Example sentences of "it [be] [pron] [noun] to do " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's your chance to do something fro the environment and show that you really care about the damage litter causes . |
| 2 | ‘ But it 's your job to do things like that . |
| 3 | And then it 's your time to do it , that 's all . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's my place to do so , ’ he countered . |
| 5 | ‘ I feel that it 's my job to do what a lot of film-makers in the 80s did , which is to tell you , ‘ do n't worry , be happy . ’ |
| 6 | I am an elected representative of the people of Northern Ireland , three thousand three hundred of our people have been murdered , that 's the equivalent of a hundred thousand people in Britain , it is the responsibility of every elected representative to do everything in their power , everything in their power , to stop that , The least responsibility that they have , the least they can do , is enter into dialogue directly with the people involved and I apologize to no-one for that , and if anybody is telling me that I 'm tainted because I do that , you know , I do n't know what sort of minds they 've got , because I think it 's our responsibility to do everything in our power to bring this violence to an end , and what 's more , what I 'm doing has massive support of ordinary people on both sections of our community because I have never in my twenty years experienced the nature of the support and the way that it 's being expressed to me by people in the streets , by telephone , and in particular by |
| 7 | It is their instinct to do so . |
| 8 | It is our job to do so . |
| 9 | It is our aim to do the same on the draft treaty on political union . |
| 10 | So it is possible to look for ways of ordering our responses to technology and resource allocation in a morally responsible way ; and , being possible , it is our duty to do so . |
| 11 | Certainly , it is my instinct to do so . |
| 12 | To play the COOPERATE card means to play the female role when it is your turn to do so . |
| 13 | She did n't think that it was her place to do so nor did she want to appear to be a burden to the man she loved . |
| 14 | It was her job to do this , because Martha bruised so easily . |
| 15 | She had to do it , because it was her nature to do it . |
| 16 | From this slimly positive sign she instantly gathered optimism , as it was her nature to do , and , forcing aside despair , proceeded to concentrate on the only course of action , she sensed , that could save her . |
| 17 | It was their turn to do the talking ; he would manage better without Bacci now . |
| 18 | Now you did n't have to copy everything , but Uncle Jonathan was very meticulous and anything that there would be any debate on , or any discussion on , he always made a copy and it was my job to do this without smearing it . |
| 19 | I think I 'm making my point , I have been saying for some time now that given the fact that all that security has n't produced the results , the logic of that is dialogue , and when I see the opportunity as I saw it , of dialogue , direct dialogue with Mr Addams that could lead to a total cessation of this violence , I felt it was my duty to do so . |