Example sentences of "it [vb -s] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As long as it plays I suppose . |
| 2 | It moves me playing it and it upsets me playing it , it 's very upsetting to play Alfie , because A he 's such a disastrous man as a person d you know you think oh god I do n't really wan na be playing this man for sixteen weeks but the part is so wonderful and the play is so rich that you ca n't help s sort of s submitting to it and putting yourself in the position of being a masochist I suppose . |
| 3 | I do n't know how it goes I 've forgotten but it it 's from the angels do the next thing , ha |
| 4 | big plates of meat horses , and er there you are , that 's how it goes I suppose . |
| 5 | That is why it disgusts me to see the nobility of grief caricatured in this way . |
| 6 | ‘ It — it disgusts me to think that I 'd let you kiss me that way . ’ |
| 7 | He has a mordant wit , ‘ t is plain , and it diverts me to teach him our language as he serves me . |
| 8 | ‘ It angers me to think he is still on remand . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ If the king my brother-in-law is ill , then it behoves me to see him , judge what may be done to assist him and inform the queen-dowager . ’ |
| 10 | But I mean , you know as it stands I mean you would n't want it and they would n't want it . |
| 11 | Even now it has me enslaved — so that I must follow this madman willynilly and protect him from harm . |
| 12 | The last superintendent said we ca n't and I think the point you 've raised is very valid since they actually stopped that facility said that they 're not allowed in there it has I think gone into a situation where it is n't a very quite place erm and there problems about what goes on there etc and I think need to look at it . |
| 13 | It wants I keep meaning to hammer it in . |
| 14 | I sha n't be sorry to get home to Blackstone Rd , it worries me to think of the damp and the dirt , I hope you did what I said and aired all the rooms and linen like I said and got a good cleaning woman in like I said the same as with you , I hope . |
| 15 | Why I said I do n't think it matters I said cos I think |
| 16 | er I mean it depends I suppose the extent to which there 's any tutorial element but I mean erm whether they have you there for a week or something and teach you some of the practical |
| 17 | And it frightens me seeing the youngsters coming out carrying . |
| 18 | It frightens me to think that not only are we so vulnerable to these monsters but also that we are constantly blamed for being provocative or careless . |
| 19 | It allows me to savour the end of the conflict , to enjoy it in a way I could not have done if it had really happened , that is if a few words had been exchanged , spoken with difficulty through the barbed-wire taboos that separate people in so-called intimate relationships . |
| 20 | I find this mode of evaluation very important because it allows me to see how the child is thinking , and to what extent they are thinking about problems they are being presented with , whether it 's shallowly , or whether they are actually going into it in some depth . |
| 21 | It hurts me to see the team so low in the table . |
| 22 | And it hurts me to think of her , helpless in that woman 's power . ’ |
| 23 | Just do n't mention that person , as it hurts me to think about him . ’ |
| 24 | no , no it hurts I 've turned thing round , I put it there |
| 25 | And the next time it happens I remember this , but instead of making me determined to do better , I freeze again . |
| 26 | They were lies , but as it happens I had met him before . |
| 27 | they offered me two for a boat , right and they offered me one while I was there , then I got home and they offered me one that late that evening , job , erm working like that was a Thursday and they wanted me to start on the week Monday , I could n't do it as it happens I had to give my weeks notice here get out there that quick , so I fucking said , I said to myself well they 've first day , they 're gon na offer me a few more , so yeah they offered me a couple more but way from so , a bit unlucky I , I wished I 'd fucking taken it |
| 28 | As it happens I know a man in London who can handle the operation there for you . ’ |
| 29 | The other possible way of answering your question is to think in terms of having a large project in which you would write a whole series of poems that would add up into a book , which as it happens I have just done , since I have just published a book of poems which are all retellings of bible stories , and there the subjects quite clearly came from the outside , though I mean unless they latch onto something inside you they wo n't make poems . |
| 30 | ‘ As it happens I do . ’ |