Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] it [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you 've got long hair and the bald patch is n't too noticeable , then perhaps you can wait for it to re-grow . |
| 2 | ‘ Aye , he used to look out for his dad 's cart on a Saturday at about 4.45 and he 'd wait for it to come across the line there . |
| 3 | One way or another , you place your order , but the wise gardener does not just sit and wait for it to come . |
| 4 | ‘ I could wait for it to shrivel up . ’ |
| 5 | All we can do is wait for it to pass through . |
| 6 | A warning would be given , up stumps and all would wait for it to pass then on with the game . |
| 7 | It would not do for it to take place in Moran 's house and Moran would not go to a hotel . |
| 8 | What would you do to it to turn it into this ? |
| 9 | I mean what do they do to it to justify charging any more ? . |
| 10 | What will happen in fact is that you 'll have a start date for your system , which was basically when N1 was , and what they will be looking for is that everything from that date forward is complying right so that a job that started before then , they wo n't look for the initial part of that job to comply right as of that date onwards they will look for it to comply . |
| 11 | I 'm going to bring in some illuminated medieval books for you to have a look at , because what you 're going to do is to write this out in best on special paper using illuminated letters and if you 're very good we will try to get them laminated so that we can keep them as an example of what year seven students can produce as their best work , to say to everybody , hey look at this , this is very good , now we ca n't do that if I give you a sheet of A four paper and you manage to fill less than a quarter of that space , so you 're going to need a minimum of ten different things that you would like to say you think are important , you believe are important , you believe they 're valuable and your homework over the next week is to finish that list if you want it to rhyme , well yes you can work on it to make it rhyme , if you want to have what we call rhyming couplet , er just one moment I have n't said clear away . |
| 12 | Yeah ours is in airing , you 've got to bend down and look at it to see if light 's on . |
| 13 | Its sense of smell must function for it to assess horses it has not met before , and also to fully recognise old companions it may meet in a different environment . |
| 14 | Portsmouth director Martin Gregory , whose club have a chance of reaching the semi-finals , insisted : ‘ I doubt if we would vote for it to continue . |
| 15 | A man never thinks , when he undertakes one journey , that he may not return from it to contemplate another . |
| 16 | How long will it take for it to get back together again . |
| 17 | She would n't hear of it to begin with , but I see more evidence of it every day . |
| 18 | Ah , you got ta go past it to collect wages . |
| 19 | One common source of fumes is the foam-backing on carpets — this tends to break down due to constant wear , and formaldehyde ( see above ) may interact with it to produce toxic airborne chemicals that can irritate the airways causing symptoms similar to bronchitis . |
| 20 | It was held that the exemption clause did not in the circumstances pass the test of reasonableness and that therefore their sellers could not rely upon it to limit their liability . |
| 21 | In reality this is inaudible under water so do n't rely on it to give you a reminder . |
| 22 | That indeed is the nature of persuasive reasoning , but those who judge , be they few or many , must go beyond it to reason their way to a logically necessary conclusion . |
| 23 | ‘ We could n't afford for it to go wrong . |
| 24 | She would go that afternoon to fetch water from the fountain , she liked doing that anyway , and nothing could come of it to hurt her , there were always plenty of others there , and she 'd give Tommaso a sign , so that he 'd come , come at night to find her , that was the way it was done , she 'd seen it , becks and smiles under half-dosed eyes as the water brimmed in the young women 's jars . |
| 25 | What should I put in it to keep it going between broods ? |
| 26 | What do you think influenced you , I mean if you went to choose a chair did you sit on it to see if it was comfortable or were you more interested in what it looked like ? |