Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I intend to see that it gets it . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I 've used a balloon in Africa but you tend to go where it wants ! |
| 4 | ( 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 ) ? ? |
| 5 | Unfortunately it does not seem to carry much weight these days , people only want to trust when it suits them |
| 6 | I expect to hear that it matches Dr Darnell 's fingernails . |
| 7 | ‘ I just want to play and it looks as though I will . ’ |
| 8 | 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 ’ . |
| 9 | There are a couple of things I want to do before it reaches us . ’ |
| 10 | Go on , Jungle , it 's Sunday , knock it off , you want to shout as it rattles on 24 hrs per day . |
| 11 | So poems are elusive because you get the idea that actually working out your idea so it comes down on paper and it looks like a good poem and it says what you want to say and it does n't spoil the effect etcetera so you 've really captured your poem . |
| 12 | I wait to hear if it stops . |
| 13 | This is one aspect organisers hope to change if it continues beyond 1993 , when the five-year guarantee of public funds runs out . |
| 14 | Suffice to say that it became evident fairly soon that the existing monetary techniques of regulation were not sufficiently effective , and in 1957 a committee was set up by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to inquire into the working of the monetary and credit system in the UK . |
| 15 | Now what we 're on about yeah as I were on about , that er what I do is , with days like this , cos you can never guarantee if they 're gon na be dry , wet or what , so I watch to see if it rains , if it do n't they 're virtually dry when I fetch them in . |
| 16 | The J/44 , and some other J-boats , seem to indicate that it does not . |
| 17 | In spite of all this secrecy , I happen to know that it takes the form of a humorous catalogue of my supposed states of mind , arranged from one to ten like the Beaufort Scale . |
| 18 | Those of us who have recollections of the cocktail party organised in conjunction with Lady Margaret Hall seem to remember that it went off rather well . |
| 19 | Elvis 's huge ballad repertoire needs little commentary here , save to stress that it began not with the move to RCA but at Sun , ‘ Love Me Tender ’ ( 1956 ) and ‘ That 's When Your Heartaches Begin' ( 1957 ) being preceded by equally sentimental ballads cut for Sam Phillips ; indeed , it began earlier — when , as a boy , Elvis was entered for a talent contest at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair , it was the sentimental country and western number ‘ Old Shep ’ that he sang . |
| 20 | It may for a moment seem to quench but it dehydrates , as purportedly healthy abstainers are forever telling me . |
| 21 | and , erm what they tend to do once it 's gone in they 'll say if there 's anything you need , if you get any problems on the system or there 's anything you want he says get in touch with us , he says and if necessary we 'll get in touch with |
| 22 | " The judge asked how we could possibly do any more with the garden , and it 's true that the only way forward is by making small changes , which we like to do as it gives us so much enjoyment . " |
| 23 | But martial arts historians tend to believe that it has its origins almost 5,000 years ago . |
| 24 | Continue to bounce the Squig Hopper and continue to attack until it fails to land on a model . |
| 25 | Bearing in mind the figures and the fact that French farmers regularly burn lorry loads of English lamb and Italian grapes with complete impunity and that it is not possible for an English lorry firm to go to Germany and to load up with goods to bring back to the United Kingdom , should not the European Community try to walk before it tries to run ? |
| 26 | Whenever the model touches the ground , always try to ensure that it does so in a level , or slightly nose down , attitude . |
| 27 | Try to ensure that it has relieved itself before the journey , and do not feed the dog immediately before setting out , since this appears to increase the risk of travel sickness . |
| 28 | So they choose to contend that it has not really happened : and in so choosing raise a timely question about the nature of political belief . |
| 29 | Most owners misinterpret these problems as grief and they overcompensate by giving their dog more attention than they are used to ; they fail to realise that it howls because it is lonely and insecure ! |
| 30 | The divide in English studies seems to be between those who want to bring the rift out into the open , and those who prefer to pretend that it does n't exist . |