Example sentences of "[vb past] it [modal v] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He estimated it would take three days a week for nine months or so , but it turned out to be very much a full time job . |
| 2 | But while tanks revved in Lima 's main square , Washington shut off aid to Peru , worth nearly £200 million , and signalled it might veto new loans from multilateral institutions . |
| 3 | The statement comes just two months after the group predicted it would make pre-tax profits of £867,000 , slightly less than the previous year . |
| 4 | The Halifax predicted a base rate cut ‘ within the next few weeks ’ , pledged it would pass lower costs on to borrowers without delay and forecast a surge in sales , with some return of house price inflation before the end of the year . |
| 5 | Then , in addition , it decided it must limit local authorities ' powers to go on increasing local rates . |
| 6 | Representatives of the 1,600 investors on Mr Outhwaite 's syndicate , who face losses of £305 million , welcomed the settlement , although spokesman Peter Nutting feared it would increase total losses . |
| 7 | The United States Senate rejected this provision because it thought it would bestow legal rights upon third parties . |
| 8 | I thought it might take two years of training . ’ |
| 9 | It seems to have originated in the personal computer segment about the time Compaq proved it could supply 286 machines that were comparable to IBM 's … and do so in a more timely fashion . |
| 10 | Council leader John Williams said he fully supported the scheme and hoped it would attract more tourists to the area . |
| 11 | You said it might make two sheets . |
| 12 | The Home Office yesterday broadly welcomed the report , but said it would consult interested parties before deciding on implementation . |
| 13 | The farmer said it would cost three dollars , but the girl had only thirty cents . |
| 14 | While some local authorities welcomed part of the proposals , critics said it would create more losers than winners . |
| 15 | But Defence Secretary Malcolm Rifkind said it would take 100,000 troops years to defeat the Serbs . |
| 16 | Tonight the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford said it would take two patients from the airlift . |
| 17 | It said it may discuss such transactions , which would not involve a change in control , with the management . |
| 18 | I said , that 's alright , but when you find out what wanted to er to do , he said it 'd take two days . |
| 19 | Mr McFall held up a penknife with a three-inch blade and said it could exact terrible injuries and that post-mortem examinations last year at the department of forensic medicine and science at Glasgow University showed that in 18 out of 31 stabbings , the wound was three inches or less . |
| 20 | Fire chief Hugo Ernst said it could take four days to retrieve all the bodies . |
| 21 | Although the move does not apply to major meets , such as national championships , the British Athletic Federation said it will give top women a higher calibre of competition . |
| 22 | She suspected it might have special powers . |