Example sentences of "[vb past] it [verb] [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The oil spilt from the Braer was unusually light and toxic , and this , combined with fierce storms which mixed it into the seawater and caused it combine to form clumps with fine particles churned up by the waves , meant that rather than floating to the surface , as is normal with spilt crude oil , it was carried by ocean currents far from the spill site and later redeposited in deep " sumps " on the seabed . |
| 2 | But the Bank of England signalled it wants to keep base rates held at 101/2 p.c . |
| 3 | The BBC suddenly decided it wanted to stop Doctor Who . |
| 4 | The club also wants to develop a social side , and once established it intends to organise trips and holidays for members . |
| 5 | Anybody who saw it wanted to shoot Patch . |
| 6 | His mother-in-law had always used well-water , so when she died he felt it appropriate to draw water from the well to make the tea at her funeral . |
| 7 | Earlier , the US announced it planned to slap tariffs of 200pc on white wine and other produce from the EC because of its refusal to cut subsidies to its farmers on oil seeds . |
| 8 | Today Barclaycard announced it has to cut costs and cut jobs . |
| 9 | Even with these limitations , the home-grown system brought British Gypsum benefits that made it want to take EDI much further . |
| 10 | On his death the farmer who owned it decided to put farm workers in it , and told the Durbeyfields to leave . |
| 11 | But no specific reference was made to the race of the children , nor did it appear to affect deliberations . |
| 12 | Not only did it fail to achieve representation ( not surprising at under 1 per cent of the vote ) but it has since fallen apart in a long series of internecine conflicts ( which are too complex to describe here ) . |
| 13 | This chapter will therefore examine also whether the action project had any effect upon cognitive impairment ( Did it help to delay deterioration , or even improve , mental state ? ) ; whether dementia sufferers in the action project expressed less worry , sadness , loneliness than those in the control samples ; whether the project helped people to maintain their capacity to cope with certain tasks or activities of daily living ; and finally whether it succeeded in obtaining more of other community services for its clients than were obtained by those in the control sample ( eg more home help , meals-on-wheels , day care , home nursing , and so on ) . |
| 14 | Did you how many strikes did it take to get entry ? |
| 15 | Nor did it seek to extend state and party control into areas of civil life which served no immediate political and economic end . |
| 16 | The judge left it to counsel to submit suggestions for appropriate relief for the limited infringement of copyright . |
| 17 | William Hill said it refuses to accept wagers on the state of royal marriages and has often turned down bets on a Charles and Diana split . |
| 18 | Free Colombia also said it wanted to liquidate Escobar , but preferred to gather intelligence on his whereabouts rather than carry out attacks . |
| 19 | New York-based Computer Outsourcing Services Inc , which said it wanted to make acquisitions when it went public the other day , has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a private New York-based provider of billing and payroll services to companies in the home health care industry on a four-year earnout . |
| 20 | Speaking at ICL 's Software Open Show in Birmingham in the UK last week , Unify said it expects to launch Accell/TP and Accell/Object next month . |