Example sentences of "[vb -s] it [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it is a slow-moving species , then it must rely instead on provoking a panic response in the attacker , a response that sees it pull back in horror and retreat to a safe place . |
| 2 | The Ring makes anyone who sees it wish to gain possession of it and the more often it is seen , the stronger this desire becomes . |
| 3 | It tenderises it and helps it retain its natural juices . |
| 4 | Its hard wood helps it resist cold winters , and its thick-skinned grapes are almost impervious to rain , disease and insects . |
| 5 | Cos it helps it mend . |
| 6 | Its speed helps it survive to have children ; and therefore more copies of all its genes , including the gene for fast running , are passed on . |
| 7 | Culture clash : Norman eats it up , while Wildski ( right ) lets it go to his head |
| 8 | ‘ You got that sort of money ? ’ he said , ‘ even if Bert lets it go , he will want a pretty penny for it . |
| 9 | ‘ The hammer ’ , Hortensia said , ‘ is actually a ruddy great cannon-ball on the end of a long bit of wire , and the thrower whisks it round and round his or her head faster and faster and then lets it go . |
| 10 | Squeezes it , and lets it go . |
| 11 | Slipped out of the hand quite obviously that , it was n't a deliberate beamer we must add that , that 's went out today , thirty-four , here 's Lawrence , bowls outside the off stump and the new batsman who is not yet off the mark , lets it go through to the wicket keeper . |
| 12 | Three joints let it move its gripper to any point in 3-dimensional space ; and then two more let it point its gripper in any direction ; the sixth lets it twist its gripper round the gripper 's axis ; and the last opens and closes the gripper . |
| 13 | Hewlett-Packard Co is now shipping HP OpenView Distributed Management Platform 3.2 , a release that lets it manage OSI as well as TCP/IP networks . |
| 14 | But the outflow is perennially full , white water pouring down to where the moor cleaves open and lets it fall to sea . |
| 15 | To come upon someone with it curling all over his face is astonishing enough to overlook at first a certain glassiness to his left eye — until , that is , he absent-mindedly lets it fall to dangle from its string . |
| 16 | After the next kick off , Arse reckon they 'll try that again , only this time Lukic jumps at the ball on the edge of his area , makes a nerve-jangling hoke of it and nearly lets it get to an Arse player before scrabbling it away . |
| 17 | That lets it use software that standardises such products as deposits and instalment loans . |
| 18 | This lets it challenge psychology 's notions of the basically asexual nature of subjectivity , and of the fixity of female and male sexuality . |
| 19 | And if he 's not in I lets it ring . |
| 20 | Simply , the need for delegation arises where one person feels it appropriate to ask a subordinate to carry out tasks which he or she would normally do . |
| 21 | ‘ Where does it lead , then ? ’ |
| 22 | Where does it lead to ? |
| 23 | What is the light within you , and what does it lead you towards ? |
| 24 | Does it lead to — even require — greater openness , or does it close the mind up ? |
| 25 | Does it bring it back mem memories for the last ten years ? |
| 26 | Nowhere does it speak of central control . |
| 27 | ‘ Does it speak to you yet ? ’ |
| 28 | If so , what does it cover ? |
| 29 | What does it cover ? |
| 30 | Does it cover the sort of topics which interest you ? |