Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [modal v] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just made the whole bed and then realized I 'd put it on the wrong way . |
| 2 | I knew it was n't going to be easy , as it was so very much his world , but I realized I must do it soon , because the longer I delayed , the longer I felt I would go on doing so — like facing up to the ashes . |
| 3 | " Whatever it cost I would face it . " |
| 4 | ‘ I was aware of players from both sides running towards me and I shouted I would clear it . |
| 5 | By a miracle I found I could do it : standing upright on the pedals and pedalling with all my might I reached the road , where Nora was waiting for me . |
| 6 | But against all my expectations , the longer he kept away , the more I found I could hack it . |
| 7 | Anna found she could do it quite well , but Corrie had no aptitude at all , though when it came to learning Foundling hymns she excelled . |
| 8 | She could make up a story , say she suffered temporary amnesia , or that she was knocked unconscious by thieves and all her money was gone , but she doubted she could make it sound believable . |
| 9 | She had remembered somewhere else from long ago , doubted she could find it but dared . |
| 10 | Fiona Ray , who has Down 's Syndrome , was sure she could win the tough Duke of Edinburgh 's Gold Award , but experts doubted she 'd do it . |
| 11 | Then , when I really insisted that they keep right on the centre line , they found they could do it if they tried hard . |
| 12 | Well they found they could do it far better with a tractor and a mower . |
| 13 | Tony promised he 'd give it to me on my wedding day , and I wo n't let you send it back ! ’ |
| 14 | If the system disagrees with the figure entered it will challenge it — otherwise it moves on to the next item . |
| 15 | By half emptying one of the sacks onto the floor of the van he found he could drag it with his right hand and hold onto the box with his left . |
| 16 | I believed I could do it . |
| 17 | She drew a line down the centre of Stella 's nose with a stick of No.5 and gestured she should rub it in . |
| 18 | Well she thoroughly enjoyed the life , in fact right up , oh till nearly the end she spoke about Pharay and as long as she was able she used to go and she imagined she could see it better with the spy glasses . |
| 19 | She imagined she could hear it at her back , behind the house and the soft green swell of land that shielded it , could hear the breaking thud of the winter waves on the shore she had not yet seen . |
| 20 | Once a retreat had been forced from one dump site , people believed they could do it again , and did . |
| 21 | Not only did he see no advantage in change , he believed he could prevent it indefinitely . |
| 22 | Then I finally realised you could see it , but you 'd decided simply to ignore it . |
| 23 | She had never felt so wretched and she vowed that if Maggie recovered she would make it up to her somehow . |
| 24 | One just heard a whistle , one said it sounded like a hymn and the third , who was a church woman , claimed she could identify it precisely , ‘ Now the Day is Over' ’ . |
| 25 | For what happened she can do it because , so okay , let's hope it 's going to be nice . |
| 26 | 75% stated they would recommend it to be available from general practitioners surgeries . |
| 27 | ‘ When my mother left him the topaz , Vitor vowed he would save it until he met his soulmate , ’ the older woman explained . |
| 28 | Parke certainly has a brain and showed he could use it under pressure . |
| 29 | Mind you I heard he could hear it in the background so he must have got a few kids |
| 30 | Coming upon me as it did , however , in the midst of such a busy period , I could not afford to let it preoccupy me unduly , and I thus decided I should resolve it at the earliest opportunity . |