Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [to-vb] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After days of coalition building , Benazir Bhutto could only wait to see if it had paid off . |
| 2 | Unfortunately it does not seem to carry much weight these days , people only want to trust when it suits them |
| 3 | ( c ) When she raised the question of blood transfusions the only response was to lull her into a sense of false security , both the staff nurse , in her express words , and Dr. F. in his demeanour and the obstetrics staff nurse explicitly , all sought to indicate that it did not much matter since there appeared to them to be no prospect of a blood transfusion becoming necessary . |
| 4 | It is not something any pilot would wish to happen on take-off , when power is at full thrust and the plane has only begun to fly as it approaches the end of the runway . |
| 5 | ‘ I just want to play and it looks as though I will . ’ |
| 6 | Not wanting to say that it has an immaterial soul , they allow that a horse has a continued identity despite changes of matter . |
| 7 | The Labour party does not like to know that it has been rumbled . |
| 8 | In his judgment , Lord Justice Dillon rejected Mothercare 's claim for passing off because in particular the book taken as a whole , not merely its title , did not begin to suggest that it had been issued by or sponsored by or was in any way associated with Mothercare . |
| 9 | Right erm I would just like to mention that it does n't say here that the A P C have set up er a separate er lobby group erm on which I have the honour to be a member with Patrick er to try and influence the MPs because one of the things which er is coming out and it 's it 's actually shown in paragraph three point three A at the bottom , the questioning whether the demand should be necessarily met or whether in fact , and this links to the government 's present erm reluctance to direct airlines to work from current unused capacity for example at , at erm at Luton and I think that there may well be some pressure put that er we should try and change that . |
| 10 | In concluding , I would just like to say that it has been a very great honour to be invited here tonight to The William of Orange Memorial Hall , Belfast , as guest speaker at The Independent Shopkeeper of the Year Awards . |
| 11 | If good faith requires only that the holder have no actual notice that the goods have not been shipped or do not correspond to the bill of lading description , the holder does not have to prove that it give value or consideration , as it must under the Pomerene Act . |
| 12 | However , I do not wish to claim that it follows from this that observation statements should play no role in science . |
| 13 | Now she finally had to admit that it had all been a total failure . |
| 14 | Perhaps the mightiest indoor rally ever held in Britain , Mosley had no sooner begun to speak than it became clear that organised Red gangs , each hundreds strong , were occupying positions in every part of the huge arena … with the sole intention of preventing the speech being heard . |
| 15 | Before that she could not bear to leave because it meant leaving Brian behind . |
| 16 | The layer containing the fingers does not continue to thicken until it fills the fluid region . |
| 17 | You ca n't go digging at random , leaving behind mounds of earth until you find the right spot ; you just have to hope that it has n't subsequently been covered by path , patio or drive , and has been sited in the most likely place — under the lawn . |
| 18 | Whenever the model touches the ground , always try to ensure that it does so in a level , or slightly nose down , attitude . |
| 19 | It may even totally refuse to eat unless it knows a familiar food to be especially nice — and poor quality hay can never be put in that category . |
| 20 | When Margaret returns once more to Helstone , educated in reality by the industrial north , she is still grieved to find that it has disappeared and that a new one , tidy and respectable , has been built in its place . |
| 21 | If an agreement successfully passes one or more of these gateways the defendants still have to demonstrate that it passes a more general gateway or " tailpiece " by conferring substantial benefits to the public interest , with the demonstrated benefits outweighing any detriments . |
| 22 | The lessons learned from the operation of this different way of determining merit will be carefully evaluated to see if it has potential to be applied also to HNCs and HNDs in the future . |
| 23 | We 're also told to say that it has ‘ strong separation of the interface from the implementation . ’ |
| 24 | But the company insists that property profits will probably continue to rise as it buys and sells assets to reshape its business . |
| 25 | A standard is acceptable on the authority of ‘ Be aware ’ to the extent that , when most aware of the recurring situation to which it applies from the viewpoints of those affected by it , one is spontaneously moved to act as it prescribes — which is what makes the standard feel right . |
| 26 | Bloody man , I do n't want to see that it 's got three on it . |
| 27 | But he did n't want to go if it meant leaving Kate behind . |
| 28 | Xerox is today expected to announce that it has called in New York investment banker Goldman Sachs & Co to try to find a buyer for the company . |
| 29 | I do n't like to read because it takes my mind off myself . |
| 30 | They 're on a life raft , where the thing is n't going to float if it does n't get good notices . |