Example sentences of "[vb base] [Wh det] it [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A European ’ , Temple wrote , ‘ can not exert a personal influence on the characters of more than one hundred to two hundred natives ’ ; but if he concentrated on ‘ guiding and controlling the native leaders ’ , then his influence would be ‘ magnified by a natural process a thousand fold ’ and the result would be that : ‘ The power thus exerted is infinitely greater in scope than any power or influence which it can be hoped that he will exert under the … system of Direct Rule . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Imagine what it would mean to Britain if you had a player in Manchester and a player in Liverpool who won Wimbledon and the US Open , ’ he said , boggling the mind . |
| 3 | If the immortals were capable of reproduction there would be a colossal population explosion : imagine what it would be like if every human being ever born were still alive ! |
| 4 | Imagine what it would have been like without the railway . |
| 5 | Imagine what it might be like if , as humans , we had not only the senses of other creatures but the ability to understand these communications as they do . |
| 6 | ‘ Imagine what it 'd do to him . ’ |
| 7 | Imagine what it 'd be like , when it 's really cold . |
| 8 | Everyone pushes out the boat to look their best on the Big Day — so imagine what it must be like if money 's no object . |
| 9 | ‘ You imagine what it must be like yourself , that 's what I do . |
| 10 | ‘ And imagine what it must have been like before all those modern office ‘ towers ’ were built to dwarf it — especially if you happened to be a traitor . |
| 11 | A good rule is to look at the shape and size of the flower before you press it , and then imagine what it will look like once it is flat . |
| 12 | Strawberries and cream ; and damn what it would do to her waistline . |
| 13 | That is to say , they know what it would be like for God to exist , but as a matter of fact they do n't think that one does . |
| 14 | When you write a program yourself , you know what you want it to do and you also know what it ca n't do . |
| 15 | I know what it could be ! |
| 16 | I know what it should be like but I |
| 17 | We must now change gear somewhat , and ask what it would take for such relationships to be treated as satisfactory explanations . |
| 18 | Page 25 New dawn for Abtrust : Abtrust New Dawn Investment Trust is raising £18.9m through a placing and offer which it will invest in developing markets in the Far East . |
| 19 | The Party Programme , adopted at the same congress , promised only that the Soviet Union would ‘ do what it could ’ to assist socialist-oriented states in the developing world ; and authoritative commentaries made it clear that the USSR preferred the peaceful settlement of regional conflicts rather than the ‘ export of revolution ’ . |
| 20 | I think , with having children of my own , I think what it would be like , God forbid , if that happened to one of my kids . |
| 21 | We could do with some of it over here so try and be a bit more friendly , dear Buddy , just think what it would buy ! |
| 22 | So if y if the chemicals will do that over a long period of time to rubber , think what it would do to your skin . |
| 23 | ‘ I did n't want the Russians on my track if they knew what I was looking for — just think what it would mean if it turned up now ? |
| 24 | ‘ Well , think , ’ she added quickly , ‘ think what it would mean . |
| 25 | Harris knew that something had happened but he could n't for the life of him think what it might be . |
| 26 | We did actually have er , it 's a , I think what it might be we had a lady who came to brought her son , mind , her son 's thirty odd and they did the singing for us . |
| 27 | Just think what it will be like doing the high jump with 50,000 people watching you ! ’ |
| 28 | Tactics for outwitting the ticket office phone system and managing to get hold of tickets ( the consensus was use the Fax Method — if it helped us get a replay against Stuttgart , just think what it can do when you want a ticket for West Ham away on a Tuesday night in December ) |
| 29 | I do n't want you to drop this exhibition , think what it could do for you . |
| 30 | Think what it could do to security . |