Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [subord] it [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he did n't want to go if it meant leaving Kate behind . |
| 2 | After days of coalition building , Benazir Bhutto could only wait to see if it had paid off . |
| 3 | Now , by the chaos of war , and because the exiled Napoleon had returned to France and thrust a new period of battle on Europe , Sharpe was a lieutenant-colonel in the 5th Belgian Light Dragoons , a regiment he had never met , had no wish to meet , and would not have recognized if it had formed line and charged him . |
| 4 | Not that I 'd have cared if it had gone up . |
| 5 | First of all , though , my words must have stuck because it started to blow a bit during the round , about 20 miles-per-hour I 'd say , but Tony shot a 73 , which was a fair score . |
| 6 | ‘ I know it was a shock for the club but I would n't have gone if it meant leaving them in the lurch . |
| 7 | ‘ I know it was a shock for the club but I would n't have gone if it meant leaving them in the lurch . |
| 8 | We ca n't know what would have happened if it had tried something else , nor ( and this is important ) what would have happened if someone else had tried the original solution . |
| 9 | Once the pursuit is on , it is simply a matter of whether the killer will start to tire before it manages to reach its victim . |
| 10 | Before that she could not bear to leave because it meant leaving Brian behind . |
| 11 | This , with the already established Course I , will continue to operate until it has reached due completion for students currently in training . |