Example sentences of "[vb infin] it [verb] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not that Eliot harboured any illusions about the efficacy of his work — although Notes … was selling well , he did not expect it to have much influence . |
| 2 | Let's be fair , now ; I do n't expect it makes much difference to Mrs Morgan , or her cat , " Mr Smith said , and a small smile played over his lips as he glanced at Dan Ashton , who grunted and looked down at his feet while Smith continued , " whether you were joking or in deadly seriousness . " |
| 3 | I can see it snaking this way and that through Laverne 's flapping fringe . |
| 4 | I 'd like it to stay that way , do you hear ? |
| 5 | At the Federal level there is an Office of the Co-ordination of Soil and Water Conservation , but it has a tiny staff and its position within the Ministry of Agriculture does not enable it to have much influence on land-use decisions . |
| 6 | The company believes the strength of its Rosemary brand , plus the ‘ state-of-the-art ’ technology installed at its new Bedworth plant , will enable it to achieve this aim . |
| 7 | Sorry , I did n't mean it to sound that way . |
| 8 | ‘ I did n't mean it to sound that way , ’ Ruth huffed . |
| 9 | I did n't mean it to happen this way . ’ |
| 10 | You did not mean it to happen this time . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't think it made any difference to my career or Peter 's , ’ says Finney . |
| 12 | " I do n't think it makes much difference where we do a bit of scratching , " he said . |
| 13 | But , I do n't think it makes any profit , but , you know , profit . |
| 14 | Do n't you think it makes any impact ? |
| 15 | I , I , I take all the planning and what the officer is saying , but I mean do n't you think it makes more sense from our point of view than we realize . |
| 16 | Must be the leaves I think because I do n't think it flowers this shrub here . |
| 17 | ‘ How d' you want it done this time ? |
| 18 | Sources say there were only really four companies behind COSE : Unix System Laboratories Inc , Hewlett-Packard Co , IBM Corp and Sun Microsystems Inc : beyond that , says the source , Santa Cruz Operation Inc had to fight to get in and the Open Software Foundation was not a party to the negotiations ; but the real power behind the throne , although it does n't want it to appear that way , was of course Novell Inc . |
| 19 | The power behind the throne , though it does n't want it to appear that way , was Novell Inc . |
| 20 | During all the years that the Scottish Select Committee existed , I do not recall it undertaking that task . |
| 21 | It was just incompetence that I did n't get it done this week . |
| 22 | Those whose attitudes are negative and who consequently will have a powerful filter , even when they understand a message in the second language , will not allow it to reach that part of the brain responsible for language acquisition . |
| 23 | And my employers Fitch ( Groupe Bull , Southern Electricity ) lost more sleep over whether the colours in our new letterhead would allow it to make any sense coming off a client 's monochrome fax machine than they ever did about the evocation of caring values . |
| 24 | She drank automatically when It was over , noticed only when her glass was empty and did n't let it stay that way long . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'll let it go this time Gatesey , but one of these days I shall have to give you what I should have given you when we were kids . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ All right , Michael , I 'll let it go this time . |
| 27 | Just before he got a good grip he went , he got a grip and he was just about to squeeze this , I went I sort of went of tiptoes and I goes , I 'll let it slide this time . |
| 28 | This is me , I goes , I goes I 'll let it slip this time cos you have n't seen me for a few weeks . |
| 29 | I was actually gon na open it put some bleach round the edge . |
| 30 | But complaining , I mean , if he 's got ta complain it means that quality assurance is n't there . |