Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [noun sg] [conj] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was going to have fun if it killed him , to coin a phrase . |
| 2 | A witness said : ‘ Two engines cut out and the plane started to eject fuel as it lost height . |
| 3 | The chair of the NEC said that it was forced to take action after it uncovered widespread irregularities and blatant corruption on the part of both recognized political parties — the National Republican Convention ( NRC ) and the Social Democratic Party ( SDP ) . |
| 4 | ‘ It did n't seem to bother Ally but it did concern me . |
| 5 | It continued to lose weight until it caught the attentioin of a neighbour who reported to the RSPCA that winter . |
| 6 | After school , I had to get practise and it took about one and a half hours to get there . |
| 7 | Melman told the tale of an American car parts manufacturer where one plant elected to perpetuate Taylorism when it installed computers , and the other agreed ( as a condition of collective bargaining ) to train workers to program , In the first plant , workers were designated ‘ operators ’ and paid $12–50 an hour ; when their machine malfunctions they nip the on-off switch and call in a repairman . |
| 8 | However , most boards tended to extract material when it suited them and rarely adhered to the time-scale or suggestions for different kinds of activity . |