Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] it [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ Even if a car is n't in stock and we have to wait for it to be built , we can generally hold the agreed price . ’ |
| 2 | But rather than saying , ‘ Sorry mate , you 'll have to wait for it to be repaired , ’ Doug said , ‘ Take that one over there ! ’ pointing to an equivalent amp . |
| 3 | Did you have to wait for it to be done ? |
| 4 | Residents near the Tynemouth Metro station venue had originally lobbied for it to be cancelled . |
| 5 | Having arranged for it to be put on the grave that afternoon , he returned to Weatherbury in the evening , with a basket of flowering plants . |
| 6 | So Jimmy Saville , with the help of his team on the programme , arranged for it to be developed by experts . |
| 7 | After M'sieur Fabien died , my aunt arranged for it to be stored , because a house that is left empty can sometimes attract thieves , you understand . |
| 8 | Fearing that the seat might be stolen the councillors arranged for it to be taken away for safe-keeping . |
| 9 | Fearing that the seat might be stolen the councillors arranged for it to be taken away for safe-keeping . |
| 10 | The Prospect Inn has two of its decorative lino floors intact , although the owners , Whitbread , destroyed the original pole sign outside when the tenants asked for it to be repaired . |
| 11 | Bright too had misgivings in this area , particularly about size of the single conductor , and asked for it to be enlarged . |
| 12 | On 11 July Cross had taken a sample of his own tapwater into the local North Cornwall District Council offices and asked for it to be analysed , but the Council refused . |
| 13 | And did you read Bill Davis 's defence of the moneychangers in the temple , Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall on the last supper ( ‘ my partner chose the water then asked for it to be changed to wine ’ ) , David Thomas 's theory that Cain was framed by a feminist group ? |
| 14 | Six months later , when she asked for it to be given to Arrowe Park Hospital , which saved her son 's life , she was told the money was in a ‘ suspense account ’ . |
| 15 | A Royal source said : ‘ There was a gap in her diary and she asked for it to be filled . |
| 16 | The letter did not say that they would continue to be charged for the service , unless they wrote and asked for it to be stopped . |
| 17 | On 28 August 1651 , while Alured was evidently on his deathbed , James Chaloner [ q.v. ] , the Yorkshire MP , reported to the House that Alured was owed £8,769 and asked for it to be paid . |
| 18 | President Kenyatta asked for it to be translated into Swahili ; and members of his Cabinet paid tribute to its part in bringing a bloodless transition to self-government there . |
| 19 | Take-up has stemmed partly from the wish of those companies trading internationally and particularly in the highly litigious US to protect their directors and partly because , as Willis Corroon 's Drew Hardie said , ‘ when directors who had had this cover then moved to other companies they asked for it to be part of their new contract ’ . |
| 20 | He said : ‘ I took it in yesterday and asked for it to be repaired as soon as possible . |
| 21 | At that time , we , we received a petition from the tenants erm very much along the lines of the one that erm erm , er Mr has read out , at that time there was a petition from a hundred and eight county council tenants and one hundred and five of them in fact signed it and they , they asked for it to be allowed to keep the erm to have the freedom to decide whether or not hunting takes place . |
| 22 | These and many other such instances , however , are mainly cases where , although the constitution forbade the enactment of the law in question by that legislature or process , it provided for it to be enacted in some other way , e.g. by constitutional amendment . |
| 23 | This phenomenon has been going on for long enough in Shetland waters for it to be given a local name of ‘ fuglicaa ’ , which is derived from old Norse ‘ fugl ’ meaning bird and ‘ caa ’ to drive ( as in sheep ) — literally a ‘ bird-drive ’ . |
| 24 | Though the members of this genus are in many respects typical ascaridoids , their biology is sufficiently varied for it to be necessary to consider each species separately . |
| 25 | The 1910 dispute , which is particularly well documented in the press as well as in manuscript sources , enables us to see that on this occasion at least , the women did not stand by and wait for it to be resolved over their heads . |
| 26 | The four nations have also announced a ban on herring-fishing , claiming that the species is dangerously over-harvested , and are pressing for it to be registered under Appendix I of CITES ( which bans all exploitation ) . |
| 27 | On 27 November the defendant , having learnt of the existence of the order , applied for it to be set aside . |
| 28 | It would seem fitting for it to be converted and put to some useful purpose , retaining what remains of its equipment , before the deterioration becomes too great . |
| 29 | For these features have only to be noticed for it to be seen that very considerable scope exists for denying or undermining the exercise of the right . |
| 30 | Will my hon. Friend give greater and more sympathetic consideration to the question that has just been asked , because those of us who understand cask-conditioned ale — real beer — know that it is extremely damaging for it to be dispensed under pressure ? |