Example sentences of "it [verb] i [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just do it , just , and as you do it think I 'll remember this for my examine , right ? |
| 2 | yeah , and it cuts its eye at you and then you go to get it , it goes I 'll jump , I 'll bloody jump . |
| 3 | What it represents I would suggest , is the desperate attempt to trim off the margin to find every single last way in which we can follow the government diktat whilst preserving our full services . |
| 4 | ‘ If we ca n't get it sorted I may have to pull out . ’ |
| 5 | " Whatever it cost I would face it . " |
| 6 | ‘ If it happens I 'll return to Aunt Bertha to tell her he is well and kept busy , and then I 'll go home to Wellington . ’ |
| 7 | But being unqualified for anything more taxing than preparing meals and cleaning rooms , it seemed I might have no alternative but to go into service . |
| 8 | I would n't have omitted him three hours before , but now it seemed I must face up to the situation as it was without him . |
| 9 | Reflecting on his day out against Dublin he said : ‘ That day it seemed I could do no wrong . |
| 10 | It seemed I could learn nothing of happiness from Lili unless I could first discover her secret . |
| 11 | ‘ It shows I can score from close range , ’ he said . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , old fellow in the cellarage , ’ she whispered lightly to herself , though the breath was shallow in her throat , ‘ it seems I must speak with you at last . ’ |
| 13 | Now it seems I must have him killed . |
| 14 | I had said to a promising-looking man behind a counter , but it seems I should have said ‘ Cup of tea ’ and left it at that , for he put his hands on his hips and shouted , ‘ What 's stopping you ? ’ |
| 15 | Aye , it seems I 'd have been better letting it run on the blooming thing . |
| 16 | I suppose the fact that I 'd made it at the age of 14 was important because it meant I would go a long way in athletics . |
| 17 | I ca n't remember who he was supporting , but I was a regular visitor because being a big blues fan , it meant I could go and see Sonny Boy Williamson , and all the people who would be at the Richmond Jazz/American Blues Folk Festival that came every year . |
| 18 | Mind , I welcomed them with open arms because it meant I could stay off school . |
| 19 | Erm , got back here about quarter past nine , which was great , cos it meant I could watch One Foot in the Grave . |
| 20 | ‘ The time has come for me to get it sorted out — and I 'd happily take a year out if it meant I 'd have a few more years later on . |
| 21 | But it proved I could do it . |
| 22 | But , he also reflected , it means I 'll have to watch my back . |
| 23 | But it means I 'll have to cancel the meeting with Clive . ’ |
| 24 | They will follow the G and I ca n't , so it means I shall drop out of politics altogether . |
| 25 | It means I must leave the doors unlocked , but that 's less risk than having him come looking for me within the quarter-hour , as he surely would . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Well , my Takamine is great because it means I can go around radio and TV stations and play songs on my own . |
| 27 | Yeah cos it means I can cook your tea for you does n't it ? |
| 28 | ‘ It 's very important for me to have the same people around me as I did on the first album … it 's a community thing , it means I can keep the same vibe as I had before , ’ he says . |
| 29 | Ten-year-old Trevor Kachel , of Belgrave Road , said : ‘ I like boxing because it means I can defend yourself if you ever needed to . |
| 30 | Now that Jeff 's in the picture , it means I can back off a little and stop feeling quite so responsible for Silvia . ’ |