Example sentences of "[vb base] [subord] it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Add the rice to the pan and cook until it becomes opaque . |
| 2 | I wait an wait till it gets warmer |
| 3 | So you know , in time of crisis , I mean if it goes any cheaper , they 'll get less and less money . |
| 4 | In the U K we seem to keep the equipment for twenty years and then complain if it goes wrong before we have to throw it away . |
| 5 | We know if it made any note of where we 're meant to be going . |
| 6 | Brothers Max ( the mechanic ) and Edwin ( the engine tuner ) both raced themselves ( bikes and car rallies respectively ) but quit when it became obvious that Bradl was destined for the big time . |
| 7 | In practice — I doubt if it makes much difference . |
| 8 | So of his falling in love with Mrs Moore we are merely informed that ‘ even if I were free to tell the story , I doubt if it has much to do with the subject of this book , ’ and of his father 's death in the late summer of 1929 that this ‘ does not really come into the story I am telling ’ . |
| 9 | Yet the time has come when many doubt whether it remains sensible to persevere in recycling the classical law in order to incorporate all the new challenges to its doctrinal system . |
| 10 | I wonder if it looked better if it was a bit bigger . |
| 11 | Reading this poem urges us to ask what ‘ essential history ’ is and wonder if it has some ritual pattern . |
| 12 | It 's grown on a , a north facing wall so bit , bit more now I think if it got more sun . |
| 13 | I think if it becomes clear that if it does n't happen in February we 're going to have to really reappraise the situation , |
| 14 | I think if it makes any difference to you we 've got a thingy whirring away there . |
| 15 | It is sometimes referred to as the ‘ broad monetary base ’ ( ‘ broad' because it includes operational balances in the Bank of England as well as cash ) . |
| 16 | This I much regret as it contained some of the most valuable things you had collected viz. the bird you call the Whiteheaded Swallow , all the Cinclosomas etc . |
| 17 | He really must get back to the library and see if it had any more books on the subject . |
| 18 | I have been advised to leave it alone and see if it gets better . |
| 19 | well what I 'd like I think I 'd like people to do is go away and read this and see if it makes any sense when you 've actually sat and studied it . |
| 20 | Change only one thing at a time and notice if it stops crashing or not . |
| 21 | Picture yourself having chosen each option in turn , and see whether it feels good , even if it feels scary . |