Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] it [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To relieve the monotony of the black head , yellow sighting lines had been painted on it to enable the golfer to line up his putt on the ‘ sweet spot ’ — the dead centre of the putter head . |
| 2 | A Vietnamese couple who had to leave their country and fled to the North Yorkshire market town of Kirkbymoorside 14 years ago , are returning to it to open a Chinese takeaway . |
| 3 | We are looking for it to have a reasonable rally this summer and we are positive about the dollar so we expect to make money out of currency as well . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ It has committed itself to this new dental hospital and we are looking to it to deliver . ’ |
| 5 | A few modifications have been made to it to accommodate foreign words but , generally speaking , it is the words rather than the syllabary that get modified and some get very thoroughly modified indeed . |
| 6 | Normal market practice is for SCP to be issued on a non-interest bearing basis at a discount to its face value , although provision has also been made for it to bear a stated rate of interest . |
| 7 | The ANLT system is described and the necessary modifications are made to it to perform the recognition task . |
| 8 | We 're relying on it to replace them . |
| 9 | Been waiting for it to get better every week and it |
| 10 | I am convinced that this is because the barbel are so conditioned to seeing this plastic larder pop through the surface and spread good things to eat along the bottom , they are waiting for it to happen . |
| 11 | Energy in one form or another has been invested in it to get it up there . |
| 12 | One or two of the boys would go in there , fellers of the village , and they would stop there all night , and the next night ; and they say it had been known for it to go the week ; have a week settin' in , staying in the pub . |
| 13 | So in order to prevent it raising the mound 's temperature too high , a thicker layer of soil has to be heaped over it to shield its interior from the sun 's rays . |
| 14 | th you er I mean if it were very heavy you 'd almost sort of be prepared for it to go , but you know when you 're s s standing with a , something quite light , and you might have been standing with it a little while in your hand , and then suddenly the hand goes and ca n't you see that 's ve that 's very upsetting , it makes you not very confident . |
| 15 | every year I 'm looking for it to move forward a little bit . |
| 16 | Something has to be done about it to make parents realise that these are classified as unsuitable for children because they genuinely are unsuitable for children . ’ |
| 17 | As well using the message on literature sent to people outside the region , it will also be used within it to spearhead a drive for increased quality of service . |
| 18 | If that right is not set out in the expert clause the agreement of the parties ( and , probably , the agreement of the expert as well ) will be needed for it to become part of the reference . |
| 19 | I 'm waiting for it to go down and all , I 've got the eight . |
| 20 | Is the hon. and learned Gentleman aware that not one Member of Parliament from the Scottish National party is present , although I am sure that , in common with everyone else in Scotland , we shall be challenged by it to hear statements about its separatist policies ? |
| 21 | It may be uncomfortable for the established order , but the time may be coming for it to move over . |
| 22 | I do believe that er we go on into the nineties the European Parliament will play an increasingly important role , but this will be because countries and peoples will be asking for it to play , to control the European Commission in Brussels , to push forward the policies which people are looking for and it is after all , I think we should recall , that it is the Germans now who are calling for strength and institutions , including increased powers for the European Parliament . |
| 23 | ‘ When the tube is in place , air will be passed through it to distend the colon and give a clearer view of the lining … you may pass some wind , but although you may find this embarrassing , remember that staff do understand what is causing it . ’ |
| 24 | However , the heart 's own oxygen supply is not taken from the blood which is continually being pumped through it to service the rest of the body , but from separate little arteries which are called coronary arteries . |
| 25 | I 've already earmarked the cage drilling machine just in case we did require it , to make sure that no parts were taken off it to support the next one . |
| 26 | By 1880 this was more and more a matter of Great Russian chauvinism within the boundaries of the Russian Empire , and tsarist imperialism abroad , but it had great sentimental appeal among Slavs living under non-Slav rulers who were encouraged by it to look to this ‘ big brother ’ . |
| 27 | All we can do is wait for it to pass through . |
| 28 | For each stage , the partial remainder is shifted left , and the divisor is subtracted from it to form a new tentative remainder . |
| 29 | The longer that the muon sticks to the helium , the less time is left for it to catalyse further fusions . |
| 30 | Final assembly is the stage in the car production process when the welded steel car body , having already been painted , is brought together with the engine and transmission , and all the components and trim are attached to it to make up the completed car . |