Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] it [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 It was a more than intellectual comprehension ; and to write of it she must strive to become that meeting .
2 After a flight to the east , your body is behind the new local time and to adjust to it you will have to advance your body clock .
3 If the before I come to go past it he would cut back in and and climb across even if if the next car then back in again you 're just going , you start out of line
4 Maybe they even try to swim against it which might account for the length of time that passes before they reach European waters .
5 — though to look at it you would n't know ;
6 Actually , there was a footpath through Wardle Wood from near her village , and if she had dared to go along it she could have walked to Brownies in not much more time than it took her to ride by way of the long winding lane ; but she was sure she had n't the courage to go through the witch 's wood by herself .
7 Because once you 've got a computer running for your main application then you can always find other things to do with it which may help you to improve your business .
8 If people had to put their hands in their own pockets and had to pay for it they would not drink so much . ’
9 Tribunal chairman Mr Brown said : ‘ The cause of the trouble is free alcohol if people had to pay for it they would not drink so much . ’
10 So it 'll be nice to see the tables turned , and Mr start , keep rather quiet about the number of extra policemen , sorry , police officers needed in this county , and other counties in the country , because he 'll have to pay for it himself wo n't he ?
11 What are you 're dou if you 've got to think about it you may there are obviously some questions in your mind .
12 Come to think of it what can be more Irish ?
13 On the other hand , now I come to think of it I ca n't see why they should go round clanking chains .
14 I must find him before I sail home , and come to think of it I 'll need to fix the boat too !
15 ‘ Come to think of it I 'd have given you the oranges even if you 'd said no . ’
16 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 .
17 Come to think of it you could call anyone by a name which is not their own and make them sound stupid .
18 Went shopping or whatever , as I say , it , it , it , a couple of days or whatever you feel , if you , if you , if you want to get into it you might find you want to do them all
19 You will perhaps be affronted by my frankness Ellen but I am distressed and if you were to think on it you would understand .
20 So , erm you might not get on to number four , if you do , or I tell you to start , can you think of two or three images to add to it which would , which would fit in with the others .
21 We have seen that caf can have several roles ; to move toward it we must break away from keeping our learners straightjacketed in systems that do not allow them to express their individual needs and ideas .
22 Opportunity will come and in teaching the youngest of us to prepare for it we will all of us be fitter to take it should it come our way . ’
23 When the time is right to speak about it we shall do so .
24 erm but if you 're , what if you 're actually going to step on it you may as well be at work for the day .
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