Example sentences of "[verb] it [modal v] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | no I just left it cos it might , I do n't know it might of been side B , I think it was , side B was |
| 2 | With petit mal , the small fit , it used to called vaguely , you could talk to somebody and then go on nattering away and then suddenly the person would switch off and then just stare and then after a while they come back and talk to you and it 's , they pick up exactly where they 've left off , so as I say it used to be called day dreaming , now that 's the low end of the scale , now we go to the other end of the scale and remember please that there 's no set type for an epileptic , anybody , anywhere , any age at any time can have an epileptic fit , you do n't have to be that type , do n't . |
| 3 | Life had to be what she believed it ought to be ; she had no sense of reality . |
| 4 | Well it says it would of , J F K would have been seventy four . |
| 5 | She says it used to be beautiful , but the rectory and the church are a disgrace . |
| 6 | It 's just possible Mr Deputy Speaker , it 's just possible I may not be selected for all kinds of reasons but if I was selected it might at least give the people of that lovely part of the world the chance of having the referendum they never had over Maastricht because of the shameful way in which the Labour party was not willing to allow the people to have their say on that vital issue . |
| 7 | When opened it played the chorus of ‘ Spread a Little Happiness ’ , although the book stipulated it ought to be the ‘ Wedding March ’ . |
| 8 | But do you feel it ought to be a free market erm situation , at least to the extent that anyone can move into any area they wish to provided they could find a place to live ? |
| 9 | We were offered a flat , which would of mea if we 'd of accepted it would of meant we would have to of sold every stick of furniture because the rooms were not large enough |
| 10 | However , I hope it can at least be envisaged . |
| 11 | well we must wait on a bit , we 'll have to now , if she had n't phoned it would of been , you know something nice to think about wo n't it ? |
| 12 | When I came it used to be a very old building which belonged to British Legion club previously and er Sikhs bought from them . |
| 13 | The trouble is I mean if , if it did , it came up and he wanted to sell it would of it would obviously decrease the value . |
| 14 | But whether a monetarist or exchange rate policy is preferred it ought to be clear that the country can no longer endure an ambiguous mix of the two . |
| 15 | or 170 MN/m 2 which is round about the average for laboratory glassware , window panes , beer bottles and most of the other common forms of glass but was something between a fiftieth and a hundredth of what he reckoned it ought to be . |
| 16 | I think now that it exists it ought to be giving money to these things , but I think it ought to be taking the advice of the panels of artists and museum people . |
| 17 | Remember it used to be three inches long and now a foot long , with a flapper |
| 18 | Yeah I suppose it would of been alright like , but I do n't like keeping them |
| 19 | Well I suppose it must of been me but I have no idea when or why or where because I generally cut the erm side bits off . |
| 20 | If private capital can be attracted — and I believe it could to the right project — it seems to me entirely right that we should do what we can as Government to create the right climate for a successful link to be built . |
| 21 | Perhaps if ultimate knowledge is attained it must at once be transformed into a significant death . ’ |
| 22 | He says that 's what you want but I said yeah but there ai n't no bloody fit I reckon it ought to be them on legs maybe . |
| 23 | I reckon it ought to be compulsory that . |
| 24 | I 'm sure there are people who do n't sort of bother with them at all , you know just saw er a man he dropped he 's erm , he dropped his till receipt and he looked as if he had a tremendous amount you know in his basket so I reckon it would of been over , but there was no erm cos you get it stamped yes so we have er , yes I 'd forgotten about those little erm chickens of course , so we can have that roast |
| 25 | He goes , go on then , I pre got it on Simon I reckon it must of thought about it do you know why ? |
| 26 | In so doing it might by accident precipitate a general war , one from which the United States might emerge victorious , but which would leave Britain and Europe a radioactive desert . |
| 27 | He was slim and attractive , certainly , but his body was not quite as tense and muscular as he felt it ought to be . |
| 28 | You felt it ought to be because the feeling I had nobody for at least another generation would really have the roots in Harlow , that was looking at my children |
| 29 | It is then left to the individual local authority to make the best use it can of the sum granted to it , under an overall obligation to maintain standards of services by comparison with those in other areas . |
| 30 | I knew it must in theory , but to see it happen was still a lovely surprise . |