Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] it [modal v] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 I think the way it should be tackled is speak to about it , say that we still believe that y'know it ca n't go on forever obviously it ca n't go on forever because I think the longer it goes on the worse it 'll become in all honesty
2 Now the flagship has been sunk , more quickly than the Mary Rose , but unlike that ship it will not come up again , even after a few hundred years .
3 But academics at Oxford are outraged and say it can only mean a Jewish Messiah .
4 A 1956 collector 's item — the first polythene road cone , a dud one so long and thin it could n't stay still and a Korean cone found floating in Swanage harbour .
5 Neville Chamberlain , often regarded as the architect of the National Government , confessed , in July 1931 , ‘ I myself hate the idea and hope it wo n't come to pass ’ ; nevertheless , he admitted that a National Government might come about as a result of the financial crisis .
6 The two are said to be concerned over Sun 's ability to deliver code on time and suspect it may not prioritise their platforms over Sun 's own .
7 Industry watchers say IBM has waited too long to roll-out the AIX database and predict it will only shore up dedicated IBM mainframe clients — users with RS/6000s running Sybase Inc and Oracle Corp databases are unlikely candidates , the company admits .
8 It 's very annoying is n't it if you buy something from a shop and find it wo n't work ?
9 To say again I applaud the principles of the Fellowship and believe it will only benefit us woodworkers who often feel alone and rather estranged sometimes , and to say on a personal level that our conversation with you at the show remains the most memorable point of the whole affair to my wife and I.
10 They sneer and think it wo n't last , ’ he said .
11 They sneer and think it wo n't last , ’ he said .
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