Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] it [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What 's he know about it that we do n't ? |
| 2 | We are let know by it that she is a person of Taste … |
| 3 | To get the most out of TV and radio appearances it is sensible to inform other departments in your organisation who can capitalise on it that the piece will be appearing . |
| 4 | ‘ I can vouch for it that nobody has moved from his or her desk all the time you 've been here , except for Nigel and he has not moved from his corner . ’ |
| 5 | We could walk round to the stables , if you do not object to it — I can vouch for it that the grass is not wet — and then perhaps Miss Araminta will not hear as the horses will not come to the front door . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You can see from it that as the market has changed , so we have changed our services to meet the market needs . |
| 7 | It is also much easier to create a market situation which will see to it that the value goes up . ’ |
| 8 | In an implicit reminder that 380,000 Soviet troops were still stationed on East German soil , he said : ‘ We firmly declared that we will see to it that no harm comes to the GDR . ’ |
| 9 | I will see to it that you are not left with Mrs Ross on your hands . |
| 10 | Did she not understand that I would look after her , that 1 would see to it that she was safe and well ? |
| 11 | While we were among them , they would see to it that we were cherished . |
| 12 | He must seek the advice of the wisest money-brokers and buy a pension scheme if he be self-employed ; he must see to it that he does not over-extend himself on the mortgage front ; he must run a motor car that does n't drink petrol like tapwater and wo n't break him every time it needs a service from a franchised dealer ; above all , he must abstain from vicious pleasures — or if he needs must indulge , then he must do so only in moderation . |
| 13 | The portiere barked some instructions at the boy and made Sandison to understand that Aldo would see to it that the letter got posted . |
| 14 | So you 'd better see to it that Luke and Sonny do n't go often to the village . |
| 15 | Dammit , he deserved to be reported to whatever professional body insurance investigators belonged to and if he upset her father she 'd see to it that he was . |
| 16 | Let them see to it that their power is used effectively in the coming elections for the establishment of a bona-fide working-class party , and above all let them beware of the intriguing politics and hypocritical middle class friends of Germany . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'll see to it that Polly do n't get into any debt again , do n't you worry . ’ |
| 18 | I shall personally see to it that you are put away in a place where not even the crows can land their droppings on you ! |
| 19 | I promised that his further education would be no burden to them , and that after the war , I would see to it that he received a free college education , which should not be denied him , but all I got was ‘ You take ‘ im , Mr Burton , you take ‘ im . ’ |
| 20 | If anything happens to him then I 'll see to it that you 're held personally responsible . ’ |
| 21 | My son will see to it that you have an allowance to meet your everyday needs , and Padre Jorge will instruct you on the sacrament of holy matrimony and your obligations to your husband . " |
| 22 | That was that , for if I now refused my mother would see to it that I regretted my foolishness . |
| 23 | And even if it has n't , maybe Rohmer can see to it that you 'll spend the rest of your life behind bars along with Jimmy Devlin ? |
| 24 | ‘ I mean , Mrs Willmot wo n't be the only one — or rather , Mrs Willmot will see to it that she is n't the only one . |
| 25 | I do n't care how different he is underneath , ’ she cut through Davide 's protests , ‘ how much bluster it is , blusterers make poor husbands , never could make a woman happy for more than five minutes , and anyway , Caterina can do better and I 'll see to it that Rosalba does better too . |
| 26 | If Leary got nothing else , Rain would see to it that he got that . |
| 27 | The worldly-wise orchestrator will rather see to it that there is not an important clarinet part in the aforesaid section . |
| 28 | South Africa , he says , must have friendly black neighbours to her North , and will see to it that Smith ‘ settles ’ with the black majority on terms that achieve this . |
| 29 | Waterstones will see to it that in 1993 bigger and even-better bookshops open throughout the land . ’ |
| 30 | Cumulative selection will see to it that animals are well fitted to outrun their predators or outwit their prey , no less than it sees to it that they are well fitted to the prevailing weather conditions . |