Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] it [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What I want to know is what 's so interesting on the other side of that wall that Madonna has to see it before putting her knickers on ? ’ |
| 2 | He grimaced , but I could see he was not unpleased , though he tried to hide it by marching me off to give his vegetables their evening watering . |
| 3 | Men went down the main shaft and tried to clear it by shovelling the slurry into tubs which were then hauled to the surface but this was soon abandoned as it was realised that it would take weeks or months to clear a way through to the trapped men . |
| 4 | He uses his long bill to probe for worms , grubs and other insects , and as his nostrils are at the tip he has to clear it by forcing out air . ’ |
| 5 | The Palestinians were peeved when the Americans , spotting an impasse , tried to bridge it by coming up with a compromise . |
| 6 | At issue is the FBI 's ability to wiretap in future … the FBI is not only asking the industry to dumb down existing software , it wants to prohibit it from developing new technologies that might interfere with the government 's ability to intercept various oral and electronic communications . ’ |
| 7 | Some want to expand it by making themselves indispensable within different agencies and organizations , even if this entails the loss of a clear identity as a psychologist ( e. g . |
| 8 | This is elementary contract law , because , obviously , once the contract has been formed it is too late to try to change it by adding additional terms ( see Olley v Marlborough Court Ltd [ 1949 ] 1 KB 532 ) . |
| 9 | Ferguson said : ‘ There has been a lot of speculation about Lee Sharpe and we want to end it by saying clearly what is wrong with him . |
| 10 | In an unsigned editorial it tried to explain it by saying that there were too many explicit photographs of homosexual acts in the book ( Mapplethorpe takes pictures of oral sex , of a man pissing in the mouth of his partner and of men buggering each other in various ways , including with a fist ) , and that the authors had therefore not left enough space for his more restful images , such as his ‘ superb studies of people and flowers ’ , which the author of the editorial obviously sees as representing Mapplethorpe 's angelic side . |
| 11 | If the graphics controller on your PC is part of the motherboard then you may need to disable it by removing a jumper switch , altering a DIP switch or running the BIOS setup program . |
| 12 | ‘ The three are married together , ’ he said , and then tried to prove it by citing the events of a previous day . |
| 13 | We are in negotiations with the local authority for planning permission , and we hope to obtain it for housing on some of that land . |
| 14 | The staunchest opponents of reform strike a revealing pose : rather than argue against it , they seek to undermine it by espousing an extreme version . |
| 15 | Nevertheless it was used in the early aeroplanes and an attempt was made to protect it by binding the joints with varnished tape which was never very effectual . |
| 16 | Although it was difficult , in practice , to stop war from breaking out , serious attempts were made to control it by emphasising that only a war duly and properly declared by a soverign authority could be regarded as just . |
| 17 | Rather than selecting the particular class of political events as the stuff of history , and then seeking to explain it by appealing to the play of national and personal interest , the Annales school advocates eclectic research into such diverse topics as economics , populations , social institutions , technologies and climate , designed to contribute to a complete picture of social life . |
| 18 | He seemed to take it for granted that she was the one to talk to . |
| 19 | To her horror , Folly saw Luke nod and turn away down the corridor , leaving her alone with this sinister whispering woman who seemed to take it for granted that she was meekly going to strip off and join in what could only be some kind of orgy . |
| 20 | He seemed to take it for granted that everyone would do what he told them . |
| 21 | Is there anything I can do to prevent it without covering up completely ? |
| 22 | The chair or commode has to be correctly positioned , for instance , and firmly secured to prevent it from slipping away as the patient is moved . |
| 23 | The mains inlet cable must be secured to prevent it from pulling out , and a cable gland or ‘ P ’ clip can be used as normal . |
| 24 | I would like to put it in writing that women also like to worry about vast philosophical subjects , such as life , the universe and the price of YSL 's Rouge Intense lipstick . |
| 25 | If we 're going to increase nursery provision , we 've got to do it by putting , putting money where our mouths are , huh , putting our money where perhaps some Conservative government peoples ' mouths are as well , and they 're all very keen to will the ends but they 're not so keen to will the means , anyway this is the means , there 's a million pounds here erm , next year we we effect , and other members can speak about that and the work that they first have erm , I do notice that , that the latest report from the erm commission on on education and the book we all had to read does give us this first priority , er provision in nursery education particularly in areas , er deprived areas . |
| 26 | Then he said , " In fairness to the Old Man , all the rest of it 's true ; I mean he did say you could come back to Drummonds later , for you to have fifty out of petty cash — which was where I was going to get it from to pay myself back " |
| 27 | We 're not going to get it by resurrecting the stadia that we 've got at the moment ; new ones have to be built , and if they 're going to be built in the high population areas , you know , then I think it 's realistic for the clubs in that particular area to share . |
| 28 | ‘ But we have really had to earn it by improving the quality of our product . ’ |
| 29 | But of course , the danger on the other side of the coin , if you simply rely on that , is that you actually begin to loose focus , or you begin to ignore it without meaning to , inadvertently . |
| 30 | Her eyes followed him as he unpacked the bike , and she wondered if he was just going to take it for granted that she would sleep with him of if he would offer her the choice . |