Example sentences of "it [verb] [pers pn] to [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm as Eddie 's sent this thing here , this minus seventy pound nett , that is the nett difference that is the cost erm of what it cost us to actually hire the nets less the one pound fifty er per person , er per session that was paid , so that is the nett difference because we come there . |
| 2 | Much as it pained her to meekly obey , Shannon clambered slowly to her feet , muttering darkly beneath her breath . |
| 3 | This is a great development because it allows us to accurately get information about where fish are and so work out a basic picture of the river environment . |
| 4 | It was : ‘ If you want my will to be done , it requires you to actually do something ( which takes time and effort ) not just to sit back and expect it to happen ’ . |
| 5 | Sometimes I hear something and I think it 's really different and exciting , and it inspires me to perhaps do something like that on the next record . |
| 6 | The channel 's volume control — again marked ambiguously ‘ Master ’ — pulls to double as a reverb on/off switch , while this channel 's controls climax with a split personality gain pot ; on one hand it invites you to just play dirty , but when pulled exhibits a character that is , Laney claim , positively psycho . |
| 7 | It enables you to perfectly predict what the other score would be . |