Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] it [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But no , I suppose he would have considered it disloyal to the old man . |
| 2 | There is some evidence , though not very much , of occasions when the plaintiff or husband acted or refrained from acting in a way in which they might not have done but for their expectation of inheriting the deceased 's property : I refer to the occasions when the husband refrained from selling his building land , and refrained from taking a job in Lincolnshire which would have made it impossible for the plaintiff to continue caring for her mother and the deceased , and the occasions when the plaintiff instructed solicitors at her own expense in connection with the boundary dispute … and the expenditure of time and money on the house and garden and on carpeting the house , when the deceased had ample means to pay for such matters . |
| 3 | This would indeed have made it one of the greatest empires in Europe . |
| 4 | This should have made it irrelevant to the case before him . |
| 5 | We should have made it clear to the Media Action team not to refer callers to named staff . |
| 6 | This imbalance , in the number of sessions held by the Council compared to the Assembly , must have made it easier for the Council to usurp executive powers . |
| 7 | Rat , Badger and Mole would not have been seen dead with The Economist : Mr Toad might have flaunted it unread on the hall table . |
| 8 | We 'll have eaten it all by the time you get in here . |
| 9 | And I was not in the position to show the sternness which would have nipped it all in the bud . |