Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [verb] it [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 It has survived so long because abolishing it would have been more trouble than it was worth , but that does not make it any better in itself .
2 I think a lot of people are getting too excited about a technology which is which has been dreamed up by people who wish it would happen rather than prove it can happen .
3 With Major announcing that Government support would now total £115 million as well as pledging it would underwrite costs , they hailed his enthusiastic involvement as their trump card .
4 The transport is also better , with the airport considerably closer than say it would have been in Manchester .
5 I think I thought I wanted to be part of that companionship too but knew it would conclude with my entry But that did n't have to happen because he was closing the kitchen door behind him as I arrived in the passage .
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