Example sentences of "[vb base] it [modal v] " in BNC.
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1 | On first encounter it can sound pedestrian , but there 's always something not quite right about the melodies they produce , and the more curiosity that provokes , the more you 're sucked in . |
2 | Dreams beneath sleep it can not break . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 |
5 | Officials laugh ruefully at the miserable performance of collective farming , and suggest it may be phased out . |
6 | If you have so much time to spare , I suggest it might be more profitably spent taking some fresh air . ’ |
7 | This uses the technically-defined Ocean as above , except that all the hiccups that interrupt the passage of its boundary have been removed by the relatively simple process of granting to it all of the so-called ‘ marginal seas ’ to which logic ( and political reality ) suggest it can lay claim . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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% . |
10 | The setting is a beach though in the crowded painting , background trees suggest it could also be some sort of a clearing . |
11 | Logically , that question is otiose as regards the nationality and residence requirements if the court rules , as I suggest it should , that those requirements are in any event contrary to Community law . |
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 | 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 . |
14 | Tulu admitted : ‘ I knew what sort of race it would be . |
15 | The famous " Big Mac " has only a fraction of the vitamin B content it should have . |
16 | Yes , I expect it 'll just be more routine marking time , though . |
17 | She said , ‘ I expect it 'll be something you 'll remember and treasure for the rest of your lives , ’ and Carrie was pleased because she sounded like herself for the first time that day . |
18 | I expect it 'll make all the difference to poor Mr Evans . ’ |
19 | I 'll work as soon as I can , I 'd like to do something nice , but I expect it 'll be barmaiding . |
20 | I expect it 'll turn up eventually , if it has n't already . |
21 | ‘ I expect it 'll be all right , ’ she said , gracefully . |
22 | ‘ I expect it 'll come right in the end . ’ |
23 | ‘ I expect it 'll come out fine , Dad , ’ she said . |
24 | ‘ I expect it 'll come to the same thing in the end , ’ Zen told him as they shook hands . |
25 | And I expect it might be there though now . |
26 | if the rail fare 's gone up as I expect it may well have done . |
27 | So what you do is , to type check disk space slash and then it asks you wh if it comes up with a question , which I expect it may well , if you 've never done this before . |
28 | I expect it would would n't it ? |
29 | I expect it must be obvious that a serious , in-depth review of this instrument would take many more pages than are available here . |
30 | ‘ Now the rally 's been banned , ’ says Scargill , who looks nothing like his more-famous uncle , ‘ I expect it will attract a lot of people . ’ |