Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [adv] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're the one 's who unashamedly say , Europe has to go forward if it does n't go backwards . |
| 2 | As I changed from listening to walking mode , I tried to work out whether it had feet or flippers or ran on rollers . |
| 3 | The first pruning after planting is the important formative prune — the plant can not be expected to grow right if it does not start right . |
| 4 | For many of us it was a huge disappointment ; a paradox , too , that a people who had proved themselves historically and geographically over and over again , who had shown a rare talent for managing the affairs of other people , should choose to chicken out when it came to managing their own . |
| 5 | One can then choose to say either that it constitutes the difference by virtue of having a particular internal ‘ feel ’ associated with it , or that it is itself the difference , simpliciter . |
| 6 | I 've got to go back and it takes me sometimes twice , sometimes three times when you get all this rubbish that he has to take round . |
| 7 | ‘ You mean you 're going to help even if it kills me ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ And sitting on a wrecked pod that 's going to blow up if it does n't blow away first is just way too safe for me . |
| 9 | With such a commitment , McDonnell-Douglas may then decide to pull out if it concludes that the industry is not big enough for three profitable producers . |
| 10 | Disposal of our domestic rubbish is something we tend to forget about once it 's been picked up by the dust-cart . |
| 11 | As families grow , the home appears to shrink proportionately until it seems to almost bulge at the seams . |
| 12 | ‘ The means of accomplishing these points did not immediately present themselves : but early in 1765 it occurred to me that , if a communication were opened between a cylinder containing steam and another vessel which was exhausted of air and other fluids , would immediately rush into the empty vessel , and continue to do so until it had established an equilibrium : and if that vessel were kept cool by an injection , or otherwise , more steam would continue to enter until the whole was condensed ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ Our losses were mainly due to promotional activity from our rivals , but we decided to fight back and it has paid dividends . |
| 14 | ‘ This guy got fed up with it , threw his skis over one ridge and started to climb over when it collapsed . |
| 15 | While there is at present no firm indication that Christie 's will be following suit , the auction house will have to act quickly if it does decide to raise the rate in order to get the new terms out for the renewed contracts for American consigners which will be issued in the New Year . |
| 16 | He aims to please even if it means putting his principles in cold storage and his policies in the mixer . |
| 17 | but he worked through and he managed to get out that it said appreciation |
| 18 | And yet , says Renate Olins surprising positives may emerge : one initially devastated client in counselling began to reflect that her husband had started to play around because it made him feel a bigger man . |
| 19 | ‘ With a three-stroke lead it 's almost inevitable that you start to look ahead and it happened to me . ’ |
| 20 | I got up quickly , as I had n't really started to drop off when it went , and ran down to get there before my father . |
| 21 | That one is deliberately being allowed to dry out because it 's got to be re-coopered cos it never worked properly . |
| 22 | After the Baltic Exchange explosion , the Government agreed to move in as it had done before in Northern Ireland , to act as ‘ insurer of last resort ’ , and the necessary legislation is in the Reinsurance ( Acts of Terrorism ) Bill published on 5 May this year . |
| 23 | and she had to go home before it finished . |
| 24 | ‘ At one time you had to box straight until it ended . |
| 25 | The fire was caused by an employee of the defendants negligently forgetting to extinguish a gas flame under a chip fryer before leaving the premises for the night , with the result that the oil in the chip fryer continued to heat up until it caught fire . |
| 26 | Oliver wanted to go there because it had a sheltered terrace where they could sit outside , but it was too full of memories : it was the place where Rain had sat on her own while Sabine Jourdain was fighting for her life on board the Jonquil , where Tim had left behind his wallet , where Rain had first seen the pedlar . |
| 27 | ‘ We have to find out where it went . ’ |
| 28 | To understand why damage to Broca 's area impairs speech we need to know both where it gets its input from and what it does to that input . |
| 29 | The second use of the z value is in depth cueing in which the intensity of the line is chosen to dim gradually as it recedes from the observer . |
| 30 | However , as it is the only qualification in this area , we have endless problems in discouraging people from attributing to it all sorts of accreditations for which it was not designed and have to point out that it does not qualify people to interpret , give advice or act on behalf of others . |