Example sentences of "[conj] [subord] it [modal v] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because you 've got , I do n't think cars can cross it , or if it 'll lift up . |
| 2 | This will enable us to ascertain whether pointing is an intrinsically social , communicative act or whether it may develop out of other non-social behaviour , such as reading . |
| 3 | In any case , if one insists on talking about knowledge , the question that will have to be answered sooner or later is what does constitute genuine knowledge , and if it should turn out , as it well might , that in defining the conditions of knowledge one has to make use of existential propositions of one sort or another , then the suggested reductivist paraphrase will not have achieved its purpose . |
| 4 | Debasement of the coinage led Wriothesley to call the Mint ‘ our holy anchor ’ ; its profits were such that he told Paget to keep its operations secret , ‘ for if it should come out that men 's things coming thither be thus employed , it would make them withdraw and so bring a lack ’ . |
| 5 | His hat was stuck on top of his head but it looked as though it would blow off at any minute . |
| 6 | But the tail of the Mary Alice looked as though it might break off completely any minute and was causing such a drag that we had to fly back on our own . |
| 7 | The map that 's in the back of what they gave us looks as though it might blown up . |
| 8 | The call had been made in good faith : a car had looked as though it might turn over , but in the event it had not . |
| 9 | ‘ Maybe they should build a police station on the site it looks as though it could come in very handy in the future … ‘ |