Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [verb] [subord] 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | But the company insists that property profits will probably continue to rise as it buys and sells assets to reshape its business . |
| 4 | Because their nasal openings were on the top of their heads they could even continue to breathe if it became necessary ( see p. 115 ) to totally submerge . |
| 5 | Sun is clearly demonstrating to Bill Gates some of the black arts on which the Unix industry has cut its teeth — more of which Microsoft can undoubtedly expect to face when it launches its Windows NT challenge . |
| 6 | This dynamic could not indeed have developed as it did without the very considerable influence behind the scenes , particularly in the preparation of documents between sessions , of leading consultants whose theology was indeed far beyond that of any but a handful of bishops : Congar , Rahner , Philips , Chenu , Courtney Murray among others . |
| 7 | As the vote approached , it seemed likely that the favoured version would not actually stop spending if it went over a cap , but merely require a special vote to approve or disapprove it . |
| 8 | Stan might truly have forgotten if it had not been for the crash of the falling chair . |