Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [to-vb] it [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I need to know the wiring for the Nato socket as I intend to use it for towing my caravan , but will need to alter the wiring to suit or obtain another Nato plug and add the 12n/12s plugs to this . |
| 2 | And one other thing : when I take my three-year-old daughter out , the child seat gets pushed sideways by the back-seat cushion , so I have to straighten it by putting a book under it . ’ |
| 3 | But of course , the danger on the other side of the coin , if you simply rely on that , is that you actually begin to loose focus , or you begin to ignore it without meaning to , inadvertently . |
| 4 | ‘ In the end it 's all about the way you organise all your output and you have to relate it to satisfying the client , ’ Mulvie said . |
| 5 | Beer seems such a simple drink that we tend to take it for granted . |
| 6 | Within the Western tradition of art we tend to take it for granted that much can be learned from the study of the art of the past and , traditionally , copying from the works of the Great Masters was one of a young student 's most important tasks . |
| 7 | Technology is so pervasive , so much an intrinsic part of modern life , that we tend to take it for granted . |
| 8 | For the rest of us , it seems commonplace and obvious that we should be able to think , imagine , perceive and remember in the ways that we do , and we tend to take it for granted that the rest of the world has the same sort of experience of everyday life that we do . |
| 9 | Ferguson said : ‘ There has been a lot of speculation about Lee Sharpe and we want to end it by saying clearly what is wrong with him . |
| 10 | We are in negotiations with the local authority for planning permission , and we hope to obtain it for housing on some of that land . |
| 11 | And we try to explain it by saying the craft is accelerating — it 's being pushed on by the rockets placed at that end of the craft . |
| 12 | The staunchest opponents of reform strike a revealing pose : rather than argue against it , they seek to undermine it by espousing an extreme version . |
| 13 | They aim to finance it by attracting a minimum of one million households paying £10 a month each for access to the football-only channel . |
| 14 | People with valuable secrets ought not to allow subordinate employees … to obtain knowledge of this kind , and if they choose to do it without warning them they will find it very difficult to claim interlocutory relief successfully " . |