Example sentences of "[modal v] it [verb] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | — how could it do her any harm |
| 2 | Could it have it both ways ? |
| 3 | We shall systematically ask about each outcome : would it change our original interpretation of the bivariate effect ? |
| 4 | Would it do him any good . |
| 5 | Agnes stood directly in front of her mother now as she said , ‘ Would it do you any harm either to go down into the shop or to go over to the house and change the linen ? |
| 6 | So let's it hear it this morning for Allan Lamb . |
| 7 | so I said but I 'm not disappointed but she said just listen to what I 've got to say , she said , erm , because anybody else that 's failed we 've just said I 'm sorry we ca n't have you , but she said with you , we all feel that you 've got so much to offer she said I 'm gon na offer you a relief post which means that you can go into other people 's ho er other homes , all around , all different hospitals if somebody 's short , they can call on you and I said could it be a full time job , will it give me enough money to say that I 'm working ? |
| 8 | Only in this way can it express its unconscious conviction of " the relativity of time and the true , metaphysical meaning of life " . |
| 9 | something to be dropped on from a great height as frequently as possible er particularly if it 's the G L C. In the United States , however much the federal government is irritated by the state government , it can not attack its constitutional powers nor can it undermine its financial base so that 's a different relationship , it 's a relationship based , not on dominance , but on partnership and there has to be an understanding , a trade off between federal and er a and state government . |
| 10 | But can it survive its new boss ? |