Example sentences of "[vb past] it [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | The Vatican 's decision to allow the exhibition organisers free choice of any volume in the Library is a result of a debt of gratitude towards the Library of Congress , which , in the 1920s and 1930s , helped it modernise its systems . |
2 | But production only reached 421,000 last year and the real bright spot was Land-Rover , whose Discovery model helped it achieve the best year for sales since the first Land-Rover rolled out in 1948 , while productivity jumped 25 per cent . |
3 | This ‘ Champagne ’ image helped it recover . |
4 | THE FT-SE 100-Share Index fell nearly 50 points by mid-afternoon yesterday and was in imminent danger of dropping below 2,900 before a late rally helped it recover to close at 2,915.9 , down 37.5 on the day , in busy trading . |
5 | Set up in 1985 mainly to service the supermarket sector , Elm 's emphasis on technical innovation , product quality and customer service helped it build a strong customer base and penetrate international markets . |
6 | Last year Philips petitioned Brussels for this price rise , without even telling Sony , the Japanese company that helped it develop the digital disc system . |
7 | Over the same period , Joe has been one of the players who helped it develop from its infamy as the so-called sign of a mis-spent youth to become a symbol of sporting success . |
8 | Buick also sorted out its muddled product line and drew up a marketing plan that helped it sidestep the most intensely competitive part of the American market . |
9 | When he let it go the ram trotted off , barging through the other sheep with the lukal bulging out on either side across its ribcage . |
10 | then vanished when she let it go . |
11 | ’ His face creased into a fierce frown of concentration , then he let it go , shaking his head . |
12 | He let it go at that , smiling to himself as he suggested to Iris Sunderby that she go up to her room and put her things together . |
13 | If Iskandara said anything of the matter to James , he let it go no further . |
14 | It was too big a puzzle and she let it go although it gnawed away at the back of her mind . |
15 | Jenna had doubts about that now , but she let it go . |
16 | Then she let it drop again . |
17 | Its significance was lost on him and he let it drop , confused . |
18 | Alan gave it back to him , but when he had had two mouthfuls he let it drop . |
19 | Her hand reached up to smooth her already immaculate hair before she let it drop abruptly when she saw the amusement on his face . |
20 | He smiled thinly , looking pointedly at her hand , and she let it drop to her side . |
21 | Moving the light round the half-circle , he let it rest on the third stone from the mouth of the chamber on the right hand side — the one which had been so prominent in his ‘ photograph ’ . |
22 | She let it rest in his but said nothing . |
23 | She let it rest for longer than she should have done and then moved slightly away . |
24 | She let it grow to about half , then left it and took his testicles in her cupped hand . |
25 | I had a friend who had long hair and she , she let it grow right the way through . |
26 | She let it build , momentarily forgetting the dangers in arguing with him . |
27 | She let it soak while she searched again among the water colours . |
28 | I put a good bit on there and soaked it let it soak in . |
29 | She let it lift her arms toward him . |
30 | But , in pantomime fashion , he let it fumble from his hands and Clarke could hardly believe his luck as he rolled the ball from into the empty net . |