Example sentences of "it [verb] [vb infin] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such information was not highly ‘ theoretical ’ but it helped build up an objective picture of the people who went to the theatres I studied and gave me a useful corrective to people who made sweeping generalizations such as ‘ the theatre is for everyone . ’ |
| 2 | It helped make up the minds of waverers on the question of independence and it sent a signal about Serbian intentions to the outside world . |
| 3 | Such an approach forces managers to communicate with one another and it helps break down rigid departmental boundaries . |
| 4 | If it did start up , the Ariadne would ride more comfortably if it were bows on to it . |
| 5 | But it was Berty getting stuck on the it did go on for so long . |
| 6 | And by this we mean in terms of things like the cost of fuel , although it did go up again in nineteen seventy nine , but also with respect to new services being offered . |
| 7 | Dennis Bond wrote in his ‘ chronology ’ in 1639 : ‘ The 27th December there was such a wind that it did blow down divers houses and several woods . |
| 8 | So it did grow out . |
| 9 | However it did warm up very quickly . |
| 10 | But it did break down some of the unbearable tension that had been building . |
| 11 | I thought it did show up , but I mean it was n't part of it 's a natural part of |
| 12 | So erm I 'm you kn I do n't propose to do that again because I would n't er I would n't arrange a speaker if we had a full table show but it 's nice to know that it did work out because we were , I was forced into a corner a little bit erm and I think it was worth it because we as I say I 've waited a long time for Danny and he was well worth listening to , I can listen to Danny for hours because he he just speaks and , and tells you about his fish , I 'm , I 'm very very fond of listening to Danny cos I think he gives a good talk . |
| 13 | ‘ Jill Jones 's album had been on the shelf for so long that when it did come out , it sounded old , ’ she reveals . |
| 14 | its , honestly it was and eventually of course it did come out and there 's always been a gap because the one behind |
| 15 | It did come down once . |
| 16 | Much impressed with my narrow escape , Dad carried the object downstairs on top of the sand in the fire bucket — it did come in handy after all — and we sat around gazing at it , drinking the inevitable tea and storing up this tale to pass on to all our friends and relations . |
| 17 | ‘ It did come off rather well , did n't it ? |
| 18 | I had one name left and lucky it was on the back and just talking and talking and talking , it 's erm , it was in my bag , and it did , it did pick up |
| 19 | But it did summon up the delicious image of the straitlaced reporter gingerly dipping his toe , notebook in hand , into the showbiz underworld . |
| 20 | On one occasion I had some winter clothes brought in and it did take up literally half the visit , sorting all that out , and arguing about what I could and could n't have . |
| 21 | Nervous though we were , it did turn out to be reasonably straightforward — but this was after all the beginners ' course and the ingredients had been prepared ; even the chives had been chopped . |
| 22 | Though the unit had long since given up any pretence of cooling the room , it did turn out to have a curious talent for magnifying the pigeons ' footfalls so that their tap dance rang out like a drum-roll at six every morning . |
| 23 | But she would look rather a fool if it did turn out to be only one of the children from the village . |
| 24 | To the last it raised no objection but it did point out that it might lead to long-serving drivers being made redundant whilst drivers with shorter service at other quarries were retained . |
| 25 | But it did steal up on us , in the way eras have a habit of doing , some time in the late Sixties and early Seventies . |
| 26 | er , well it does wear off you ca n't , you ca n't , you ca n't |
| 27 | In the standard recovery , the full opposite rudder is always applied first , and if it does slow down the rotation , the nose of the glider will automatically drop , helping to unstall the wings . |
| 28 | It has no calories of its own , but it does slow down the metabolic rate , making it harder to burn up the calories you do consume . |
| 29 | If it does end up in the museum however , Blakeslee said that the co-operation of advanced design , advanced engineering and production engineering departments on the Activa II will pave the way for more efficient Japanese-style simultaneous engineering to fight off the Orientals , whenever Monsieur Calvet allows them to arrive . |
| 30 | What it does rely on is the government 's ability to change its policy instruments more quickly than firms can change prices . |