Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [adv] [verb] it " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I 'm afraid I do n't know how else to explain it .
2 I did n't know where else to get it in .
3 But he 'll work late tonight doing it again .
4 Test ; the yarn must run freely so move it backwards and forwards .
5 It did n't work very well did it Stuart ?
6 Does n't work anywhere else does it ?
7 True , it was not so spectacular as earlier assaults on it , such as the Arab-Israeli war of 1973 , so it is hardly surprising that Israeli leaders should have so contemptuously dismissed it , so patently failed to understand its revolutionary import : that , for the first time , the enemy was offering the prospect of the civilised , peaceful , negotiated settlement for which Israel had clamoured since its foundation .
8 Perhaps they reasoned that even if he managed to slip clear of the ropes he would have so far to fall it would n't matter .
9 It do n't take long now does it ?
10 You 'd have well basically timesed it by three .
11 ‘ Well , I did n't have anywhere else to put it at home ! ’
12 But me luck do n't hold out forever does it ?
13 Nevertheless , the real value of land is constant ; and capital invested in it will not deteriorate with inflation ; in the long term the purchase of a smallholding even at inflated prices , can make sense if the buyer can hold back enough to put it in order , and stock and equip it .
14 Tim and I are just simply out of sync at the moment — I ca n't think how else to put it .
15 Of course , yo you do n't go tell him , it do n't come on there does it .
16 I do n't think I 'd live long enough to see it mature .
17 He did n't live long enough to understand it .
18 yes , anything else ? there must be something else you can put up there to make it er ,
19 Do n't know what they 're gon na come out like did it with my camera .
20 Well do you think actually so to make it more What could be done to actually make it more attractive to traders ?
21 Jessica and Mallachy had moved beyond armed politeness , but not significantly , and there was a palpable edge to many of their exchanges that Karen assumed meant they fancied each other , but could not climb down enough to acknowledge it .
22 might say well just do it the end of the year .
23 He 's just like Tony , he 'll say alright then get it done , get it sorted out and Tony will say well we ca n't really afford it now or no I 've change me mind now I do n't think , you know
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