Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [modal v] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Good grief it must cost them a fortune to erm you know , pay for all these then , so they give you the Walkman to , while you 're doing this and they give you the batteries , tt |
| 2 | If , however , the company creates £1m of debenture stock it can issue it ; to subscribers in such amounts as each wants , giving each a single certificate and he can sell and transfer any fraction of it . |
| 3 | Even at top levels of Highlight speed it would take us a few bio-days to get there . |
| 4 | — ‘ I might as well tell you what I know , ’ she said , ‘ for all the good it 'll do you . ’ |
| 5 | And what good it may bring you God alone knows ! ’ |
| 6 | For all the good it will do you . |
| 7 | He had n't admitted this for fear it would disqualify him from this part of the mission , and anyway he had thought he would feel safe behind the comforting protection of a pump-action . |
| 8 | He needed a drink before he spoke to McGann , and Dowd , ever the anticipator , had already mixed him a whisky and soda , but he forsook it for fear it would loosen his tongue . |
| 9 | But the Chinese fear it would challenge their governing from 1997 . |
| 10 | ‘ I was never allowed to do anything for fear it would spoil my hands . |
| 11 | ( in the near future it will have its own fenced-in garden ) . |
| 12 | I ca n't tell you how much pleasure it would give us to make them eat their words . |
| 13 | I 'll er Yes I should use them , they cost nearly three pounds and if put some on the other side it will stabilize it . |
| 14 | Well , if you put a , just hit it down a little bit , I got , probably wo n't get through , but if you hit it down a little bit to give it a bit of spin it might carry it through . |
| 15 | But now the sun can not do this because the man is dead but his comrades are hoping that by moving his body out into the sun it can use its power to wake him as it used to do . |
| 16 | If you use mirror from floor to ceiling and at right angles to a window or opposite a window it will give you twice the light and twice the view . |
| 17 | I can understand some of the exclusivity it would give us by our undertaking |
| 18 | So bear that in mind , even the beginning of this story look at that first paragraph it 's in a darker type it 'll make me filthy , a darker and a larger size . |
| 19 | If you run a high-profile , fancy campaign it will alert everyone to the fact that they should be voting and the proportion in your favour could shrink rapidly , It may be better to run a low key affair targeted directly at your own supporters . |
| 20 | I said well I 'm not very good on computers and I 've got loads of coursework so I thought if I go down there and type out different pieces of work it would get me familiarized with them |
| 21 | If he gets to Bernard before we know the details of the hit it 'll leave us totally in the dark . |
| 22 | If it chooses war it may deem it necessary to attack Syria before the latter becomes more powerful , but in doing so it risks incurring unacceptably high casualties . |
| 23 | This creates a conflict for them because , although they want to be stroked and petted like any other domestic cat , they are deeply suspicious of the hand that does the petting , fearing that at any moment it may grab them and hold them down . |
| 24 | Well if I get this , if I start this job it 'll start me saving again . |
| 25 | He would not , himself , have mentioned the matter , but now it was out in the open it would provide something to talk about . |
| 26 | If we are indeed in such a digestive , living-with-it , period it would explain something which is otherwise puzzling . |
| 27 | I 'm glad of it — for the confidence it will give me at home . |
| 28 | My master , preoccupied with Hopkins 's riddle drew me into discussion about its meaning , only to reach the conclusion it would tell us nothing until we had reached Glastonbury or Templecombe . |
| 29 | In a classroom it can give you the students ' view of the teacher , it can give you the teacher 's view of the students or it can be an observer which sits at the side of the class and looks from one to the other . |
| 30 | But if yo , if it was bitter and a bit of lemonade it would drink it , nothing else . |