Example sentences of "[vb past] it [verb] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inevitably , as capitalism developed it made sense to introduce more machinery , to move to a division of labour and to a conveyor-belt system of production . |
| 2 | He thought it wasted time to have official committees pre-processing options before they came before ministerial groups . |
| 3 | Supply problems during the war made it seem madness to postpone further the steps necessary to improve communications and construct strategic railways . |
| 4 | Did it pass resolutions to spend more money and get itself organised to ensure that the police could run themselves properly ? |
| 5 | Nor did it allow families to get the car very close to the house as they preferred to do . |
| 6 | Why did it allow nomads to raid land-trains , and scumniks to raid techs , and upper-hab brats to descend wreaking wanton mischief ? |
| 7 | Nor did it need riots to provoke these swan-songs for the old traditions . |
| 8 | How long did it take lightning to strike ? |
| 9 | how , how long did it take Mick to sort it out ? |
| 10 | How long did it take Mick to sort a route out ? |
| 11 | The Science Museum , which owns the airfield , admitted it 's had to increase the amount it charges the Association , and said it regretted plans to pull out . |
| 12 | Nine out of 10 said it made sense to carry condoms ‘ just in case ’ . |
| 13 | Irvine , California-based Western Digital Corp has filed a patent infringement suit against Conner Peripherals Inc over a patent relating to intelligent disk drives — last year Conner and Alps Electric USA Ltd bought the patents of the bankrupt PrairieTek Corp and Western Digital said it expected Conner to sue it based on two of these PrairieTek patents and on two patents developed by Conner , and its own suit is a pre-emptive strike . |