Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] it [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | And how strange it was that , after all these months of resolutely not thinking about her old life in the States , she should begin to remember it with such pleasure ! |
2 | ‘ I know I wo n't keep doing it at this rate but while I 'm on this streak I 'll take full advantage of it . ’ |
3 | Presumably the library should at least have highlighted it in some way such as printing it in red , on the front of the delivery note , perhaps with a large red hand pointing to it . |
4 | But could he have heard it from this room ? |
5 | Since h(n) is not known during the search we can try to estimate it in some way . |
6 | Mary-Rose Caden , a smoker and teachers ' representative on Lothian education committee , forecast it may be impracticable : ‘ If it 's a complete ban , then they 'll have to police it in some way . |
7 | King Fahd 's comments , made during a visit to Saudi Arabia by Mubarak , suggested that " if President Saddam were to reconsider the matter seriously he would find that it is in Iraq 's interest , and in his interest personally , and in the interest of the Arab nation that he withdraw from Kuwait " , and that " if something wrong was done , we should not try to redress it by another wrong " . |
8 | Oh , sure , it 'll take long enough to complete , but another couple of levels — not difficult to program once the initial stage has been coded — would have pushed it into another league entirely . |
9 | At A level , I toyed with the idea of doing physics , maths and English , and if I was just doing it for pure enjoyment I would have done it at that stage . |
10 | If she could have wiped his memory as well as her own , she 'd have done it without any hesitation , and at whatever cost . |
11 | I should never have done it on that day . ’ |
12 | He 'd have bought it at any cost . ’ |
13 | I may have sent it quicker over the goal line with this touch , but I think it would have reached it in any case . ’ |
14 | Once you have completed your design , you must ensure that you cover it with a sheet of glass should you have to leave it at any time . |
15 | If he could n't get her practice one way , then he would try to get it by another method . |
16 | My father would have put it in another way : ‘ Zol zey alamin chappen a cholera . ’ |
17 | I thought he must have left it in that place round the point , Halfway House . |
18 | When she then kills the prey , it is impossible to prove that she does so to demonstrate the act of killing , because she would have killed it in any case , in order to eat it . |
19 | He obviously had never heard of the Order of Merit or I am quite sure he would have mentioned it at that time . |
20 | Oh I mean many of them were taken out of a book which had in the front price five and sixpence so a so I think that went very well and er I mean Jack was much encouraged by it so much so that he 's going to actually offer to do it for another organisation that he 's connected with |