Example sentences of "[verb] it [modal v] [verb] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They say they understand Oxfam 's difficulty with the law , but say it must apply to them . |
| 2 | Being robbed is losing the confident skin you have grown naturally ; it is to know it can happen to you and if it has happened once … |
| 3 | But the makers hope it will come to our tv screens and to the cinemas later . |
| 4 | You 'd have thought it would occur to them to make it fire-proof , as well . |
| 5 | If people look forward to a meeting because of the atmosphere which you help create it will add to your personal influence . |
| 6 | SunSoft Inc 's Solaris 2.0-on-Intel has also slipped three months : originally due in September , SunSoft is now saying it 'll get to its OEM customers by the end of the year blaming the delays in acquiring Interactive for botching the schedule . |
| 7 | Rosemary Burns never thought it would happen to her . |
| 8 | ‘ Never thought it would happen to me ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You always read about others getting these awards , but I never thought it would happen to me . ’ |
| 10 | I never thought it would happen to me ! ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I never thought it would happen to me , but I have been left quite a large sum in a will . |
| 12 | Everyone they knew was so amazed — ‘ I never thought it would happen to you ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't know which is worse , that you do n't give a damn about respecting your commitment to her , or that you did n't think it would matter to me that you were — were trying to lure me into bed while all the time , you knew that you and she — ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I did n't think it would matter to you any more than it did before . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ How do you think it would look to my consortium if the chief designer and managing director of Bryce International , one of the major manufacturers of ocean racers , turned up in any other yacht but his own ? |
| 16 | He did n't think it could happen to me or that it could be a blot on our landscape . |
| 17 | They see the crime and the violence and the misery , and they shake and tremble because they think it might happen to them . |
| 18 | They often think it might demonstrate to their parents how dissatisfied they are without having to talk about it and explain . |
| 19 | I hardly think it will lead to anything in six one-hour episodes . ’ |
| 20 | On the Master of the Roll 's reasoning it would appear to me as if nothing can preserve the true character and origin and parentage of the income paid to the beneficiaries through their bankers unless that be done by lodging with those bankers the dividends , share warrants and the like received by the trustees but not cashed . |
| 21 | It means it will apply to everybody , not just to Grunwick strikers . |
| 22 | ‘ … and it was so exciting , like something you read about , you know , but you never dream it could happen to you . |
| 23 | Or it might be your neighbours have become victims of crime and you suddenly see it could happen to you . |