Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] it [modal v] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I lit another cigarette from the stub of the first ( unheard-of for me ) — not because I wanted it but because I felt it might give an illusion of poise to walk into the Presence with a cigarette dangling carelessly from my lips . |
| 2 | It is funny , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , how reluctant I was to say anything like that here in the first few days , how instinctively I felt it might endanger the entire project , how everything might collapse around me the moment I said that . |
| 3 | Er , in the introductions I did n't stand up and er , introduce myself cos I felt it would steal a few minutes of my er presentation ! |
| 4 | The ideal should be a circular seat but I felt it would take a considerable amount of timber with a lot of waster so I opted for an hexagonal shape . |
| 5 | She helped me as much as she could , but I knew it would take a long time to reach Estella 's level . |
| 6 | I thought it would make a difference being a Mrs but it did n't . |
| 7 | ‘ I thought it would make a nice wedding present for Terry . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It was already here when we moved in and to start with I thought it would make the room seem too gloomy , but it 's grown on me and I really like it now , ’ says Mary Jane , who works part-time as a physiotherapist . |
| 9 | Well er when I er , when I er , I could n't remember much what it was now , but whatever the union fee was , when I started on me own to be er satisfied of cos of circumstances I might need money , you know , I thought it would say the union fee was a shilling , I had to pay one and six half as much as whatever it was and I did do . |
| 10 | ‘ I wish I thought it would have the same effect . ’ |
| 11 | I had no specific use at the time , but I thought it would prove a handy addition to the workshop , and was delighted when my grandfather elected to purchase the tool for me . |
| 12 | I thought it might hurt the boys ’ feelings if I told them we think Miguelito is better-looking than they are . ’ |
| 13 | I knew it was n't an emergency , but I thought it might have the makings of one . |
| 14 | She decided it would do no harm to tell him . |
| 15 | She knew it would give a nasty sting , but it would n't cut her flesh to ribbons . |
| 16 | But she knew it would take a while before the immeasurable hunger receded within her . |
| 17 | She was surprised to find it rising for the third time , but though it hardened she knew it would take an age to bring it to orgasm . |
| 18 | ‘ It — er — was a nice walk , ’ she felt it would do no harm to comment . |
| 19 | Dora traced an abstract pattern with her finger on the table-cloth , as if she felt it would help the process of recall . |
| 20 | Elizabeth Wolstenholme-Elmy , for example , was associated with the suffrage movement , Butler 's campaign against the CD Acts , and the campaign for the Married Women 's Property Acts , while Millicent Fawcett , though withholding public support for Butler because she feared it would bring the suffrage movement into disrepute , in fact wholeheartedly approved of her work . |
| 21 | Ekland , talking about when she said it can handle a woman like a lift , he knew exactly where to locate the top button , one flick and we were on our way |
| 22 | If we believed it would have an adverse effect on claims , we would discourage people from buying timber-frame . |
| 23 | I told Mike Teague beforehand that if we lost it would mean the end of the road for a few of us . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ We thought it would make a nice Christmas present and show our borrowers that we are passing on the benefits of the recent rate reductions as soon as possible , ’ says Stratton . |
| 25 | Er looking at the rest of the P and L , you will see that we have split out a profit on sale of fixed assets which is our Lakeside erm Capelat and the Capco shares er which is why the corporate expenses for this other income has turned a way round , it 's gon na be negative nowadays , so we thought it 'd look a little silly saying other income less expenses . |
| 26 | We hoped it might form the basis of a small ‘ colony ’ providing a change for all concerned . |
| 27 | I knew MPs who could n't sleep at night because they were going through lobbies voting against their consciences for the Gulf war — to kill 100,000 people — because they believed it would help a Labour victory . |
| 28 | They were always having a go , the hard men , those who 'd blow up the Pope if they thought it would help the cause . |
| 29 | Most students liked to talk a lot because they thought it would impress the professors . |
| 30 | she can move them but she 's got no use in them , so they said it 'll take a long time |