Example sentences of "[vb mod] it [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Could it possibly have been Matthew ? |
| 32 | How could it possibly happen to him ? |
| 33 | If it occurred to Ruth — and how could it possibly occur to Mrs Peterson — that there might be a good reason for this , she dismissed it from her mind at once . |
| 34 | Could it really possess the intelligence to outwit the eight twelves ? |
| 35 | But could it really happen ? |
| 36 | But could it really happen ? |
| 37 | Since the second term decays as 1/r2 , could it ever become important ? |
| 38 | This scientific attitude did not by any means always lead to a denial of the reality of God ; but it did not encourage the anticipation that God would actually intervene in the ordinary course of events ; nor , when faced with a strange or unexpected occurrence , would it immediately turn to God as the only possible explanation . |
| 39 | Would it even matter , if this rabble of which he had himself once been a part , managed to get their vote and fill the House of Commons with men who would pass Factory Acts galore , including that damnable Ten Hours Bill of Richard Oastler 's , so that no man would be able to control his own affairs ? |
| 40 | Would it also teach him to hate his own heart , his own soul ? |
| 41 | Would n't it be lovely , then , to be able to tell your PC that you want to run a CD ROM based game , and would it please re-configure itself to do the best job , preferably without making you wait five minutes while it re-boots ? |
| 42 | And when these poor fools won their vote what would it really mean to them but the right to choose their own oppressors ? |
| 43 | But would it really make him more marketable ? |
| 44 | And , her tone suddenly changing completely , ‘ Would it really hurt you so much to pretend to be me for an hour ? ’ she asked mournfully . |
| 45 | Would it now get about that Mrs Markham was a little peculiar or , worse still , that she had some assignation ? |
| 46 | And why , all these years later , would it suddenly matter so much ? ’ |
| 47 | Only at the last minute , by forced marches , would it suddenly make for the Channel coast . |
| 48 | Would it perhaps affect our outlook on the mother-child relationship if we had to take this responsibility on ourselves ? |
| 49 | Would it so break the mould of British politics on Thursday if we were to elect a government led by a decent man ? |
| 50 | And what would happen when somebody was reported , would it then become a police case ? |
| 51 | Would it never end , the punishment and the pain ? |
| 52 | Would it ever return — the lostness ? |
| 53 | And would it ever come ? |
| 54 | Would it ever come again ? |
| 55 | Yeah , they do n't like you touching , would it ever claw you if you |
| 56 | Only under a more plausible leader would it ever have a chance , particularly during a recession . |
| 57 | May it soon replace confrontation . |
| 58 | Long may it so continue . |
| 59 | As one of the few Gloucestershire cloth mills still in operation , may it long continue . |
| 60 | May it therefore please the General Assembly to withold all sanction to the introduction of Instrumental Music into our worship . " |