Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] it [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So now you club whose Fulham name Of legend , myth and fable , Should show it merits all its fame By shooting up the table . |
| 2 | Whether you 're in a tight corner or just playing it straight , fit Harrison Drape 's new Superstyle ready corded track and you 'll discover it has some unexpectedly handy features . |
| 3 | And if it and if , if instead of putting the ordinary zinc and , and carbon battery in you put a NiCad battery in , it 'll stop it doing that . |
| 4 | which is the excuse , I 'd rather somebody went along sort of said right I 'll have it done such and such a time rather than keep buggering about |
| 5 | I 'll just put public transport , because it 's er , you , you 'll realise it means that wo n't you . |
| 6 | British ministers had assumed that Bonn 's preoccupation with the situation in East Germany might lead it to oppose any move to begin drawing up a new treaty for European monetary union . |
| 7 | Just before he got a good grip he went , he got a grip and he was just about to squeeze this , I went I sort of went of tiptoes and I goes , I 'll let it slide this time . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll let it go this time Gatesey , but one of these days I shall have to give you what I should have given you when we were kids . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ All right , Michael , I 'll let it go this time . |
| 10 | This is me , I goes , I goes I 'll let it slip this time cos you have n't seen me for a few weeks . |
| 11 | The gardener wo n't like it , but I 'll say it has some kind of disease — ’ |
| 12 | He 'd have to judge the force of the blow very carefully and you 'd expect it to leave more than a slight bump . ’ |
| 13 | I 'd like it to stay that way , do you hear ? |
| 14 | If a flagrant oversight like this could occur it says little for the prospects of men of lowly status being correctly recorded . |
| 15 | Mr Donald Dewar , Shadow Scottish Secretary , said Labour had fought an ‘ outstanding campaign ’ which would see it winning more than its present 48 of Scotland 's 72 seats at Westminster ; more , even , than the 50 it held at the last election . |
| 16 | And my employers Fitch ( Groupe Bull , Southern Electricity ) lost more sleep over whether the colours in our new letterhead would allow it to make any sense coming off a client 's monochrome fax machine than they ever did about the evocation of caring values . |
| 17 | Here , for my argument , I would extend it to say that , in the absence of an adequate sociology , such ‘ ethnography ’ comes dangerously — close to confusing itself with aesthetics , confusing description with evaluation . |
| 18 | As a prognosis , I would say it presented many worthwhile and up-and-coming artists . |
| 19 | If we put it in the fridge it will make it go all cold |
| 20 | Silicon Graphics will buy a 15% equity stake in Tata Elxsi on undisclosed terms and will license it to manufacture more of its RISC-based servers and graphics workstations in India . |
| 21 | The company believes the strength of its Rosemary brand , plus the ‘ state-of-the-art ’ technology installed at its new Bedworth plant , will enable it to achieve this aim . |
| 22 | Sarcasm does not become you , dear readers , but I will permit it to enter these columns on just this one occasion . |
| 23 | Indeed , the fall is so dramatic that for the NHS to maintain current nursing levels will require it cornering half of all available female school-leavers with good O-level results ( five higher grade O levels , or one A level ) . |
| 24 | We will teach it to have all beauty , we will teach it that love is the most beautiful thing , and never need wax cold , as years go by . |
| 25 | Although you do not appear to feel the ardour which might be desirable so early in a marriage , you will find it has many rewards , I am sure . |
| 26 | No , not your style , what I 'm saying is , yes you can do it turn that damn thing off ! |
| 27 | You can use it to run all your ordinary software , just like any other notebook ( it 's a bit expensive , but the price will come down ) . |
| 28 | I can see it snaking this way and that through Laverne 's flapping fringe . |
| 29 | Lot thirty seven is an Edison Gem phonograph as you can see it has some cylinders with it er fifty pounds for it , fifty pounds any bids , five , sixty , five , seventy five , eighty , ninety , one hundred a hundred pounds and ten any more at a hundred and ten ? |
| 30 | If you can have it c if you can have it cut all one length it 's alright then . |