Example sentences of "[vb infin] it [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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31 | Sorry , I did n't mean it to sound that way . |
32 | ‘ I did n't mean it to sound that way , ’ Ruth huffed . |
33 | I did n't mean it to happen this way . ’ |
34 | You did not mean it to happen this time . |
35 | As we stressed in Chapter 9 , the Rover Group may produce a large share of the motor cars manufactured in the UK but this does not necessarily mean it has significant market power . |
36 | This photograph , this swipe of grain , so briefly glimpsed : I could tell it contained extraordinary information . |
37 | ‘ I do n't think it made any difference to my career or Peter 's , ’ says Finney . |
38 | " I do n't think it makes much difference where we do a bit of scratching , " he said . |
39 | But , I do n't think it makes any profit , but , you know , profit . |
40 | Do n't you think it makes any impact ? |
41 | I , I , I take all the planning and what the officer is saying , but I mean do n't you think it makes more sense from our point of view than we realize . |
42 | At the end of the day I do n't think it affects everyday life in Darlington . |
43 | Must be the leaves I think because I do n't think it flowers this shrub here . |
44 | Erm and I do n't think it looks good hanging out because it 's , you , you paying in the skirt and the belt and that . |
45 | erm what impact do you think it has when you have a complex in which there is such a , is such a high level of unemployment in which , which so few people are working , I mean , the ar the area itself , do you think it has certain implications or not ? |
46 | I think it means they 're all just older family , I do n't think it means six year olds . |
47 | Well , now you can make it come true thanks to The Limit . |
48 | No you 're not put it down , go away that 's for Benjamin 's birthday , I do n't want it getting dirty while were having er tea |
49 | ‘ How d' you want it done this time ? |
50 | Rickards did n't want it to become public knowledge and it wo n't . |
51 | Sources say there were only really four companies behind COSE : Unix System Laboratories Inc , Hewlett-Packard Co , IBM Corp and Sun Microsystems Inc : beyond that , says the source , Santa Cruz Operation Inc had to fight to get in and the Open Software Foundation was not a party to the negotiations ; but the real power behind the throne , although it does n't want it to appear that way , was of course Novell Inc . |
52 | The power behind the throne , though it does n't want it to appear that way , was Novell Inc . |
53 | The Vienna Convention defines a treaty as an agreement ‘ governed by international law ’ and does not require it to allocate legal rights and obligations . |
54 | During all the years that the Scottish Select Committee existed , I do not recall it undertaking that task . |
55 | It was just incompetence that I did n't get it done this week . |
56 | In January 1990 the government announced that a United States crop substitution aid package worth US$12,000,000 would allow it to eradicate 6,000 hectares of coca plants provided that foreign markets for substitute crops were provided . |
57 | Those whose attitudes are negative and who consequently will have a powerful filter , even when they understand a message in the second language , will not allow it to reach that part of the brain responsible for language acquisition . |
58 | IBM bought up the technology outright before going public on its agreement with Apple to ensure that no enterprising outfit could subsequently go off and get a licence from Interactive that would allow it to develop compatible versions of PowerOpen , AIX or even Pink . |
59 | And my employers Fitch ( Groupe Bull , Southern Electricity ) lost more sleep over whether the colours in our new letterhead would allow it to make any sense coming off a client 's monochrome fax machine than they ever did about the evocation of caring values . |
60 | She drank automatically when It was over , noticed only when her glass was empty and did n't let it stay that way long . |