Example sentences of "[that] it [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not that it would stop him buying his son a small biplane , a Gypsy Moth , for his twenty-first . |
| 2 | Both Japan and South Korea had expressed reservations about Dunkel 's draft accord on the grounds that it would oblige them to open their rice markets by imposing " tariffication " under which import quotas would be converted into tariffs [ see p. 38602 ] . |
| 3 | Kathleen was worried that it would upset him , but he seemed quite relaxed , laughing over incidents and reminiscing out loud . |
| 4 | He knew that it would make her feel inferior and stupid and insignificant beside the sultry Domino and her no doubt dazzling sexual experience ! |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd share your gin , ’ the Bishop 's wife said , ‘ except that it would make me further inclined to cry . ’ |
| 6 | Among the birds , body-armour is absent for the obvious reason that it would make them too heavy to fly . |
| 7 | Thousands of people took AZT in the hope that it would make them feel better and live longer . |
| 8 | The one major drawback with this proposal to ‘ give Channel Four its freedom ’ is that it would make it compete with the existing ITV companies . |
| 9 | Although revised , in its final form the bill did not assuage White House misgivings that it would make it too easy for plaintiffs to prove discrimination , and would force employers to impose hiring and promotion quotas based on race and sex in order to avoid expensive law suits . |
| 10 | I 'm sure that it would make us more careful the months before . |
| 11 | She had assumed all along that the only reason her father could possibly have for even considering selling the club was concern that she , Rory , could n't cope with running it , that it would prove too much of a burden for her — that it would hold her back from her own career . |
| 12 | Satisfied that it would bring them exactly down to the point he wanted on the starboard side of Lord Jim , he asked — " How do you feel about your husband ? " |
| 13 | Knowing what he would find when he went there , and knowing that it would pain him , Edouard delayed the moment when he would make a formal inspection of the house . |
| 14 | Bina who never dreamed — Bina whose moods they all dismissed as ‘ adolescence ’ — Bina who they 'd trained not to let on what she really felt , who did n't even know what she did feel — that same Bina had a dream each night , and she wrote down every single word of it so that it would tell her how to be different , be real , really be . |
| 15 | If you are the guard you have to wear a blindfold because you are armed with a laser torch which is so powerful that it would blind you if you could see it . |
| 16 | In fact , if she were there for two months , it would be unlikely that it would regard her as a resident . |
| 17 | Except that it would embarrass him if it were known that he was involved with someone like her , whereas she was ashamed of herself . |
| 18 | Only last year we saw how building workers who left the Union of Construction , Allied Trades and Technicians when its leadership fell into the hands of the far left were prevented from joining the General , Municipal and Boilermakers union , even after the GMB had indicated that it would welcome them . |
| 19 | Although the buoyant Lewis camp have not given up hope of staging the Holyfield fight here , they estimate that it would cost them a massive £17.5m purse to do it . |
| 20 | Rufus had thought Goblander needed a thorough overhaul and the mechanic confirmed this , adding that it would cost him . |
| 21 | He notes further to the comments above that while the substitution of will in ( 16 ) " would merely say that it would cost him a fortune if he took them home " ( idea of conditionality ) , the be going to construction expresses the idea of a " current orientation " towards the realization of the infinitive 's event ( here the speaker 's intention to take the books home ) . |
| 22 | He says that it would cost him more money if he went the other way . |
| 23 | He once claimed to me that he was able to open a beer bottle with his eye and that it would cost me $29 for the privilege of seeing the trick . |
| 24 | And as he leaned against the railings he suddenly tasted it , the moment Creed had planned for him , the moment he 'd always longed for , dreaded now , still longed for , and it was burnt sugar , sweet and caustic , on his tongue , it was like the flight of a bird across a window , it was there and it was gone , he could n't dwell on it , he could n't let the terror in , all he knew was what it would do for him , he knew that it would give him membership , he 'd be past the sliding sheet of glass , he 'd finally belong . |
| 25 | therefore we have supported the A C C line on the basis of the flexibility that it would give you , as an employer , bearing in mind , you do n't have to do anything , it will be your choice in the individual case , er , within your policies . |
| 26 | No need to stiffen up like that — you must see that it would affect me professionally . ’ |
| 27 | Sri Lanka broke off diplomatic relations with Israel on April 20 , 1990 , announcing that it would restore them when Israel recognised the PLO , withdrew from the occupied territories and agreed to participate in an international peace conference . |
| 28 | ‘ The way I left was very , very frustrating and a lot of my friends concluded that it would finish me forever in management . |
| 29 | ‘ The way I left wasvery , very frustrating and a lot of my friends concluded that it would finish me forever in management . |
| 30 | People have just about got used to the new structure and it seems to me that it would behove us all to leave well alone . |