Example sentences of "[to-vb] it [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That old smarty pants Dr Samuel Johnson was fond of saying that a woman preaching was like a dog standing on hind legs — it was not done well but it was surprising to find it done at all . |
| 2 | Then one evening , Cendrars was delighted to find it gone . |
| 3 | ‘ So you were n't entirely surprised to find it gone ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Everyone 's got fed up with that lame club PA vibe , they want to hear it done better on stage than on record again . |
| 5 | The sides of the curtain were held in tracks to help it run smoothly . |
| 6 | Do n't have to do it done that one . |
| 7 | Otherwise , it would be safer to keep it hidden . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , it — it is in my interests to keep it hidden , I admit . ’ |
| 9 | Or mayhap ‘ t would be more pleasurable to watch it done by another . |
| 10 | So it 's funny to see it written in stone , as it were , something that I did off the top of my head . ’ |
| 11 | I , I have the feeling that it helps you to see it written down |
| 12 | We have the finest peo band of men looking after our fire service so I have never had any doubt , I did n't really need this report to tell me , but it is nice to see it written down , to see just exactly what they 're doing . |
| 13 | Guy swore to bury de Raimes under his own keep and he 's going to see it done . ’ |
| 14 | As for the Japanese theme last year at Grosvenor House , it was good to see it taken seriously by exhibitors . |
| 15 | The Government regard themselves as bound by that principle , and we expect to see it carried out by the management of the health service . |
| 16 | Irvine , California-based Western Digital Corp has filed a patent infringement suit against Conner Peripherals Inc over a patent relating to intelligent disk drives — last year Conner and Alps Electric USA Ltd bought the patents of the bankrupt PrairieTek Corp and Western Digital said it expected Conner to sue it based on two of these PrairieTek patents and on two patents developed by Conner , and its own suit is a pre-emptive strike . |
| 17 | But preferable to have it stated under the buyers ' own signatures , and by you on taking instructions . |
| 18 | ‘ I have felt for a long time that the only way this issue was going to be resolved was to have it fixed on a political level — that it would n't just fade away . |
| 19 | Well if you have got it right you will have to have it achieved number seventeen , which is success |
| 20 | It has survived many more recent attempts by central government to have it replaced but since a major overhaul took place in 1986 this fine landmark has a secure future . |
| 21 | I entirely agree with this decision and with the passage cited but it is important to note that when Nolan J. spoke of the alternatives which ‘ must both be made available to the subject ’ he was , as I think , clearly referring to the alternative on the one hand of allowing the breath specimen to stand and on the other hand of exercising the right to have it replaced by a specimen of blood or urine in accordance with section 7(4) . |
| 22 | , Norwegian fisherman are so worried about pollution from Dounreay nuclear power station that they have suggested that their government unite with those of Iceland and the Faroes in the creation of new jobs for those working at the plant , should their campaign to have it shut down prove successful . |
| 23 | An MP who 's been campaigning for years to have the road improved said tonight that he 'll be pressing the government yet again to have it upgraded to a dual carriageway . |
| 24 | A person affected by a forfeiture order may appeal to the Crown Court to have it withdrawn or delayed . |
| 25 | Cos he has to have it undercut , cos that 's hard . |
| 26 | You 've always got to have it checked out . |
| 27 | Where blackgrass heads protrude above your crop it may be worth mailing a handful of seed to ADAS to have it checked ( see page 42 ) . |
| 28 | I am thinking of purchasing a new Ninety Diesel Turbo hard top , is it possible to have it converted to take a full canvas tilt and who would undertake such a conversion ? |
| 29 | Ward had often threatened to have it converted into a work room but , as is the case with most attics , it remained nothing more than a storehouse for junk that was n't wanted elsewhere in the cottage . |
| 30 | Someone who suggests a new idea only to have it squashed may deduce that the context is not one for putting forward ideas . |