Example sentences of "it and [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | so let's get rid of some of it and let's make the angle theta . |
2 | If we can improve let's hom let's home in on it and let's improve it . |
3 | Okay what I ask you to do as with being assertive , first of all be clear about what it is that you 're going to try and do , be clear about what it is and what the situation is , explain it to the partner and then try it and let's see how it doing . |
4 | Think about it and let's have a proper talk . |
5 | Sometimes , when a volcano erupts in the sea , massive carpets of floating pumice accumulate on the sea around it and may drift a long way from it . |
6 | Please note that where an area is marked for cyclists ( as in Middle Meadow Walk ) pedestrians have not been physically excluded from it and may use it ; also children or dogs may run on to it unexpectedly . |
7 | School led ( be it school based or off-site ) INSET has much to commend it and would appear to be a very productive and effective means of meeting the development needs of both the school and the staff . |
8 | The caller had sounded a little bewildered , but had said that he was glad to hear it and would telephone again sometime . |
9 | Nevertheless we crave it and would do anything for it . |
10 | ‘ If that could be carried forward , the Government would be very glad to see it and would give as much help as possible . ’ |
11 | Hank had no doubt that , sooner or later , old tabby-cats like the MacDonald woman would get wind of it and would give his mother hell about it . |
12 | There was always too much to do and although she hated it when she came as a young bride , she had grown to love it and would defend it with her life . |
13 | Nor does the contrary proposition , that the law does not contain the clear meaning if the legislators did not intend it and would have rejected it if it had been brought to their attention . |
14 | It was a bitter pill to swallow , but he took it and would try to act as a man should . |
15 | The Head of Department then said that he considered that the criticism had been constructive , that he accepted most of it and would try out various changes . |
16 | It would mean our new South Ayrshire hospital leaving the NHS as we know it and would pave the way for a two-tier health service in Ayrshire . ’ |
17 | They used to cut it up and pretend to eat it and would cut out all different kinds of shapes . |
18 | Anyone want to pick up the ball and run with it and would question whether it is considered necessary and does it give you sufficient guidance at strategic level ? |
19 | He had a good time , said he really enjoyed it and would like to go again , and I had all the washing done for me — he did n't bring anything home dirty except the previous day 's clothes . |
20 | The semantic net does not have a particular linear version burnt into it and must distinguish different history subsections by giving them distinct names . |
21 | Lucille herself never used her title , but she knew Sharpe was perversely proud of it and must have informed the Prince of its existence . |
22 | Occasionally this contrivance could overshadow the less congenial reality which lay behind it and could override the more mundane , everyday exploitation of work on the land , but this , given the conditions under which farm workers lived and worked , was only sporadically successful . |
23 | She looked at it and could see no fault ; she thought of Lucy and did n't care . |
24 | Restlessly Leith moved over to the window , but while the view from her room was quite exquisite , she saw nothing of it and could see only Naylor 's furious face as he accused her of leading Travis on . |
25 | Potter paddled for it and could have made it . |
26 | The old nineteenth-century role of Parliament as a body which chose the government , maintained it and could reject it , which operated as an intermediary between the electorate and the executive , has gone . |
27 | Joan had thought of it and could understand Anne 's feelings . |
28 | Hence although a larger corpus will alleviate the problem of insufficient data it will not cure it and can lead to other problems . |
29 | The second problem with knitting too many rows of tuck is that if a needle is n't knitting ( and , when tucking , it is n't ) it pulls up the knitting on the needles either side of it and can prevent them knitting off correctly . |
30 | Your reading will be useful only if you remember it and can do something with it . |