Example sentences of "[vb past] it [conj] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old nineteenth-century role of Parliament as a body which chose the government , maintained it and could reject it , which operated as an intermediary between the electorate and the executive , has gone . |
| 2 | He had a good time , said he really enjoyed it and would like to go again , and I had all the washing done for me — he did n't bring anything home dirty except the previous day 's clothes . |
| 3 | I think I was expecting it all to be much worse , but I enjoyed it and could honestly say that it was one of the best days of my life . |
| 4 | It was a bitter pill to swallow , but he took it and would try to act as a man should . |
| 5 | Each meeting ends with the moneymen all saying things like I 'm in or I want in on this or You got it or Let's do it . |