Example sentences of "[vb base] it [adv] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's what , I mean we used to turn ours off of about nine , half nine and like you say it just used to tick |
| 2 | In essence the process consists of mixing vegetable and animal wastes , adding a base to neutralize acidity , and managing the mass so that the aerobic micro-organisms which break it down can work to the best advantage . |
| 3 | It 's hard hard to say how much that would have helped the situation out there I mean it definitely would have helped in some degree , but I mean there was still all the oil that was present on the platform in the separators except those which were left under pressure all that would have had to burn . |
| 4 | erm I mean it really must make them feel like the world 's gone haywire . |
| 5 | To be a nation , said Ernest Renan , one of its great modern theorists , the individuals who make it up must have forgotten many things . |
| 6 | One is that a long tail indicates an extremely fit male : to grow such a tail and carry it around will take extra energy . |
| 7 | Well I do n't think it would give a burnt taste but I think , I think it probably could do quite a lot of good for it . |
| 8 | But I mean , surely i if there 's not enough to go round then those that need it most should get most ? |
| 9 | And you could go and get er a get a good dinner for anybody w yeah when they was poor if they had fish and chips for their dinner you see it never used to cost them all that much for for a dinner . |