Example sentences of "it [modal v] [vb infin] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it may pay to take a chance with SESAME ( nap 2.35 ) , who has been running creditably in top class events and could oblige at attractive odds . |
| 2 | Like the minor , circular designs of the latter , it may have possessed a number of concentric bands . |
| 3 | But it may have to do a lot more than talk . |
| 4 | It may have saved a lot of time . ’ |
| 5 | It may have made a decision which it had no power to make . |
| 6 | He says that it was a bit unfair — it may have made a difference . |
| 7 | It may have started a bit playfully but I thought it got out of hand . |
| 8 | Well we do n't have a definite answer erm Gill but we think it may have experienced a shock of some sort during that season and of course when this happens to fruit trees they can go into bi-annual cropping and then they come back again , it may be that this horse chestnut 's experienced something very similar . |
| 9 | ‘ Grenville 's manor belonged to Edward Grenville of Wotton Underwood , and was worth £10 to him ; in 1606 it may have comprised a house and 89 acres . |
| 10 | It may have evoked a response in our personal nature , or have been in keeping with the mood of the moment . |
| 11 | It may help to keep a ball of used fluid , like a rubber , and use it to roll over the fluid to be lifted . |
| 12 | Where it knows that it will suffer increases in its costs , it may wish to use a model to predict what will be the effect of a series of increasingly large price rises upon its sales . |
| 13 | It should aim to free a child from the chains of his environment . |
| 14 | But the absence of public apprehension over corporate crime does not justify it being ignored by criminologists ; rather , it should justify creating a publicity campaign to create an awareness of corporate crime . |
| 15 | It should have sent a search program down the cable first . |
| 16 | United were unlucky … so what 's new … they could or is it should have had a penalty in the second half when Chrissy Allen was brought down … |
| 17 | It , it must 've cost a fortune , because er extra because of all the hotel accommodation we had to have as well . |
| 18 | ‘ It must have caused a scandal . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ It must have cost a fortune to build , ’ said Maud . |
| 20 | ‘ It must have cost a fortune to have it taken apart piece by piece and reconstructed , but my Nico never hesitated . |
| 21 | It must have cost a lot of money to go for that amount of time ? |
| 22 | It must have cost a lot at the start but they |
| 23 | To his hosts , it must have seemed a possibility , at least , that in William Joyce they had their most important catch of all the queer fish at Charlottenburg . |
| 24 | From Major Erickson 's viewpoint it must have seemed a blessing to be rid of him . |
| 25 | That was another oft-told story in our family because it must have meant a lot in those days , owning your own house instead of paying rent to a landlord . |
| 26 | It must have taken a couple of hours or more to reach the machan , a platform raised on poles . |
| 27 | It must have taken a while from Taunton , Charles thought , as Frances drove them in the yellow Renault 5 along the route Lesley-Jane had described . |
| 28 | ‘ It must have taken a lot of practice to become so fluent , ’ she called down the hatch to let him know she was back . |
| 29 | Well it must have had a split in or something . |
| 30 | I ca n't be sure what my face looked like when I opened it and saw Maureen on the doorstep , but I imagine it must have had a grin on it from ear to ear . |