Example sentences of "[noun] and it [modal v] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few young people are really ‘ stuck ’ on glue or products and it may take a long time to help them . |
| 2 | This can be a struggle and it may take a while , but as we see all the time among those around us , identity can be achieved , and with tremendous satisfaction and eventual rewards . |
| 3 | The ground outside this principal gate rises along Watling Street and it would seem a most suitable site for a large cemetery . |
| 4 | I believe we should all warmly welcome this opportunity to debate the role of audit ; it gives the users of audit services the opportunity to have their say and it should make a major contribution to dealing with the expectation gap . |
| 5 | and not the back of the photograph , otherwise you 'll get yourself in all sorts of difficulties and it may make a nice editorial , nice letters to the editor , but it would be very irritating to the editor , because they hate having mistakes pointed out to them , and that 's picture perspective . |
| 6 | Ther airfields would be put to far better use and it would put an end to the police harassing us |
| 7 | For many households , housing is the major available asset and it may constitute a central way in which wealth is transferred between generations . |
| 8 | They 'd have a little fancy shawl or My Grandma used to always have a fancy shawl that Just a small thing that came , you know , a bit down their back and And my Grandma used to wear erm a white much It was just thing like a baby 's A cotton thing , tied with a just a string , you know just to erm just a tie under her chin and it would have a wee bit of lace s on the corner , or the or the end of the tie , that was through the day and it was all ruffled , and then when she was on holiday and came into town she had a a thing on her head made of velvet and it all had fancy little things in it . |
| 9 | Now that will be hard , that needs a good deal of thought and it 'll take a long time . |
| 10 | The operator told us that rubbish is smouldering at a considerable depth and it would take a lot of work to put it out . |
| 11 | The thing is , if they always give you and you , your , nine times out of ten what they do is like , is either , they either put a can over there or a beer or something , they put it over the end of the , the weapon pull the trigger and that , even with a flash that can go like that , and then they show you one with the , the erm flashes right which have more powerful than the and they 've actually got same again same charge as a life grenade in , but it just plain cardboard so , obviously no trap , but if you lay on them ooh er , you get or something you do n't throw what they do now is they put one they light one , put the helmet over the top of it and make it lit , it runs like buggery and it 'll go a hundred , a hundred and fifty foot up in the air and inside it looks like its been and where its been in the thing it 'll be like er , six seventy foot off the ground , I mean I laid on one once and I , landed about two foot too my left so I 've rolled over , rolled , rolled , and rolled , as I 've rolled I 've rolled over on my back and I 've had all loads of over , like the , I had a roll there its like the er |
| 12 | I quote further it should only be used to signify the unity of the church and it should provide a sharing in the means of grace . |
| 13 | Cecil has not won the 2,000 Guineas since Wollow scored in 1976 , but Pursuit of Love is a genuine contender and it will take a convincing performance from either Forest Tiger or Dr Devious in today 's Craven Stakes to displace him at the head of Ladbrokes ' market — and other firms could well follow suit . |
| 14 | The restoration of this four mile length of track now forms stage three of the East Lancashire Railway Project and it will provide a B.R. link at Castleton Junction . |
| 15 | In the second-half of the Second Test they recaptured their World Cup form and it will take a very good side to beat them this summer . |
| 16 | ROHITA looked special after blasting clear in the final furlong for a three-lengths win in the Payne and Gunter Fillies Stakes at Goodwood and it may take a good one to stop her in the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot . |
| 17 | The cause of Northern Ireland must be greater than the individual and it would mean a very unfavourable hearing for many government speakers which would give the wrong impression . |
| 18 | The change to regular publication of these abstracts in Index to Theses from 1988 onwards is a significant improvement in bibliographical control of UK theses and it may have an effect on the way in which theses are used . |
| 19 | A music group adds to the variety of music used in worship and it may help a congregation to experiment and explore new possibilities . |