Example sentences of "[be] [conj] it [modal v] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To his surprise , the strongest argument in favour of taking the job had been that it would keep him near to Frances . |
| 2 | And the reason I would come up with would be that it must make you feel stonkingly great . |
| 3 | First of all , he 's got a general election coming up and we do n't know what its result 's going to be and it may disappoint him , he may find that the Parliament he has to work with is not going to be of the same cast of mind as himself . |
| 4 | This might be because it will give you , the teacher , more confidence in what you 're doing , in which case the simplest way is to discuss the likely roles and ask for volunteers before the drama proper begins . |
| 5 | They 've done most of them are I mean the wo certainly the ones on the little little boat trips and that , I mean , they have all it does is that it 'll tell you there 's some fish about , I mean , it does n't |
| 6 | The one major drawback with this proposal to ‘ give Channel Four its freedom ’ is that it would make it compete with the existing ITV companies . |
| 7 | But he winced at that , and she thought , this has nothing to do with ego , and continued , ‘ I 'm thinking that really the big difference is that it must make it more difficult to handle things . |
| 8 | The other thing about celebrity , of course , is that it can earn you a decent living — although usually only after years of struggle , as with most jobs . |
| 9 | How can it help me do my job ? point of view the reason is that it can help you do your job is very simply that to involve members of the public er local councils , local authorities , decision makers and allows the outcome to , to erm entertain them and to erm hope for and communicate what it is they 'll come erm in a non-threatening , non-selling , non-hard sell environment where they can come along , they can enjoy themselves and go away and form their own opinions without somebody over the head with what they 're try to sa trying to do erm |
| 10 | Part of the beauty of scientific study is that it can take you in a number of different directions , expected and unexpected . |
| 11 | Our wish is that it will enable you better to recall and enjoy your own memories . |
| 12 | Perhaps the best way of describing it is that it will put you at peace with yourself — which is what is intended . |
| 13 | She is almost as fat as he is and it will do them both good . |
| 14 | ask it questions , it 's obviously on the telephone because you can ask what the balance is and it will tell you , and it ca n't possibly know that and Cleethorpes , when you put the card in the Cleethorpes thing , that , you know , your bank balance at Nottingham is so it 's obviously on the telephone erm and it 's on the telephone to a central computer which holds quite a lot of information , it accesses |
| 15 | There are people in Hammond Drive whose only objection to this closure , I have been informed , is because it will stop them taking a short cut through Loraine Crescent . |
| 16 | You know , ’ she confided , ‘ I sometimes think that one of the chief reasons why I 'm marrying Rob is because it will get me Luke as a half-brother-in-law . ’ |
| 17 | A benefit suggested by 17% of the wives from the ‘ substitution attendance ’ was that it would allow them to help each other out in emergencies . |
| 18 | I would never again speak of sin , certainly not to Lili , for one of the messages I had gathered from her speech was that it would bore her . |
| 19 | However , it was certainly the case that girls ( like their mothers ) were seen as ‘ helpers ’ and ‘ guides ’ to men and to families , and the significance of the club was that it could show them how to overcome their ‘ understandable selfishness ’ and reveal ‘ the beauty of unselfish devotion to others ’ . |