Example sentences of "i [vb past] [conj] it [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked if it could print in scales of grey upon computer labels , he closed his eyes , shook his head and insisted he did n't know . |
| 2 | At the time I thought little more about it , but later I realized that it must have been caused by some powerful pain-killing drug . |
| 3 | Now I found that , you see , cos I passed my eleven plus and I lived in Hampshire and the grammar school was Hampshire Grammar School for Girls , which was quite a long way away from where I lived and it would have entailed a bus and the train and I and there was only me that passed and I , I did n't wan na do it . |
| 4 | I seemed to recall that in the past when we 'd met we 'd got on reasonably well , so I assumed that it must have been something that Jennifer had told you that had turned you against me , or , failing that , that you were just embarrassed at having to work with your sister 's ex-fiancé . ’ |
| 5 | Tales of Tongan royal oarsmanship had recently spread as far afield as Hawaii and Tahiti and I reasoned that it could do no harm to mention my interest , albeit one or two decades old . |
| 6 | I marvelled that it could last , for I thought it might have crumbled to nothing , it was so small . |
| 7 | Conversely I discovered that it could cut with the disc flat , or at a slight angle , and I can see it having benefits for very fine work . |
| 8 | I originally bought it because it was easy to carry around and I figured that it would make a nice practice guitar . |
| 9 | I felt I could pretend that you were , it was a secret I had , I almost told you once or twice , but I thought that it might spoil things , that … |
| 10 | It gets so terribly complicated : I thought that it would make a very good board game . |
| 11 | Christy O'Connor Jnr played on the second morning and Jose Maria Canizares in the afternoon and although they did n't give me any points I felt it was important that they got a chance to taste the atmosphere and feel a part of the proceedings , as I thought that it would help them going into the singles . |
| 12 | If that is the report to which he is referring , when asked how I would react to a Select Committee report I said that it would depend on what it said . |
| 13 | I hoped that it would distract his mind from his problems at work . |
| 14 | I conceded that it might have been wiser , and indeed more seemly , to have consulted her before a decision was reached ; but I did not add that I had advised the Prime Minister to agree to a meeting over her head because I was convinced that she would never accept a challenge to her authority . |
| 15 | ’ So I wondered whether it would put you out too much to let her visit with you for a couple of hours . ’ |
| 16 | After a few days , nine or ten , I wondered if it would aid things to pay a visit to Scotland , but I had n't the purpose for it , let alone the money . |
| 17 | ‘ I wondered if it would work . |
| 18 | ‘ I found this on the floor — I wondered if it might have fallen out of his pocket . ’ |