Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Vic tried to argue that it did n't make any difference how many toilets you had , it was the number of times you flushed them that mattered , but his father was convinced that having so many toilets was an incitement to unnecessary peeing , therefore to excessive flushing . |
| 5 | I tried to swallow and it hurt . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought it was you leaving me , ’ she said , making a joke of it , to comfort him , and he tried to laugh but it turned into a sob in his throat . |
| 7 | She tried to laugh but it cracked . |
| 8 | The Labour Party seemed to sense that it had gone too far in criticism of the police , perhaps in response to the far-left , middle-class activists of sociological inclination , and had been too tender towards violent criminals and other deviants . |
| 9 | Grumble as they might about the Masai 's unbudging attachment to their traditional ways , many administrators , particularly in the later years , came to see that it had its advantages . |
| 10 | I once garnered a useful titbit about Indian life from a documentary about the highest balloon flight in the world because I happened to see that it took place in the centre of the Indian sub-continent where the air can be particularly still . |
| 11 | The S.N.M. declined to attend and it seems that General Aidid did not do so either . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Before long what has been described aptly by one penologist as a malfunction began to appear as it became evident that suspended sentences of imprisonment were being used in place of non-custodial penalties , especially probation orders and fines . |
| 14 | Eleanor , ’ she said again , as she began to realise that it made a lot of sense . |
| 15 | Her head began to throb but it eased as Fernando guided her through the crowds to small , quieter side-streets away from the harbour . |
| 16 | The snake began to choke as it tried to swallow his arm and simultaneously dislodge the obstruction from its windpipe . |
| 17 | Barton failed to clear and it fell to Preece , who fired in his third goal of the season . |
| 18 | Unfortunately for the Patent Office , the advertising agency failed to ensure that it had its facts right — and the Patent Office did not check the agency 's new advertisement . |
| 19 | FCA of who had been found to be in breach of Investment Business Regulation 1.32 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 the firm failed to carry out a review of its compliance procedures in accordance with the terms of the Regulation and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.09 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 the firm failed to warn clients of the extent to which they may be exposed to risk in accordance with the terms of the Regulation and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.32 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 , when the firm gave advice to clients such that , if acted upon , it would result in commission being received , it failed to inform those clients of that position in writing in accordance with the terms of the Regulation and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.47 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 the firm failed to issue engagement letters in accordance with the terms of the Regulation and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.60 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 the firm failed to ensure that it had adequate records in accordance with the terms of the Regulation was reprimanded , fined £500 and ordered to pay £250 by way of costs . |
| 20 | It started to rain as it grew dark outside . |
| 21 | I decided to leave before it got dark , first thanking the Padre and his two Breton friends for their very kind hospitality . |
| 22 | It was the picture he loved to give and it concealed all that he really was . |
| 23 | Mike Rowbottom went to see if it works . |
| 24 | We said everything should be examined and questioned to see whether it needed to be done at all . |
| 25 | I feared to find that it had changed , as many had told me , beyond recognition . |
| 26 | Clara was not at all sure what a gallery was , but from the conversation she managed to deduce that it dealt in paintings , and unlike the Tate and the National Gallery , dealt commercially . |
| 27 | When words ran as thin on him as this , he sometimes managed to suppose that it meant he was unconsciously saving them to write with . |
| 28 | Your filter mat has been heat bonded to ensure that it retains its shape and that loose fibres do n't slip through to jam powerheads . |
| 29 | If water continued to contract as it froze , like most other materials , ice would sink . |
| 30 | Camille had to agree that it did seem preposterous that anybody they had known should be dead . |