Example sentences of "[verb] to [pron] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the western consensus based on the traditional liberal interpretation has now broken down , many of the most distinguished scholars in the field remain firmly committed to it and it continues to inform conventional wisdom among non-specialists in the West . |
| 2 | After the ceremony , she and Ludovico went to Chiesa Santo Spirito , at the end of their road , where Ludovico had arranged for them to be blessed , explaining to her that it had no religious significance and did not endanger her non-Catholic soul . |
| 3 | In fact , it never occurred to me that it made a difference until I was in a trial and a scout said ‘ We 're quite interested in the coloured lad ’ and that was the first time I realized they thought of me as anything other than my name . |
| 4 | And it occurred to him that it had almost always been like that : he the serious and thoughtful one , and the one he loved mostly careless and unconcerned . |
| 5 | His first impression was that somebody had started to construct a small harbour , but then he saw a shallow groove cut in the face of the cliff which must at one time have accommodated a pipe , and it occurred to him that it had probably been a sewage outfall . |
| 6 | ‘ Tell me , Uncle , what happens to everything after it 's been squashed down ? ’ |
| 7 | So a lot of it 's going to go through the big pipe and then what happens to it when it 's come through the , the , these three pipes ? |
| 8 | It is seldom simple and even the more experienced operators make mistakes , often because they do not understand the difference between source — what the original sound is like — and acoustics — what happens to it when it leaves the loudspeakers . |
| 9 | So our involvement was for it to be presented to us before it came to this meeting . |
| 10 | And that 's what she done to hers and it looks really nice . |
| 11 | Picturesque asymmetry appealed to him because it enabled him to allow the logical sequence of the rooms and considerations of service and privacy to determine the entire plan from of the house without any unnecessary duplication of accommodation . |
| 12 | As Agnes hurried down the street it came to her that it had been tactless of her to talk about life being dull and with no bright future ; for had they any bright future ? |
| 13 | But , although I hoped very much that he would be here , it seemed to me that it mattered little whether one knew anybody in the camp or not . |
| 14 | ‘ It seemed to me that it did not please you greatly when you first tasted it . ’ |
| 15 | Bathed in the bright sun of Italy and glittering with social and commercial success , it seemed to her that it had always been menaced by dark shadows , many of which , Constance sometimes thought , had sprung up almost to punish her for leaving this remote area so early in her adult life . |
| 16 | I am speaking now of its Belgrade side , of the old men in the Academy who wished to complete Serb history because it seemed to them that it had not been properly completed back in 1918 . |
| 17 | Another experience was when he was praying before the crucifix in San Damiano and it seemed to him that it gave him the message , " Build my church " , which he immediately interpreted quite literally as , " Save this church from crumbling into ruins " . |
| 18 | It did n't occur to her that it showed off her pretty fair hair to perfection , and did wonders for her figure . |
| 19 | And that 's the way around that little er Again it 's something that you 'll Does n't occur to you until it 's come upon you , you 've dealt with it and you 've realized it is a problem . |
| 20 | They did n't have any control , certainly , and not even very much knowledge as to how the commodity — and I 'm talking about cotton , rubber , tea , copper , bauxite , coco , sugar , coffee and so on — what happened to it when it enters the market of a developed country . |
| 21 | ‘ Perhaps you should see to it before it blows us all up , Nurse . ’ |
| 22 | Environment is the soil and water that permits it to sprout and grow , or sees to it that it does n't . |
| 23 | And Seve 's back was a real pain — the cold got to it and it troubled him so much that we had to go and find a physiotherapist . |
| 24 | ‘ We had very little work to do to it because it had been kept in great condition throughout its time as a lifeboat on the Isles of Scilly , ’ he explained . |
| 25 | Discourse treats the rules of grammar as a resource , conforming to them when it needs to , but departing from them when it does not . |
| 26 | It seems to me that it does n't put a lot of weight on the grass . |
| 27 | It seems to me that it lacks somehow a soul or a purpose . |
| 28 | One interesting feature of this discovery seems to me that it 's been a combination of different individuals approaching it almost laterally , in a sense , because you 're not an astronomer , particularly , are you ? |
| 29 | On European monetary union , it seems to me that it has long been the cherished aim of Conservative Governments to find a means by which we could control the value of our currency — to make it predictable in its exchange rate , as it was for much of the 19th century . |
| 30 | The answer seems to he that it does not . |