Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] it [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He should make it known within the company that this is one of his priorities , that the whole board supports it and that a percentage of the profits should be devoted to it . |
| 2 | This wo n't significantly affect the water flow , but should prevent it sticking in the future . |
| 3 | We must use it to force through the Gatt agreement — if necessary , against the selfish tantrums of the French . |
| 4 | We should have it published by the end of the year . |
| 5 | ‘ I must get it fixed before the winter . ’ |
| 6 | Secondly , we might think it daring in the extreme , if not plain wrong , that the storyteller should represent God as being in Jacob 's grip until nearly the end of the contest . |
| 7 | As tests were being carried out yesterday a safety official said : ‘ If there 's a fault we 'll have it taken off the shelves . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Do you think you 'll get it finished by the end of January ? ’ |
| 9 | The last and equally important part of the system concerns the revision of stock , in which all the factors bearing upon the stock which might cause it to depart from the logistic guidelines are carefully monitored and — where necessary — corrected . |
| 10 | To do this exercise , put the carriage to E , where you 'll find it tucks to the right and knits to the left . |
| 11 | ‘ I think Dieter 's been a bit naughty , ’ Husband puffed , ‘ but it was a direct follow-up to an incident abroad , so you might say it came under the doctrine of ‘ hot pursuit ’ . ’ |
| 12 | He could see it skimming over the surface of the black waters of the Liffey far below . |
| 13 | John 's face broke into a grin ; I could see it reflected in the windowpane . |
| 14 | I could see it sailing over the trouble and landing on the green . |
| 15 | From the bank we could see it floating through the reflected lights like a submerged log . |
| 16 | They could see it racing across the ground ahead of them — grey around the edges , spreading into the darkness of night . |
| 17 | I mean you 'd see it going round the town quite regularly emptying the gullies . |
| 18 | You 'd have it done through the bank anyway and I 'd just pay you weekly I cou might as well rather than monthly . |
| 19 | Occasionally , a sentence or a phrase would leap out , and Duroc could hear it issuing from the Elder 's lips . |
| 20 | A car with headlights on came towards him , cautiously negotiated the hairpin bend , and for some time afterwards he could hear it grinding up the hill to Albert Terrace . |
| 21 | I said I 'd leave it pinned to the noticeboard above the communal phone and he said that was probably best and good night . |
| 22 | Well I would the only thing I can say in this is this cash , I know they said they 'd get it got in the piggy bank before the poll tax , but as they keep shouting about they 've got to put the poll tax up , they 've got no money , they they 're putting the staff off and one thing and another . |
| 23 | Perhaps she could let it lodge in the frame of her chair , leaving her free to dance . |
| 24 | Now I would be calling a solicitor to see how I could get it dissolved on the best possible terms . |
| 25 | if anybody can sort of if you write in English , maybe could send it to you , could get it translated at the Stortford , oh that might be very useful , erm , I mean , I 'll certainly do some letters and if anybody else wants to , if they let me know I 'll let them have the addresses for them , erm , there are fax as well and that suppose to be a quicker way than writing a letter actually than send through a fax , right , erm , if anybody can then we could send them to you and , and ask you to send it on , and we would sort of postage , would be covered would it Margaret ? |
| 26 | She could imagine it clanging across the hall , up the stairway , along the draughty corridors , around the drawing-room and out through the open windows . |
| 27 | They walked regardless of the weather : on early spring mornings when the sky was remote and pale as a plover 's egg ; on stormy autumn afternoons when they felt they could reach up and touch the lowering clouds that covered the land like a bruise ; and on frozen winter days when the sky was a white membrane stretched so tight that they could imagine it cracking with the cold . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | But , she said , if Dew members wished to they could present it back to her and she would ensure it went through the proper channels for presentation to the borough council . |
| 30 | The only small quibbles I have are the shape of the zip pullers , which sometimes dig into hips when a rucksack 's carried , the lack of a horizontal chest pocket to take a map ( very useful when navigating in poor weather ) and a wired hood , which would stop it falling over the eyes at inconvenient moments . |