Example sentences of "[to-vb] it [vb infin] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 I shut the door behind me , because I do n't want to hear it crash as I walk down the path .
2 It also needs a second additive to help it dissolve and raises the vapour pressure of petrol , which can cause havoc with a car 's Fuel pumping system .
3 Tiny protein structures protrude — like flagellae to help it move and pili to attach itself to surfaces .
4 Trafford education authority has received about £13 million in the past two years to help it reorganise and improve its schools .
5 AEA itself has appointed consultants and merchant bankers to help it develop and refine its work on strategic options as its contributions to the DTI review .
6 With everyone in the room so happy , Seb tried hard not to let it show that he was the only one less than ecstatic over the forthcoming wedding .
7 The event had been going through a lean period and had degenerated into a glorified booze-up , but there were some who were interested in keeping it alive and they got together to decide if they were going to let it go or make an effort to put it on its feet again .
8 But they 're prepared to let it stand as the prices are at the moment cos they 're under pressure .
9 And to think I was such a fool as to let it happen when I was thirty-five ! ’ ’
10 But the Rugby Union has seen fit to let it degenerate and from next season , when it 's played at the same time as the divisional championship , it will be virtually kaput .
11 Wuthering Heights , the October production was also casting difficulties which were only resolved in August unfortunately due to a severe bout of flu I did n't get to see it hear that all reports spoke of yet another quality production .
12 The Reich had been injecting money into Danzig to make it appear that Forster and his pals were able to find the resources to create employment projects through their superior management skills .
13 For we are taught both by the words of worthy men of old and by our experience that this is a most certain sign , and it has been found that even if she be urged and exhorted by solemn conjurations to shed tears , if she be a witch she will not be able to weep : although she will assume a tearful aspect and smear her cheeks and eyes with spittle to make it appear that she is weeping ; wherefore she must be closely watched by the attendants .
14 It was possible that Riddle had committed suicide in such a way as to make it appear that he had been murdered .
15 I make sure , then prepare to leave , but I want to make it appear that I entered and left the church like a ghost .
16 Mrs. Hamblin had not intended to make it appear that the car belonged to the trader .
17 And Eddie Gilfoyle , who had been having an affair , tried to make it appear that she 'd committed suicide , it was alleged .
18 He has a bald head and a long beard , the combined effect of which is to make it appear as though his head is stuck on upside down .
19 The next thing was to make it eat and drink .
20 You felt he had to make it happen or die . ’
21 He intended forcing the killer off the road , in such a way as to make it look like he had lost control of his car , overcome by loss of blood from his bullet wound .
22 What can we do to make it look like we care about the unemployed ?
23 What can we do to make it look like we actually care about training ?
24 What can we do to make it look like we care about the unemployed ?
25 What can we do to make it look like we actually care about training ?
26 ‘ WE WANT to make it look as though it 's a wine merchant , ’ says Tim Waters in Clapham 's Wine Rack , south London , one of Thresher 's five prototype high-street wine shops .
27 At the CNPF , France 's business and industry lobby , there are complaints that the government has been fudging figures to make it look as though targets have been met .
28 To make it look as though the ship is lost at sea .
29 The whole approach to their wardrobe is more considered , but their trick is to make it look as though they have n't given their appearance more than a passing thought .
30 Someone had arranged a scatter of sea-shore pebbles on a low trunk , trying for a random pattern to make it look as though they had been cast like dice .
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