Example sentences of "[verb] it [vb mod] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I did n't know it 'd be like that , ’ she said , as she lay in his arms . |
2 | ‘ I did n't know it could be like that , ’ she whispered . |
3 | She said , ‘ I did n't know it could be like that . ’ |
4 | It seems to me , and we shall look at this in Chapter Seven when we examine the notion of unconscious learning in drama , that there is some truth in Brian Way 's claim that relishing and enjoying something without fully understanding it can be of value . |
5 | Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates said he expects to ship the follow-on to Windows 3.1 , codenamed Chicago , in 1994 but declined to say at what point in the year the upgraded system will be launched : ‘ We should debunk any notion that Chicago is around the corner , ’ Gates told an audience of developers sponsored by Microsoft — ‘ All we can say is we expect it will be in 1994 and we 'll keep people in touch on that . ’ |
6 | Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates said he expects to ship the follow-on to Windows 3.1 , codenamed Chicago , in 1994 but declined to say at what point in the year the upgraded system will be launched : ‘ We should debunk any notion that Chicago is around the corner , ’ Gates told an audience of developers sponsored by Microsoft — ‘ All we can say is we expect it will be in 1994 and we 'll keep people in touch on that . ’ |
7 | I ca n't promise it will be like that for the rest of the journey . |
8 | Oh he adores her , oh yes he wants her back , and I said , she said , I , you see , I know him , I said there 's a lot to be said for a chap that you know inside , know his ways and know how to cope with them , but I said never ever put yourself at his mercy , I 'm marrying him , and the house will be hers , you see , when there properly divorced it 'll be in her name so if he starts coming the old soldier , she can bung him out . |
9 | Do you ever watch the weather forecast and it says especially last or a few months ago say it 'll be minus three tonight ? |
10 | No , we love going up there anyway , it 'll be like a holiday I say it 'll be like a holiday for us , we love going up there |
11 | As I say it will be on the front of the sheet so you can |
12 | No longer will we look at a Heidelberg printer and say it will be worth 70% of its value in five years time , because it wo n't . ’ |
13 | No um Michael Fraser Associates have now started a lobbying operation which is run for them by the former Chief Executive of the Tory Party in Scotland whose name I 've forgotten but he lives down at Tiningham in East Lothian ah , now if I could get him in if Fred does n't object and again if Fred did n't object and the other guy did n't object it might be worth getting a member of Parliament in |
14 | All the time when there is an H I V antibody test it must be with informed consent from the patient or staff member . |
15 | If disaster strikes , such as a flood or a burst pipe , you can guarantee it will be at the most inconvenient time . |
16 | If the postman knocks on the door to delivery the only parcel you 've received in the past three years , you can guarantee it will be at just before eight on the first Saturday morning you 've had a chance to have a proper lie in for months . |
17 | One view holds it might be worth preserving only information derived from the telecommunications record , but that it would make little sense to keep it all . |
18 | 88open says it 'll be in business for the new fiscal year starting in April . |
19 | He says it may be worth up to nine thousand pounds , and it 's also valuable to historians who want to know about Iron Age society . |
20 | ‘ Do you have any information — I imagine it would be in documentary form — concerning a certain East German poli-tician ? ’ |
21 | Erm there 's also of course the issue of the within the resettlement wherever that would be , that would be er if it 's accepted it would be outside Greater York , so there would be an effect in a sense on the erm the Greater York figure in the policy of a hundred and forty five hectares would be minus whatever was allocated to the resettlement . |
22 | Erm I hope it may be of some interest . |
23 | They are converting the caravan into a mobile darkroom and hope it will be on the road this Easter . |
24 | I hope it will be worth it . ’ |
25 | We hope it will be of interest as well as help to you . |
26 | I hope it will be in all your club bars one of our bottles , we have distributed special bottles er sailor proof bottles I hope they are er which you put money in er very simply without any impediment and I do hope that all clubs will use those bottles and , and gather lots of money . |
27 | A severe drought is not a common feature on the field but when it occurs it may be in any month from April to September . |
28 | The point I 'm trying to get at sir is that erm it is none of it is in none of our interests , either the planning authorities or even of the developers , that if we were to erm find a strategic sites policy appropriate for this alteration , it 's in none of our interests that it should be confusing to the public or to the development industry as to how rare a thing this should be and how tightly directed it should be in geographical terms . |
29 | The US trade representative has said it would be like writing a cheque for $17,000 payable over ten years for every family of four in the world . |
30 | However it is clearly desirable that where such a statement is to be made in writing it should be in the same form as a statement written by the suspect following an interview , i.e. a statement under caution in compliance with paragraph C12. 13 and Annex D. |