Example sentences of "to [pron] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like virgins to the sacrificial altar , they followed Molly Malone to the place where it all happened ; where Wrens must learn to live in a men 's world because now the war was nearer to them than it had ever been . |
| 2 | I am speaking now of its Belgrade side , of the old men in the Academy who wished to complete Serb history because it seemed to them that it had not been properly completed back in 1918 . |
| 3 | To blind a lamb or blind an eagle ; all the same to them if it left them with defenceless prey to kill . |
| 4 | Discourse treats the rules of grammar as a resource , conforming to them when it needs to , but departing from them when it does not . |
| 5 | The majority of men say that sex makes no difference to them when it comes to choosing a doctor , surgeon , lawyer , MP or boss . |
| 6 | It 's important to them because it proves where they are in life , they do n't want to stay like where their parents were , they want to prove . |
| 7 | For the O level people and those who just wanted to work , mucking around was seen to be unfair both to them because it held them back and to the teachers : here they interpret ‘ mucking about ’ wholly within the official theory of schooling . |
| 8 | The ERPS team are very fortunate that this facility is available to them because it has enabled the reconstruction work to be undertaken more efficiently . |
| 9 | But , although I hoped very much that he would be here , it seemed to me that it mattered little whether one knew anybody in the camp or not . |
| 10 | It seems to me that it does n't put a lot of weight on the grass . |
| 11 | It seems to me that it lacks somehow a soul or a purpose . |
| 12 | In fact , it never occurred to me that it made a difference until I was in a trial and a scout said ‘ We 're quite interested in the coloured lad ’ and that was the first time I realized they thought of me as anything other than my name . |
| 13 | You prove to me that it gives just the very impression I desired . |
| 14 | ‘ It seemed to me that it did not please you greatly when you first tasted it . ’ |
| 15 | Audetto , who was present in the later stages , once denied to me that it transpired entirely as Niki says . |
| 16 | One interesting feature of this discovery seems to me that it 's been a combination of different individuals approaching it almost laterally , in a sense , because you 're not an astronomer , particularly , are you ? |
| 17 | On European monetary union , it seems to me that it has long been the cherished aim of Conservative Governments to find a means by which we could control the value of our currency — to make it predictable in its exchange rate , as it was for much of the 19th century . |
| 18 | What I wanted to say was that when I read the Annual Report I was rather surprised to find that there is no reference to the er report of the committee under the chairmanship of Bob , Bob on the organization of the R Y A and then I realized that it probably did n't come to the Council till after the end of the year that we have under consideration but it did seem to me that it has some contentious and some very interesting and rather good points in it and I wonder if we could be told how the consideration of it is getting on . |
| 19 | I can imagine his making love to me and it does n't disgust me . |
| 20 | He said : ‘ I know that getting the sack is an occupational hazard in football , but it 's the first time it has happened to me and it hurts . |
| 21 | But the new bloke sent it back to me and it went on to win six races , and I felt so sick for the lads . |
| 22 | If I 'm down or arguing with one of the family , because I 've been ratty through not being well , then Pat the physiotherapist , I have a talk with her and she talks to me and it helps me to talk to somebody else . |
| 23 | What use is revenge to me if it means the destruction of what life we have left ? |
| 24 | Although bathed in a sentimentality of its own , the concept appeals to me because it reminds me of a trip I made as a student to the Maison Savoye in the summer of 1957 , when this great Corbusier villa was a ruin surrounded by waist-high grass and nettles . |
| 25 | Well I would expect that the Prime Minister would , I think this nonsense that is behind all this is that because I am talking to Gerry Adams , they do n't want to be seen to be talking to me because it looks this fingerprint argument |
| 26 | No one has come near to me when it comes to boxing skills , and that 's what I 'm interested in . |
| 27 | But at least the fusion community needs such volumes to remind it that at the end of the day the scientific juggling will come to nothing if it does not lead to a convenient and not too expensive source of electricity . |
| 28 | She raised her tear-stained face to his and it seemed quite natural to place his lips on has , and since she seemed to welcome it , he kept them there . |
| 29 | There was another reason , of course , but he was not prepared to admit even to himself that it had played any part in his decision . |
| 30 | I really hate anybody who 's being horrible to somebody because it makes me feel bad . |