Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've used a balloon in Africa but you tend to go where it wants ! |
| 2 | Why do they have to go where it says : Danger ? ’ |
| 3 | Also perhaps you could inform me if it is possible to run the 14k MSDOS in the upper memory , or does it have to remain where it is . |
| 4 | I had to find where it was . |
| 5 | Unless there is dire reason to attempt its destruction , Castle Drachenfels must be left to stand where it is. |
| 6 | Ages seemed to pass although it was only moments , until a pollen-laden grass flower tickled his nose and he sneezed himself back to life again . |
| 7 | Some institutions , such as Mitsubishi Bank , are doing well to worry that it might . |
| 8 | I know that if I suddenly start feeling pains anywhere in my body , I do n't have to worry that it is the side effects of drugs , as , regrettably , some athletes do . |
| 9 | But technology and global competition will eventually put more people to work than it makes redundant |
| 10 | They are also happy to accept that it is only because we have these mental states that we behave as we do . |
| 11 | The first rule of surviving a disaster , I had written , was to accept that it had happened and make the best of what was left . |
| 12 | Nicholson appeared to accept that it was possible , but no special relationship was formed between them . |
| 13 | Man himself has to decide on the nature of ‘ goodness ’ , and to accept that it has to be found within the life on earth as it actually is . |
| 14 | ‘ Five minutes — as long as it took to accept that it was a fact of life and then find my lawyer 's phone number . ' ’ |
| 15 | The combination of this group of activists with either the residents or the workers was likely to raise questions on the continued operation of the factory , rather than demands for it to be operated safely , as the activists refused to accept that it was possible to work safely with asbestos or other toxic substances , following their similar rebuttal of threshold limits for exposure to radiation in the anti-nuclear movement . |
| 16 | On each of her periods at Hillmarden he had still clung to the faint hope that she was improving , only to find at the end of a week or a fortnight she had made no progress at all and that when Harry — good baby that he was — occasionally cried , this was enough to make Celia so distraught that Brian was forced to accept that it was better for all concerned if mother and baby remained parted . |
| 17 | ‘ It is unreasonable for us to accept that it is commonplace for people like our Cabinet Ministers to have affairs , and yet to consider that someone like the Prince of Wales is unfit for the job . ’ |
| 18 | Simultaneously , Boardrooms across the USA began to accept that it was not always possible or desirable to rely entirely upon home-grown talent , and that managers and executives could be interchangeable between apparently quite different types of business . |
| 19 | But I 've come to accept that it 's far more sensitive and vulnerable than my other possessions and it can not be hauled back to the manufacturers at the first sign of malfunction . |
| 20 | He had hinted , as Maureen had done , that Pascoe was guilty of fraud but did not implicate him in the murder , and invited Wickham to accept that it was a political killing . |
| 21 | When my hon. Friend is discussing rights , I ask him to accept that it should be emphasised that a guillotine gags Parliament and many others outside . |
| 22 | It has had to accept that it can do neither without a deal with the opposition . |
| 23 | Most sceptics about natural selection are prepared to accept that it can bring about minor changes like the dark coloration that has evolved in various species of moth since the industrial revolution . |
| 24 | The whole jape took on a rather serious complexion when the police refused to accept that it was all a joke . |
| 25 | Erm Mr Donson seemed to accept that it was er right for local planning authorities through their district wide open plans to give effect to policies in P P G seven for protecting the countryside for its own sake and he er mentioned landscape policies and then development minutes amongst other things . |
| 26 | I think you 've got to you 've got to accept that it is a legally binding contract , all of the policies , and I think you have to realise that in any arrangement that you make erm where there is a degree of legality , there has to be parameters put down . |
| 27 | ‘ I have been in tennis long enough to know that it can . |
| 28 | A quick glance between Rose and the girls was enough for them to know that it was better to make no mention of their elder brother . |
| 29 | The child needs to know that it is not his fault that everyone is so upset and that someone has died and he is not being punished . |
| 30 | It has a soft , waxy nature and chemically it is important to know that it is insoluble in water . |