Example sentences of "[vb past] it [modal v] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , an increasing gap opened up between the new scientific understanding of the universe as developed by men like Copernicus , Galileo and Newton , and the picture which orthodoxy generally believed it could find in the Bible , especially in the accounts of creation in the first two chapters of Genesis . |
| 2 | The door crashed open and slammed back against the wall with such force it seemed it would come off the hinges . |
| 3 | Westland claimed it could rely upon the arbitral clause within the contract to bring an action for breach of contract against both the Organisation and the member States . |
| 4 | Deputies opposing the bill , led by Yegor Ligachev , feared it would lead to the re-emergence of a class society and allow criminal elements to buy up industries . |
| 5 | There was no one in the village who would own such a pet and the Lady Prioress is quite strict with her community on that , so I knew it must belong to the young woman who had been murdered . ’ |
| 6 | Sometimes , it thought it would choke under the oppressive weight of fact . |
| 7 | Indeed one of the main arguments against the televising of Parliament was that it would damage the way the House works , although some thought it would change for the better . |
| 8 | The reorganization was recommended by an engineer in the pages of a leading Petrograd journal , since he thought it would lead to the dissemination of experts . |
| 9 | Molly thought it would do in the morning , and then she said , ‘ Was it Mr Kettering who left the dog with you ? ’ |
| 10 | Suppose that the increase in the money supply is announced in time to be included in that agents fully believe the central bank , and that the central bank behaves in period t in the way that it announced it would behave at the end of t - 1 . |
| 11 | They agreed it will go before the District Council without change on the fourth of January , whatever the decision on County on the improvements , if there are any , to Hill . |
| 12 | Did you drink it ? or Arthur drank it will look for the referent of it among liquids . |
| 13 | It said it would return to the Australian supreme court today to ensure the agreement was in the interest of shareholders . |
| 14 | The corporation also said it would consult with the local residents about the operation and regretted not having approached them before the work began . |
| 15 | Argentina said it would withdraw from the Falklands if actual withdrawal were not required . |
| 16 | The council said it would appeal against the decision . |
| 17 | When the new government said it would stick to the strong franc , fund managers who had been buying shares and selling francs promptly did the opposite . |