Example sentences of "[vb base] it [to-vb] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When your side wins an election , you expect it to help its followers by giving them plenty of undemanding if not very well-paid jobs ( kicking out the other lot 's placemen in the process ) , arranging nice little contracts , inventing new pension wheezes , and so on . |
| 2 | It has not yet reached that target and I urge it to re-examine its spending allocations to make sure that it does . |
| 3 | No , do n't get it till I want it to buy her present . |
| 4 | A phenomenon which can occur on a high speed reach when air bubbles work their way down the skeg and cause it to lose its grip in the water . |
| 5 | Rough roads , however , of the sort council repair crews seem so keen to create , ruffle it slightly and cause it to slap its tyres on the road in protest . |
| 6 | The mountains cause it to drop its rain on the east side of the island until January . |
| 7 | On the one hand , there will be those whose belief in the concept is so definite and so fixed that they almost allow it to rule their lives . |
| 8 | Instead we allow it to open our letters , read them and tell us how to reply . |
| 9 | Try to offer the dog 's favourite food at this stage , and allow it to have its meals in quiet surroundings . |
| 10 | We may be convinced in our minds of the Bible 's authority : we will be even more convinced when we allow it to have its authority in our lives . |
| 11 | They may refer to it or harbour it secretly and allow it to sour their trust and love . |
| 12 | You can either reproduce it in its entirety ; adapt and expand it to accommodate your impulse purchases ; or simply extract from it , to put into other planting schemes , the plants that take your fancy . |
| 13 | But whatever the circumstances , through our technical resources we can use some element of the main music and adapt it to serve our purpose , so that unity is preserved . |
| 14 | Only drink bottled water — check the seal has n't been broken — and use it to clean your teeth . |
| 15 | When you have typed in your work , move the cursor back to the very beginning and use it to guide your eyes by moving it down the screen at the left-hand margin as you check each line . |
| 16 | Its power and capabilities are vast , Blackwells use it to produce their book catalogues which are both complicated and BIG . |
| 17 | The sun 's light has the greatest significance for plants , which use it to manufacture their food through photosynthesis . |
| 18 | Other countries use it to increase their exports . |
| 19 | You use it to blacken your hair . |
| 20 | Say hello , and ask it to send its energy towards you , to ‘ speak ’ to you . |
| 21 | The transfer forms which the company will receive for registration enable it to amend its register in the light of the transactions . |
| 22 | The CME hopes to entice more foreign users to its product range and thus enable it to globalise its contract markets without the need for linkages or extending pit trading hours . |
| 23 | Chicago-based advertising screens on shopping trolleys specialist VideOcart Inc has persuaded IBM Corp to let it restructure its $42m debt to IBM , to provide the company with relief from near term debt payments and enable it to attain its business goals : a $22m debt would replace the existing debt , giving VideOcart a one-time balance sheet gain of $20m ; terms of the new agreement include waiving all principal and interest payments until July 31 , and VideOcart retains its rights under a previous agreement with IBM that allows early repayment of the new $22m debt at any time for $17m in cash ; VideOcart also agreed to cancel a warrant granted last year to IBM to buy 540,000 VideOcart shares and grants a new warrant to buy 600,000 shares at $1.75 each ; from August 31 to December 31 , interest only payments will be due , but payments of $500,000 a month will be due beginning on January 31 1994 and will continue for 35 months , and a balloon payment will be due on December 31 1996 , although IBM has the option to convert the balance of the debt into VideOcart common shares at $8 a share on that date . |
| 24 | ‘ I only eat it to annoy your uncle . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Then maybe you do it to upset your mum . |
| 26 | But we do it to keep our self-respect , to show to ourselves , each one to himself or herself , that we care . |
| 27 | Then I take back my Daily Telegraph , fold it to hide his envelope , and return the paper to my pocket . |
| 28 | WIC , which has stakes in several regional brewers , also has to comply with the orders , which require it to reduce its stakes below 15 per cent . |