Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] it [vb mod] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That hand of mine wo n't go the right shape although I 've tried , I knew it would deform joints and so I put all my efforts into spreading them the opposite way , but I have n't won on that one , can you see ? |
| 2 | But I thought it would do Roy a power of good to give him a few games at the back as part of his education . ’ |
| 3 | Geraldine , who works for Classic Leisure , owners of The Institute , said : ’ Because I 'm on site all day I thought it would make sense to join the club . ’ |
| 4 | It seems I , oh I seemed to feel that it , it was , if we wanted to see three it was gon na upset , well they seemed that , I thought it would save money if they |
| 5 | I thought it would get things off to a good start . ’ |
| 6 | and that was my Barclaycard number in case you want it although I ordered it through the thr phone I made out that so that I could read it off on the telephone I did n't even erm I did n't even assemble it I just looked and I saw it does n't chop I thought it would chop things but does n't , it only grates Looks as though it had been out before , you know , you look at this ! |
| 7 | I thought it might cause problems . |
| 8 | She said no I think I 'll go home I 'll be alright , so I took her back home about eleven and erm erm I kept phoning her every hour on the hour just to make sure she 's alright , then I said I want you just to promise me one thing you 're not do anything silly , I 'm here , I do n't care what it takes , I 'm here , so she said alright then , so I said it 'll break mum 's heart it 'll break dad 's heart , |
| 9 | I suspected it may leave holes somewhere else . |
| 10 | I believe the magazine was read quite widely even by some of our hierarchy , and sometimes I felt obliged to censor the odd more outspoken word when I considered it might cause trouble . |
| 11 | The offer was immediately rebuffed , however , by one of the two big generating companies being created under privatisation , which said it would seek fuel from a wider range of sources , including imported coal . |
| 12 | Indeed , although she is now nearly ninety , one senses that Lady Amory would do almost anything in her power if she thought it would benefit Knightshayes , the garden she created with her husband , Sir John Heathcoat Amory , after the Second World War . |
| 13 | She wanted to know who as well , but he refused her and she knew it would become part of his bargain with the police when and if he were caught . |
| 14 | There was n't a spare bed , for a start — but the main thing was that she knew it would annoy Alan . |
| 15 | She knew it would take courage to ring that number . |
| 16 | It was not until the final pre-Budget meeting that it was dropped , at the insistence of Margaret Thatcher who felt it might sour relations with the press at a time when they would otherwise be enthusing over economic achievements . |
| 17 | Mary wrote her life story as a therapy for herself , and also because she felt it might help others caught up , directly or indirectly , in the occult . |
| 18 | She said it would help Sarah to get over the loss , and it did . ’ |
| 19 | know where they 've planned owt to go , and er , so she said it 'll get end of June or even July |
| 20 | She hoped it would throw Maurin off guard , persuade him she had come for a little of his flirtatious conversation at the least , a few more questions about Durance and Sabine Jourdain at the most . |
| 21 | They thought it would draw people in from a wider |
| 22 | The meaning that they gave it should send cold shivers down the spine of any parent : fully a half thought that it was an instruction to cross the road , and half of these thought that it was showing you how to do it — by running ! |
| 23 | They said it would breach N H S codes of confidentiality but that they would review this decision if Mr was still missing later today . |
| 24 | They said it would encourage noise and late-night vandalism and young people driving motor cycles and cars in the parade . |
| 25 | A planning inspector rejected plans to build a £3m private clinic because he believed it would create traffic chaos and disturb NHS hospital patients . |
| 26 | One retail analyst said he believed it would make customers more likely to spend on food and gifts . |
| 27 | He claimed it would allow Heseltine to avoid mentioning that Britain was lagging behind Europe in curbing carbon emissions in the run up to the general election . |
| 28 | The civil servants ' reluctance would be resolved by a ministerial directive that the project must be supported — some action was always better than none , the project would have an impact in several regions , if it worked it would boost exports and create employment . |
| 29 | I can only suppose that my name had respectable associations , and he thought it might allay criticism in what might be called Athenaeum circles . |
| 30 | He thought it would give Mrs Popple more time to calm down . |