Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The registration is checked to see if it has been correctly completed . |
| 2 | I intend to see that it gets it . ’ |
| 3 | But he did n't want to go if it meant leaving Kate behind . |
| 4 | Bloody man , I do n't want to see that it 's got three on it . |
| 5 | Those who argue about this ( about how much should be spent on Arts faculties in universities , for example ) tend to debate whether it does or does not help the economy , help people to do various jobs , and so forth . |
| 6 | I 've used a balloon in Africa but you tend to go where it wants ! |
| 7 | However , I use Guitarist Readers ' Ads myself , as do most of the staff here , so we know just how successful they can be ; of course that also means we can see where the service can be improved and we will endeavour to see that it does … |
| 8 | After days of coalition building , Benazir Bhutto could only wait to see if it had paid off . |
| 9 | ( 21 ) John has two PhDs +> I believe he has , and have adequate evidence that he has ( 22 ) Does your farm contain 400 acres ? +> I do n't know that it does , and I want to know if it does The first of these provides an explanation for " Moore 's paradox " , namely the unacceptability of utterances like ( 23 ) : ( 23 ) ? ? |
| 10 | As I write , I make assumptions about what my reader already knows about language and language learning , about the common ground of knowledge , and what he or she can not be expected to know since it concerns the idiosyncrasies of my own view of these matters . |
| 11 | At that price bidders will need to know whether it 's still got all its the original characteristics . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Unfortunately it does not seem to carry much weight these days , people only want to trust when it suits them |
| 14 | It is to a degree , on the application form that each charity receives , it has to state whether it collects for people in the Oxford area , but not as a percentage . |
| 15 | However , while the fact that it does lead to the possibility of new tests makes an hypothesis worthy of investigation , it will not rank as an improvement on the problematic theory it is designed to replace until it has survived at least some of those tests . |
| 16 | I expect to hear that it matches Dr Darnell 's fingernails . |
| 17 | ‘ I just want to play and it looks as though I will . ’ |
| 18 | Xerox is today expected to announce that it has called in New York investment banker Goldman Sachs & Co to try to find a buyer for the company . |
| 19 | No wonder the Government of the day tried to conceal that it had spent public money on bringing some dotty lady down from her high table to tell us what it is to want what we want . |
| 20 | Does as it wants to do when it goes outside rather than inside . |
| 21 | I have never found anything yet that will stop a squirrel doing precisely what it wants to do when it wants to do it , whatever that is what it wants to do . |
| 22 | I want to submit that it means that we do not go to the world with a watertight message which demands ‘ take it or leave it ’ . |
| 23 | There are a couple of things I want to do before it reaches us . ’ |
| 24 | These are precisely the questions that the peace movement has to address when it contemplates the use of law and many of these aspects are discussed in Part III of the book . |
| 25 | Duncan enjoyed the moment of take-off , that split second when the bird starts to fly as it comes free of the land . |
| 26 | The core will need to recognise that it does not have a monopoly of expertise and knowledge . |
| 27 | However , once the licence to sink an exploratory well was awarded to the Hamilton Oil Company , we tried to ensure that it honoured the conditions attached to the licence , prepared an adequate oil spill contingency plan and designed an operational programme which minimised the risks to the environment . |
| 28 | So it 's really a case of just ensuring that the T G I manual does cover all a , it , it needs to state where it takes over from the procedure and then it needs to ensure that it covers everything from there on about T G I , because erm , just from thinking through some of the other procedures , I mean , it does n't , T G I does n't come into the costing , or at least it 's got it 's own costings . |
| 29 | There should be an ongoing process of evaluation as the programme develops to ensure that it continues to meet the needs of the students and employers and enables the students to achieve its objectives . |
| 30 | Go on , Jungle , it 's Sunday , knock it off , you want to shout as it rattles on 24 hrs per day . |