Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [conj] it [vb past] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her previous calm gave away to terror that escalated until it threatened to overwhelm her . |
| 2 | The Council also voted unanimously to request the UK government to declare a continental shelf around the Islands , and announced that it hoped to pass legislation " before Christmas " enabling it to sell exploration licences for oil and other minerals . |
| 3 | Just imagine what your reaction would be if you were given a brand new washing machine and told that it had to last you for seventy years or more . |
| 4 | Within the Labour Party the Socialist League was finding that its attempts to remould policy were resented and rejected and it began to look for allies outside the Party . |
| 5 | She looked back at Nuadu and knew that it had to work . |
| 6 | The Northern Ireland Office was shaken to its foundations and accepted that it had to curtail drastically the activities of the Provisional IRA and be seen to move against the more violent gangsters in loyalist urban districts . |
| 7 | ARGENTINA last night reaffirmed its claim to the Falklands , but added that it intended to recover the islands peacefully . |
| 8 | For instance , there is a shared student common room , shared toilet facilities for all students ( there is one adapted toilet/bathroom ) , and equal access to facilities such as the juke box ( donated by the Students ' Union , but removed when it failed to show a profit ! ) and the vending machines . |