Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may think it looks cissy to do what a normal man would and carry the baby in its cot , but I reckon it only looks unchivalrous . |
| 2 | Perhaps too many all-embracing laws are drafted in such a slipshod manner that police may think it gives them authority to frame any charge and judges are given the power to determine the law according to their own opinions . |
| 3 | The most common is the all-too-familiar cystitis — the bladder could be inflamed and JoJo may think it needs emptying even when it is only partly full , with the result that she could be effectively ‘ caught short ’ . |
| 4 | There has , however , been very little research which looks directly at this issue and thus at this stage suggestions about the normal levels of memory performance or about the variables which may influence it remain largely speculative . |
| 5 | A drug may make an animal less hungry , less mobile , less sensitive to the pain of an electric shock , just as much as it may make it forget . |
| 6 | That may make it seem as if we thought each had specific dates and a definite content . |
| 7 | You may need it to film my pearl-divers underwater , and to show them how it works . |
| 8 | Under the Children Act , if the restrictions could be achieved ‘ voluntarily ’ a court may consider it has a duty not to grant an order . |
| 9 | Josh for younger girls , they must think it keeps them young . |
| 10 | And to do that I do have to say something about what truth is , in order to explain why we should want it told . |
| 11 | She answered , watching him , ‘ Of course , it 's only natural that you should want it to succeed . |
| 12 | It was right that she should make it suffer for what it had done . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | If one or more of these features is missing from your working life , you should make it known and strive to ensure that management is committed to improving matters . |
| 15 | This should make it look like a cat about to fight , but strangely it does not . |
| 16 | And we must make it pay as much as we can . |
| 17 | I must make it happen to myself ! |
| 18 | In the end , however attractive the idea of glasnost , it is only as good as the people who must make it work . |
| 19 | Who and how many people we imprison , for how long and in what conditions are questions that politicians and sentencers must answer ; those in the prisons must make it work as well as they can . |
| 20 | I should think it suits Freddie down to the ground , what with all his goings-on . ’ |
| 21 | but should think it had gone deep . |
| 22 | I should think it sounds as if they 're both teaching in the same school , myself , |
| 23 | ‘ I should think it costs at least that . ’ |
| 24 | Well it wa it went up and it was like that dash used to be I should think it looks alright when I 've finished it . |
| 25 | ‘ I should think it starts when you need a hair of the dog the next morning . ’ |
| 26 | Should think it starts at about sixteen , seventeen thousand . |
| 27 | I should think it measured about two yards . |
| 28 | They must know it 's been going on at domestic and international level for a long time . |
| 29 | This wo n't significantly affect the water flow , but should prevent it sticking in the future . |
| 30 | One customer should expect it to arrive then |