves mirrored in their eyes which is a very comfortable sort of feeling . |
| 12 | ‘ There have been constant jokes about it but we quite like it because every time our names are called out we see a row of smiling faces . |
| 13 | Cos they s cos that 's compressed in , these barrels , and that was all done abroad and once these barrels broke , well you could n't do nothing about it but we never , they never , there was none of that wasted , never . |
| 14 | Occasion ally they were vaguely sad about it but they never considered adopting . |
| 15 | You know which I I i wa , I was n't totally embarrassed about it but I just we , I think she was , you know , that sort of generation and that era , which I hope with my son it will be totally different , like come to me and say anything you like , you know ? |
| 16 | and she goes why , I goes well every time I got , when I went out the other night and when I come in the other night there was Helena with her arms round Andrew , so it 's not that I , I 'm worried about it but I just think it 's a bit tarty of her cos she 's fancies the pants off Pete and as soon as my back 's turned and Pete is n't there she 's all over Andrew . |
| 17 | She said but I 'm not gon na do anything about it but I just think he 's nice . |
| 18 | its really cold , yeah oh that was good , I enjoyed that she 's still there , she 's a Lance Corporal now as well and I must admit well I , I did n't think she 'd ev , she was always crying but I never thought she 'd actually do very well in the T A , did n't seem to have the get up and go about it but she obviously sorted herself out and got , Spambo Man they called me . |
| 19 | Some obscure threat needled her ; Jezrael could n't stop worrying at it but it never burst into knowledge . |