Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [to-vb] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Those of us who have recollections of the cocktail party organised in conjunction with Lady Margaret Hall seem to remember that it went off rather well .
2 Camille had to agree that it did seem preposterous that anybody they had known should be dead .
3 Vic tried to argue that it did n't make any difference how many toilets you had , it was the number of times you flushed them that mattered , but his father was convinced that having so many toilets was an incitement to unnecessary peeing , therefore to excessive flushing .
4 There were considerable differences within the country at all social levels about the new religious practices ; aristocrats like the Montagues tried to compromise but it became increasingly difficult .
5 The S.N.M. declined to attend and it seems that General Aidid did not do so either .
6 Mike Rowbottom went to see if it works .
7 Mungo had to admit that it did not .
8 The DTI refuses to ackowledge that it misinterpreted the EC directive saying :
9 Barton failed to clear and it fell to Preece , who fired in his third goal of the season .
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