Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] [conj] [vb infin] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there is an existing pipe organ and it is of good quality , it may prove to be more economical in the long run to restore rather than replace it . |
| 2 | ‘ United thought we were just going to come here and hump it , get 11 behind the ball and hold on . |
| 3 | Worried , Wilson confided in Mrs Browning that she feared Ellen might not have received her letter , the posts being so very variable , and was instructed to write again and have it sent with a reply paid , a system she was assured was possible if expensive . |
| 4 | Though the space was suddenly there for us , we still had to come forward and claim it . |
| 5 | Informed of this impasse , Mr Baker instructed the civil servants to go away and sort it out , which they did with admirable diplomacy . |
| 6 | ‘ Tony was thinking of packing it in over a month ago but I told him to go away and talk it over with his family first . |
| 7 | Once the series of movements has been learned , the student is expected to go away and practise it day after day until he can execute each technique flawlessly and without thinking . |
| 8 | They decided to go outside and slug it out but Swanson stopped them , saying they would draw too much attention . |
| 9 | I 'll have to go elsewhere and get it |
| 10 | I am sorry it took place but I promise you it would be wisest to go home and forget it . ’ |
| 11 | They told me to go home and talk it over . |
| 12 | He probably was told to go home and take it easy , you know , and |
| 13 | He decided to go home and pick it up , and in fact he was seen going up St Giles ' on his bicycle towards North Oxford . |
| 14 | It had disturbed her enough , and even if the unwritten reproof had been solely in her own imagination she was not about to look again and check it . |
| 15 | When science found ways of easing pain , both physical and emotional , most people preferred to abandon rather than understand it . |
| 16 | If an insolvency practitioner is appointed as interim receiver , he must give security and if he fails to do so and keep it up , then he can be discharged as interim receiver ( rr 6.54 and 6.55 ) . |
| 17 | I do n't know what it is about it , but I find I have the urge to sit here and enjoy it . |
| 18 | The young prune wears his tie crooked , and I keep expecting the policeman to lean forward and straighten it . |
| 19 | They may suck on it until it dissolves sufficiently to swallow rather than chew it and so meal-times take a very long time . |
| 20 | Shifts of labour were therefore organised , and these tall fortress-like structures were lit from top to bottom at night , and presented something new and dramatic to those who had the leisure to stay outside and contemplate it with detachment . |
| 21 | But it 's clear his orders are to stay outside and keep it verbal , and soon he comes on heavy with the landlord 's message . |
| 22 | He knows what he wants , and he means to go forward and grasp it , but ever he turns aside , or his feet lag . |
| 23 | I have to go upstairs and get it . |
| 24 | He told me to go ahead and finish it . ’ |
| 25 | ’ Well , you have my permission to go ahead and distribute it this morning . |
| 26 | After its initial ratification of the Montreal Protocol [ see ED 49-50 ] , India has refused to go ahead and sign it . |
| 27 | Having told me that everyone was advising him to record it , I told him to go ahead and do it , but not with me . |
| 28 | Erm I know it 's easier said than done sometimes but er it has to be your decision because even if you went ahead and were confirmed , we were tal talking about the idea of sometimes parents bring pressure on them on you to go ahead and do it and be confirmed , erm when perhaps you 're not do n't feel ready for it and it takes a lot of courage to stand up and say No I 'm not ready . |
| 29 | ‘ All kinds of typographical fireworks are now made possible by computers and that has generated its own trend : if this or that trick can be done , then it soon becomes fashionable to go ahead and do it . |
| 30 | They had to go ahead and do it . |