Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] it [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 It should be a close race on paper , but when it comes down to it we 'll see what happens .
2 But I have to say that they 've been the major percent of them er we think if only they would knuckle down to it they would do it .
3 But when it comes down to it you ca n't do it can you ?
4 if they wanted to come along to it they could
5 She gulped hard , struggling to suppress the impulse to laugh , knowing that if she gave in to it she would not be able to stop .
6 Tomorrow she really must settle down to serious work on her novel ; time was slipping past , her deadline was approaching and if she did n't get on with it she 'd have Joe making agitated phone calls and coming down to visit .
7 And to make up for it I 'll treat you to a slap-up lunch in Haverfordwest . ’
8 If he gets fed up with it he 'll just stop and we wo n't mind .
9 Probably she 'll be so wrapped up in it she 'll feel differently . ’
10 However , he knew that if he failed to live up to it they would not take his word again .
11 Or the fall out about it they could still all three prove .
12 When you find out about it you could have Dr. Zimmerman lodge a complaint if you want . ’
13 That caveat notwithstanding , those close to Mr Bush insist that there was an effort to get a non-military solution , and that if Saddam Hussein had reached out for it he could have walked away from Kuwait with something gained from his adventure .
14 If the trial goes so badly that the plaintiff wants to take the money out during it he must , as was decided in Gaskins v British Aluminium Co Ltd [ 1976 ] QB 524 , make an application to do so , and he must have the defendant 's consent even to make the application .
15 She agreed with Gilbert that the souls of the dead are in the hand of God and , as for herself , she was persuaded that there is nothing in this world or out of it which can separate us from the love of God .
16 Out of it he could see Barry , his bike propped up against his house , mending his chain .
17 You have been doing the right thing by cutting out the dead wood you found in spring , but these plants do get very straggly , and to get the best out of it you will need to be a bit more ruthless .
18 I used to listen to other children describing holidays in Bournemouth or Butlin 's or Benidorm , and not wanting to feel out of it I used to invent mine because I had never been anywhere !
19 Looking back on it I could not figure out what went wrong as I had done exactly as instructed but nobody had ever really said much about fallen trees or currents and especially not in such a small part of the river .
20 If you look back at it you will see what a transformation has already taken place .
21 Mm but I , I mean I can use it as it is now but anything else on to it I would find it difficult .
22 I might have to hold on to it You 'll have to get people to you know .
23 There was never my my view and and one day I shall if I ever get round to it I might set this all out .
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