Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trampling over it may damage it so that it ca n't be used . |
| 2 | ‘ It may damage my buses and I would have no alternative but to withdraw the service . ’ |
| 3 | It may arrange its pensions through an insurance company or a pensions firm . |
| 4 | This temporary retreat may bring the immediate refreshment of change or it may widen our horizons either by romantic hyperbole or by an unexpected psychological authenticity close to the reality of life as we know it . |
| 5 | In some cases cultivation maintains a good soil structure , while in others it may break it down , and what constitutes a ‘ good ’ soil structure may depend upon its mineral composition and upon the use to which it is put . |
| 6 | It follows that co-operative R&D is likely to raise total R&D spending if participants produce complementary products , and it may lower it if they produce substitute products . |
| 7 | So guide the United Nations that by word and deed it may promote your glory and establish peace and goodwill among the peoples of the world . |
| 8 | If you remove the castle and the only place left for the Synodontis is under the heater , it may burn itself — something to be avoided at all costs . |
| 9 | But it is possible it may change its strategy . |
| 10 | If we pick up the leg of a horse that is not used to it , it may tolerate it for a second or two , and then snatch it back from us . |
| 11 | And of course if you are nursing you ca n't afford to make mistakes , it may cost somebody 's life if you do . |
| 12 | If they ignore the risk of workplace stress claims , it may cost them another fortune . |
| 13 | It may cost me my job , but so far the PM has backed me . ’ |
| 14 | But if you 're really stuck and you 've got a third question that you ca n't come up with I mean y'know sort of blur it , fudge it and make it look like there 's a sort of metamorphic answer there and we can sort of say well that 's sort of twenty percent or something and then that counts and it may carry you over . |
| 15 | However , it can be quite useful to know how it is supposed to work , because it may explain what is going on , sometimes … . |
| 16 | It may curb his craving for dinner , |
| 17 | It may calm you down . ’ |
| 18 | For example , it may instruct its members to go-slow or work-to-rule or it may call for selective strikes ( in which certain groups of workers stop working for a specified time period ) ; or all the union members may be called out on a one-day strike . |
| 19 | First of all , he 's got a general election coming up and we do n't know what its result 's going to be and it may disappoint him , he may find that the Parliament he has to work with is not going to be of the same cast of mind as himself . |
| 20 | This is the cheaper option , but it may leave you stuck with single glazing and a recurrence of your existing maintenance problems in a few years time . |
| 21 | On the other hand , he points out that Devlin had in fact answered the question in the affirmative , and had justified this response by suggesting that , just as society can take steps to preserve itself against acts of treason , then so it may protect itself from attacks on established morality , for this too can threaten society 's existence . |
| 22 | It may mean nothing to you . |
| 23 | ‘ It may mean nothing . |
| 24 | That gives you time to get your head together , to pick up any appropriate notes that you may want , it may mean you want to actually consult somebody else . |
| 25 | ‘ Confidentiality ’ may mean my right ( or wish ) that you do not pass on what I have told you ( or do n't identify me as the informant ) , or it may mean my wish ( or right ) that you do not pass on information about me , or , with ‘ professional ’ prefixed , it may mean that our group will support each other by saying nothing about each other 's judgements , competencies or foibles . |
| 26 | It may blow them all into one spot . |
| 27 | If this results in objections it may affect our ability to provide a shelter . |
| 28 | It may reassure your readers who need protection from reality , but grown-ups must find it at best sloppy and at worst malicious . |
| 29 | It may involve you in extra duties and worries at first : for instance , you may have to take the patient to his workplace by car , and collect him again , and the timing may not be convenient for you . |
| 30 | It may reflect something disturbing at the heart of western modernity and rationality . |