Example sentences of "[verb] it [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The earth is trying to move on a straight line through space-time , but the curvature of space-time produced by the mass of the sun causes it to go in a circle around the sun . |
| 2 | PI KI SKAB WE The parasite that afflicts man and Tig Gag in its various larval stages and , while burrowing in the brain of the Tig Gag , causes it to speak like a man |
| 3 | Has it to do with what you said as you 'd tell me one day ? ’ |
| 4 | What has it to do with you ? ’ |
| 5 | " Has it to do with Timothy Gedge ? |
| 6 | And what has it to do with me ? ’ |
| 7 | What has it to do with you ? ’ |
| 8 | What has it to do with the ‘ urban ’ ? |
| 9 | Here we are , two ex-lovers , talking about another pair of ex-lovers , and what the hell has it to do with us and what the hell do you hope to gain by keeping me here ? |
| 10 | Dave as the horse is known gets excited although you would n't know it to look at him now . |
| 11 | Her car was still in the garage waiting for a visit from the insurance assessor before work could start on it , but she did n't need it to get into town . |
| 12 | At first the dog may only sniff at them but you should soon be able to encourage it to play with them . |
| 13 | When you are in a situation where you have to clean up after your dog it is advisable to encourage it to defecate on a surface which will make the task easier . |
| 14 | Wherever you are out with your dog try to encourage it to defecate in a place where you can clean up easily afterwards . |
| 15 | It may be possible to encourage it to stay in one area by fitting a spotlight of the mercury vapour variety . |
| 16 | Because of his considerable talent as a storyteller , Chongo was able to entertain his audience and the same time to encourage it to think about moral problems , sometimes in a new and challenging way . |
| 17 | THE threat of higher taxes in next week 's Budget gave the stock market a severe panic attack this week , when the FT-SE 100-Share Index was within 20 points of the 3,000 line , which the bulls had confidently expected it to reach by Budget Day . |
| 18 | Mr Catlett , a plain and practical man himself , pronounced it to rhyme with poor-net . |
| 19 | Yes , she does n't know how to work it to begin with but she |
| 20 | The police say several thousand pounds was stolen … the elderly couple were keeping it to pay for their burial . |
| 21 | At 0630hrs a PBY spotted a Japanese midget submarine as it approached the harbour defences and shot and depth charged it to sink in the harbour . |
| 22 | " In any art festival it is difficult to have fee expression by the artists and expect it to appeal to all the different social groups . " |
| 23 | The latest draft of the European Commission 's plan for telecommunications seeks deregulation of cross-border services within the Community from January 1996 and of all services , domestic and international , by the start of 1998 , Reuter reports from Brussels , and phone companies expect it to press for deregulation of phone service despite the industry 's reservations — ‘ It 's far too ambitious — we 're not opposed to deregulation but this is too fast , ’ Charlotte Pins , a director of corporate communications at Belgium 's Belgacom said ; France Telecom said it backed ‘ setting sights on 1998 or 2000 ’ as a deadline for freeing the phone service , but Community-wide rules on access to national networks , costs , tariffs and public service duties would have to be agreed shortly . |
| 24 | And , although this huge deficit is in large measure a consequence of the fall in tax revenue and the cost of unemployment in the recession , the IFS expect it to remain at this level for some years even if a gradual recovery does take place . |
| 25 | Some traders expect it to fall to 3,100 within the next few weeks . |
| 26 | I think it 's quite legitimate for this Committee to take that twenty thousand because it 's there , and to say to itself , post budget we will have to look at the whole of the areas covered by budget protection to find the replicated twenty thousands in future years , and not just expect it to come from registration . |
| 27 | And , although this huge deficit is in large measure a consequence of the fall in tax revenue and the cost of unemployment in the recession , the IFS expect it to stay at this level for some years even if a gradual recovery does take place . |
| 28 | The old Indian ding-a-ling is being flogged by Sotheby 's on Friday , who expect it to fetch between £800 and £1,000 . |
| 29 | It is offered for sale by estate agents Knight , Frank and Rutley who expect it to fetch between £1m and £2m . |
| 30 | ‘ Sugar is still a growth market and we expect it to grow by roughly 2 per cent a year for the next 25 years , ’ he says . |