Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first rule of surviving a disaster , I had written , was to accept that it had happened and make the best of what was left . |
| 2 | She did n't know very much about romance , to be sure , just enough to know that it seemed to be a force that did not like to be tamed and squeezed into the orderly compartments of people 's lives . |
| 3 | Kate felt inordinately pleased at his offer , even though she was astute enough to know that it came from a desire for any company , rather than hers specifically . |
| 4 | So erm I 'm you kn I do n't propose to do that again because I would n't er I would n't arrange a speaker if we had a full table show but it 's nice to know that it did work out because we were , I was forced into a corner a little bit erm and I think it was worth it because we as I say I 've waited a long time for Danny and he was well worth listening to , I can listen to Danny for hours because he he just speaks and , and tells you about his fish , I 'm , I 'm very very fond of listening to Danny cos I think he gives a good talk . |
| 5 | If one were subsequently to receive a report that when the event occurred , the sun had set , one would be able to infer that it had taken place at exactly 12.00 midnight . |
| 6 | The emphasis was now to be increasingly on service , given to and paid for by the state , which assumed the right to appoint its commanders ( this was made easier by the fact that all accepted the state 's money for service in war ) and to demand that it got the best available in return for its money . |
| 7 | Arriving at the edge of the quay , Fitzroy Maclean attempted to inflate it , only to discover that it had a puncture . |
| 8 | If , as naïve young hunters , they attacked a brightly coloured prey , bit it and started to chew it , only to discover that it had a foul taste or a poisonous secretion , they would probably remember it for the rest of their lives . |
| 9 | It was a pleasure to discover that it had escaped the sort of wholesale restoration so commonly carried out in the earlier part of this century . |
| 10 | In a moment she would open her eyes to discover that it had all been an incredible , fantastical dream . |
| 11 | Though when the meal was ended and they went outside it was to discover that it had begun to drizzle . |
| 12 | Further suppose that he had tried Kant 's remedy of being kind to his dogs , only to discover that it served merely to fan the flames of his misanthropy . |
| 13 | When chemists vapourised potassium nitrate and trapped it an argon matrix , however , they were surprised to discover that it contained molecules with the chemical formula KNO 3 . |
| 14 | Then another smashed the window and grabbed a bag — only to discover that it contained just 1p . |
| 15 | Asked to explain why he had burst into the bedroom of his landlady 's attractive teenage daughter , Tom away the towel with which she was drying herself and started a close fingertip search of her backside , Berkas explained that he had left a valuable foreign stamp soaking in the bath and returned to find that it had disappeared . |
| 16 | We 've heard of a small baby who chewed through a gift and swallowed a battery , and of a granny who bought one of those talking baby dolls for her favourite grandaughter , only to find that it had a vocabulary of four-letter words . |
| 17 | He went into the college hall , and registered himself for matriculation among a rowdy assembly of students younger than himself ; and came out into the street to find that it had started to rain . |
| 18 | I feared to find that it had changed , as many had told me , beyond recognition . |
| 19 | Having half expected that hair to feel crisp , to prickle beneath her palms as it had against her breasts , she was surprised to find that it felt as soft as down . |
| 20 | She opened a small round leather box to find that it contained tiny gold collar studs and several pairs of cuff links . |
| 21 | I blinked and looked up at her face again , to find that it held an icy glare . |
| 22 | But a final word of caution : venturis are temperamental , and to enclose yours within a blockwork wall , only to find that it did n't work properly , would be frustrating . |
| 23 | Suddenly she was surprised that she could talk about Ian White without regret ; surprised to find that it did n't hurt any more . |
| 24 | And then came the bier , its front draped with a shawl to indicate that it carried a woman , which perhaps accounted for the general meagreness of the proceedings . |
| 25 | ( 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 . |
| 26 | Mr Ashdown reaffirmed his willingness to be flexible and to compromise if it came to negotiating with a minority government of either hue . |
| 27 | Women who I had attacked for bringing up boy children wanted to know if it had been an immaculate conception or simply parthenogenesis , and what was I going to do with it if it were a boy ? |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | McNeill was reluctant to accept because it meant asking the club for 14 tickets . |
| 30 | She opened her bag and sifted the contents , trying to discover whether it had been searched . |