Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [verb] it [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nudge up a bit I mean it could 've been tonight . |
| 2 | If all this had to be summed up in one sentence I suppose it would have to be that Wittgenstein 's treatment of the ‘ Other Minds ’ problem is an extended illustration of a point in philosophical logic : namely , that the meaningfulness of some of the things we say is dependent on contingent facts of nature — such as that the Earth revolves on its axis , and that we moan with pain and react as we do to others who moan . |
| 3 | ‘ If only there had been a little bit more flexibility on the United States side I think it could have been successfully accomplished . ’ |
| 4 | The door crashed open and slammed back against the wall with such force it seemed it would come off the hinges . |
| 5 | Although Schedule 17 comes into force only on a day still to be appointed , when it does come into force it seems it will apply in relation to debt instruments already in existence . |
| 6 | Thus the only way by which the government might achieve a higher level of output would be by cheating , by not following the rule it says it will follow . |
| 7 | I said yes why , they can nae do that mister he said it 'll affect all the sensors on the machines oh ah |
| 8 | Well when , that 's what I said to , er Paula people should always go to that village shop because in the long run I know it might cost you more , but the hassle and everything , the only thing is they have n't got the variety |
| 9 | The marriage of James 's son James IV to Margaret Tudor , from which the Stewart claim to the English throne derived , came about more because of pressure from Henry VII than from any Scottish enthusiasm ; and the Treaty of Perpetual Peace which accompanied it would last for no more than eleven years , collapsing because James could not sustain his obligations to both France and England when Henry VIII joined the pope 's grotesquely named Holy League against France . |
| 10 | The possibility of an opt out has concerned the county council which fears it could lose playing fields at the former Eston Lowfields School on Gillbrook 's campus . |
| 11 | Perhaps it decided to stay put and I would n't notice it was there and maybe at the last second it decided it would run for it ! |
| 12 | No further work may be performed on the DC and the user who proposed it should review the reasons why it was rejected and produce a more suitable DC . |
| 13 | ‘ Hunt is a legend here but if I go on and beat his all-time record I think it 'll take some bettering . |
| 14 | No erm er even now , and the the strike 's been finished I ca n't remember four months or something , three months , you know the community I think it 'll take a a hell of a long time to heal the rifts and mend the scars . |
| 15 | Some dealers and collectors were not above altering or even removing the genuine patina and treating the surface to give the appearance they felt it should have had . |
| 16 | To be sure , the USSR will not initiate a war it knows it will lose , but as the political stakes mount , so will the risks she is prepared to take . |
| 17 | At the beginning everyone said it would get better as filming progressed . |
| 18 | But it took her it used to take her quite a while I suppose it would take couple of hours to make a bonny wreath would it . |
| 19 | Geraldine , who works for Classic Leisure , owners of The Institute , said : ’ Because I 'm on site all day I thought it would make sense to join the club . ’ |
| 20 | With DOL back I think it 'll get tighter |
| 21 | ‘ I suppose the newspaper which started it would say that it was just a bit of fun . |
| 22 | The idea behind any signal is that the person who receives it can act upon this information . |
| 23 | The argument to which Russell here attaches some weight is : to know the truth , or even the meaning , of a sentence of the form ‘ I am aware of … ’ , the person who utters it must know , by acquaintance' something which he calls ‘ I ’ . |
| 24 | ( 2 ) If the specimen with the lower proportion of alcohol contains no more than 50 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath , the person who provided it may claim that it should be replaced by such specimen as may be required under section 7(4) of this Act and , if he then provides such a specimen , neither specimen of breath shall be used . |
| 25 | It 's so sad the fact that the turned into slime I wish it would carry into . |
| 26 | ‘ Apart from the damage it would do to the ground I knew it would have to be ridden every day and then if it bolted or got stuck in the mud it would be my responsibility . ’ |
| 27 | Her parents say the man who did it should have been gaoled for life . |
| 28 | ‘ The man who used it must have thought so . ’ |
| 29 | In the life she led it would have been all too easy to succumb to the myriad temptations on offer , but she had seen them for the shallow , worthless things they were , and valued her self-respect too highly to accept dross when she knew she must seek for gold . |
| 30 | And you used to er stand this on a house brick , like it might be on there , and you had another long stick and you use to hit it on one end and as it flew in the air you see it used to fly up then you used to have to hit it as far as you |