Example sentences of "[verb] it [vb mod] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I came to the rapid conclusion that anyone tackling it must be either incredibly brave , extremely stupid — or both ! |
| 2 | Brenda was walking out with Gerald Bowlem , younger son of her father 's boss , and if that came off there 's no denying it would be a very satisfactory marriage . |
| 3 | The Government would not stand in the way of a united Ireland provided it could be negotiated by democratic and peaceful means . |
| 4 | Quite often it has n't and even if it has it may be helpful to call the recipient with information on delivery and timing . |
| 5 | The hon. Gentleman is asking a question which he knows will receive no answer , because the nature of a deterrent is that it remains uncertain — the nation that has it might be prepared to use it . |
| 6 | For this reason , instead of joining in the stampede for the latest and newest , I suggest it would be more prudent to wait for a year or two to see if the strawberry blonde holds her place as a glamour queen , or in reality is a blowzy old dame hobbling into the has-beens in the back row of the chorus , where she will find plenty to keep her company . |
| 7 | Why ca n't we could , as I suggest it would be slightly vague and , and the fact that the , the report shows the collection date , we could say the date it 's going to be collected cos you 'd get them to go through all |
| 8 | Officials laugh ruefully at the miserable performance of collective farming , and suggest it may be phased out . |
| 9 | If you have so much time to spare , I suggest it might be more profitably spent taking some fresh air . ’ |
| 10 | They suggest it can be used on IVF embryos , or embryos flushed from a woman 's womb before implantation takes place , in order to screen for sex-linked genetic conditions , for instance haemophilia , which mostly affects males . |
| 11 | In 1979 , 56% of the school-age population were not in school and while figures for illiteracy vary considerably , some suggest it could be as high as 67% . |
| 12 | If not I suggest it should be and , er , therefore if unfortunately the profits of the company did go down in the foreseeable future the salaries of yourself and your directors would be reduced . |
| 13 | I do n't know it may be that I 'll be the only member er that talks in terms of a specific Euro seat er in any detail but it does matter in our area and we have a long history of arguing that case . |
| 14 | I 'll know it 'll be he who 'll end up cassandring me , precisely in nomansland where the male gods will ever take over the pythian oracles , turning them into twittering spokespersons . |
| 15 | Yeah , but I do n't know it 'll be quite effective |
| 16 | How did we know it would be those four particular cars ? |
| 17 | I do n't know it must be wonderful to be able to mend . |
| 18 | We have one , it , let him know it must be how you sound . |
| 19 | ‘ I did n't know it 'd be like that , ’ she said , as she lay in his arms . |
| 20 | No , it does because Phil 'll tell Sal and then she 'd know it 'd be completely the end of everything cos Sal would n't put up with that sort of thing . |
| 21 | ‘ I did n't know it could be like that , ’ she whispered . |
| 22 | She said , ‘ I did n't know it could be like that . ’ |
| 23 | It seems to me , and we shall look at this in Chapter Seven when we examine the notion of unconscious learning in drama , that there is some truth in Brian Way 's claim that relishing and enjoying something without fully understanding it can be of value . |
| 24 | Not that this is to say that no industry should be owned by the State , not even when , for example , a service to be provided is a natural monopoly ; and the presumption is , therefore , that those who provide it should be accountable to users who can not register dissatisfaction by taking their custom elsewhere , rather than to private owners whose interest is to exploit the monopoly . |
| 25 | Acknowledging that yesterday 's inflation figure of 7.6 per cent was ‘ far too high ’ for a Conservative government , she promised it would be brought down again . |
| 26 | He signed the despatch with his name and rank , then handed it to Blasendorf who promised it would be delivered as swiftly as his horses could cross country . |
| 27 | Now , the Club Dog is the howling interactive success its humble beginnings promised it could be . |
| 28 | She and her husband never doubted it would be a girl . |
| 29 | But Russia 's UN ambassador Yuli Vorontsov said after meeting Yugoslav president Dobrica Cosic that Friday 's UN session of security council foreign ministers could be delayed until May 25 , but he doubted it would be this month . |
| 30 | Early in my first tour I argued with my colleagues that I doubted it would be possible to ditch a Wimpy or a Whitley on water , particularly if there was a heavy swell . |