Example sentences of "it [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a moment she heard the engine of the Mercedes , and she heard it zoom down the hill with a squeal of tyres . |
| 2 | Just let it stay with you and then breathe it away . ’ |
| 3 | And does this thing go away or does it stay for ? |
| 4 | ‘ And how long did it stay behind the wall ? ’ |
| 5 | That 's what makes it think to the name do n't he ? |
| 6 | If you do not feel the tinkling , repeat the hum but make it lower in pitch . |
| 7 | She is thinking of her new novel ( ‘ Letting it germinate for a period ’ ) and seems very busy and hungry . |
| 8 | Images of food drew it onwards to the tall , detached house at the end of the street ; thoughts of petting and cuddling from its playful , pleasant owners made it scamper through the shadows . |
| 9 | Women have grabbed rock by the balls and made it squeal in agony . |
| 10 | Unix System Laboratories has a new marketing programme it 's calling Flood Gates that will see it knock on end-user doors on behalf of Destiny with OEMs in tow . |
| 11 | How does it compare to other models for security ? |
| 12 | Of course , the question you 're asking is , how does it compare to the recently rereleased International 3D Tennis ? |
| 13 | How does it compare to your one then , how do you feel it compares to your one ? |
| 14 | Reporter asks : How does it compare to sevens ? |
| 15 | Did it compare to the , the film ? |
| 16 | How does it compare with the country as a whole ? |
| 17 | It is not a serious one for the discipline , nor even in human terms does it compare with the undesirable side-effects of technological innovations in practical life and scientific research . |
| 18 | Your home life in India , how does it compare with here , the sort of home you had ? |
| 19 | How does it compare with other polities ? |
| 20 | Wh what about er runway lengths , obviously depends on what it 's carrying but er how how does it compare with existing aircraft for that ? |
| 21 | What did he used to earn and how did it compare with ? |
| 22 | Let us ignore for the moment what Labour actually means by that ; how will it deliver on its promise , bearing in mind the fact that the nuclear industry is already ring fenced , gas contracts have already been signed and committed to combined cycle gas turbine plant , and coal imports are perfectly legal under European law ? |
| 23 | Children who were presented with a nonsense syllable alongside more and less in a variety of contexts made it contrast with more and less by adding or subtracting much smaller amounts ; by adding or subtracting everything ; by introducing some quite different manipulation ( stirring , flicking , rolling , tossing up and down , mixing both piles together ) , and so on . |
| 24 | Having lived there f for a few years , erm how did it contrast with what you actually expected ? |
| 25 | But , in pantomime fashion , he let it fumble from his hands and Clarke could hardly believe his luck as he rolled the ball from into the empty net . |
| 26 | Did it arise through the actions of private bankers or a central issuing body established by the government ( or a former colonial power ) ? |
| 27 | ‘ For if art is freedom of the spirit , how can it exist within the oppressors ? ’ |
| 28 | Then he said : " May heaven rain with fresh myrrh , may it drip with incense upon the roof of the temple of King Seneferu . " |
| 29 | Spread out the seaweed into the shape in which it is to be pressed while still in the water , then slowly lift it out of the basin , keeping it flat , let it drip for a while and then place it on a waterproof surface . |
| 30 | But it feels strange : when you look at it in the bowl , it looks too runny to be fun , but when you touch it , it 's the squelchiest , stickiest sensation ; it turns to spaghetti when you let it drip through your fingers and it 's stodgy enough to make into patterns , swirling in different colours and practising making faces , people , letters and numbers . |