Example sentences of "[modal v] it [adv] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It starts a minimum of ten years , but what age must it always finish by ? |
| 2 | Should it ever happen to you all complaints to Mr. Kirby please . |
| 3 | ‘ Could it possibly wait for half an hour , sir ? |
| 4 | How could it possibly happen to him ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | And when these poor fools won their vote what would it really mean to them but the right to choose their own oppressors ? |
| 8 | Only at the last minute , by forced marches , would it suddenly make for the Channel coast . |
| 9 | In practice this process may be considered broken , for not only will it never interact with the outside world , but what is worse the environment can never detect this fact . |
| 10 | Yet if Althorp loses that personal touch , if it can no longer offer the chance to take tea with a relative of the Princess of Wales , will it still pull in the crowds ? |
| 11 | This chapter has argued that just as the study of style can not entirely rely on quantitative data , neither can it ultimately do without them . |
| 12 | Can it ever come to life again , not as a bait and hook for politicians to use , not as a shouting for soccer fans ? |
| 13 | But if a church is comfortably full on Sunday mornings , how can it possibly double in size ? |