Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [noun] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was infuriating to have let anger steal his tongue as it had . |
| 2 | Why did Diniz not send me word when it happened ? ’ |
| 3 | There must be some height , call it h , such that an animal would just break its neck if it fell from that height , but would just survive if it fell from a slightly lower height . |
| 4 | ‘ Kenton Ward is like our second home and it would break our hearts if it closed . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd lend you mine but it looks too good on me . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ But it can touch my hand if it likes . ’ |
| 7 | Faced with the prospect of partial closure if it ca n't convince its parent that it has a viable future serving third party customers , IBM France SA 's plant is energetically laying plans to exploit its skills in chip packaging , in particular IBM 's proprietary technology for surface-mounting chips on multi-layer ceramic substrates to create multi-chip modules . |
| 8 | She could n't see his expression but it did n't take a fool to realise that distaste and contempt must lurk there . |
| 9 | After sex the man should withdraw his penis before it gets limp , as otherwise the rubber may come off . |
| 10 | You get used to it … and you can always see your friends if it gets too much ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ Try a selection from the Desert Song , topped up with a few choruses of Cool clear Water , Midnight at the Oasis or Caravans which may convince your bird that it has come to wrong place . |
| 12 | It also indicated the slave trade as a peculiarly appropriate object upon which many evangelicals could exercise their benevolence since it constituted a burden of individual and national guilt and in its international character provided a way of extending and giving reality to the notion of mankind as a family . |
| 13 | The pressure for daily or weekly production may often trivialise their comments but it does keep them in touch with what is going on . |
| 14 | And he said , " Very well , I will bless your bottom as it sticks out of the hole . |
| 15 | I 'd wait and take my chance when it came . |
| 16 | The ape will slap its thigh when it sees a dog or sign ‘ gim me food ’ when it can be supposed to be hungry ; or reverse the process , if the trainer signs , by producing the appropriate object . |
| 17 | To accept the truth of these accounts is a simple but giant step , and one which the academic and professional community is by its own self-definition incapable of taking : a social group which bases its very existence on its own claims to cleverness would risk its life if it opened even one ear to the voices of fools and heretics , especially when the topic itself is about foolishness in the form of ‘ learning difficulties ’ . |
| 18 | This closed architecture does have its drawbacks as it becomes hard , if not impossible , to expand the system outside the manufacturer 's original specification . |
| 19 | Yet he was also reluctant to let events stifle their friendship before it had properly begun . |
| 20 | Can I have your approval that it goes to the rest of the Council then ? |
| 21 | You can almost see them hold their breath when it dawns on them that they understand that Christianity is true . |
| 22 | So let her empty her bladder after it 's been sitting there overnight , and then a nice fresh sample . |
| 23 | She heard Ana scream her name but it had all happened so fast that she was stunned . |
| 24 | She knew Ember 's hand would steady her elbow before it did . |
| 25 | The BBC does n't deserve our support if it insists on betraying Selina Scott and promoting the less charming Esther Rantzen |
| 26 | It does n't restore your loss but it does remove your fear . |
| 27 | It will affect his livelihood if it turns sponsors away . |
| 28 | ‘ If you think I 'm standing waiting for a charging animal the size of a tank to reach me … how on earth do you grab its nose before it tramples you into the turf ? |
| 29 | So wide does the Palace cast its net when it comes to official entertaining that some of the invitees can find their fellow-guests a real let-down . |
| 30 | However , the CITUB announced that it would continue its strike until it saw guarantees of the character of the new government . |