Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [verb] it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If we were n't tied to this bit of the country , I 'd almost think about chucking it all in and heading off somewhere different — Canada , or Australia , or South Africa . ’ |
| 2 | And Fidelity kept saying well , er if we do n't feel like investing it this month , can we keep it in cash a bit longer ? |
| 3 | Surely he knows you 're well warned already , but for his honour he can not keep from underscoring it three times . ’ |
| 4 | The top group also built in a process of involving their immediate reports so that they could develop a sense of ownership , thereby increasing the probability that all involved will work at making it successful . |
| 5 | A rejection of an ideal or principle is involved only if , when considering the relation of a man to his acts , his principle or ideal is regarded as absolute in the sense that it constitutes an infallible guide to human conduct , or if it is conceived of as a maxim in the Kantian sense and provides the reason a man might have for thinking it worthwhile for him to act morally . |
| 6 | I 'll settle for calling it beaten . |