Example sentences of "[vb past] it [vb mod] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They also maintained it would harm pub businesses and severely dent the services offered to tourists . |
| 2 | One retail analyst said he believed it would make customers more likely to spend on food and gifts . |
| 3 | A planning inspector rejected plans to build a £3m private clinic because he believed it would create traffic chaos and disturb NHS hospital patients . |
| 4 | Asked about possible acquisitions , Lord Blakenham singled out educational , medical , professional and children 's book publishing as areas in which Pearson was strong , and where the group believed it could achieve expansion through both organic growth and acquisitions . |
| 5 | I never imagined it would leave room for feelings of resentment and indifference . |
| 6 | They proposed that Harward create such a super-track tuned to human elasticity , and predicted it would increase speeds by 2 or 3 per cent . |
| 7 | He claimed it would allow Heseltine to avoid mentioning that Britain was lagging behind Europe in curbing carbon emissions in the run up to the general election . |
| 8 | The council 's ruling Labour group split on the issue , after leading opponents of the scheme claimed it would increase violence with drinkers spilling on to the streets at exactly the same time . |
| 9 | The Wheelers live in a modest terraced house on the edge of the village … no one ever guessed it would become millionaires row . |
| 10 | Shadow Health Secretary David Blunkett said the move by West Midlands Regional Health Authority is a ‘ fruitless exercise , ’ and warned it would confuse patients . |
| 11 | The civil servants ' reluctance would be resolved by a ministerial directive that the project must be supported — some action was always better than none , the project would have an impact in several regions , if it worked it would boost exports and create employment . |
| 12 | Mary wrote her life story as a therapy for herself , and also because she felt it might help others caught up , directly or indirectly , in the occult . |
| 13 | It was not until the final pre-Budget meeting that it was dropped , at the insistence of Margaret Thatcher who felt it might sour relations with the press at a time when they would otherwise be enthusing over economic achievements . |
| 14 | So I mean it it was it was represented to me er and I felt that there was some logic in it that that this company would not be discussing this deal unless it felt it could make money out of it and that money in the end would have to come out of the local people here . |
| 15 | She knew where it would lead her and she also knew it would bring grief . |
| 16 | There was n't a spare bed , for a start — but the main thing was that she knew it would annoy Alan . |
| 17 | That hand of mine wo n't go the right shape although I 've tried , I knew it would deform joints and so I put all my efforts into spreading them the opposite way , but I have n't won on that one , can you see ? |
| 18 | She wanted to know who as well , but he refused her and she knew it would become part of his bargain with the police when and if he were caught . |
| 19 | I always knew it would take time . |
| 20 | He wanted her to relax into happiness — physically , mentally , spiritually — but he knew it would take time . |
| 21 | She knew it would take courage to ring that number . |
| 22 | He only knew it must contain documents of great corporate sensitivity since it could not be mailed or faxed , or sent by commercial courier pouch . |
| 23 | Indeed , although she is now nearly ninety , one senses that Lady Amory would do almost anything in her power if she thought it would benefit Knightshayes , the garden she created with her husband , Sir John Heathcoat Amory , after the Second World War . |
| 24 | But I thought it would do Roy a power of good to give him a few games at the back as part of his education . ’ |
| 25 | Geraldine , who works for Classic Leisure , owners of The Institute , said : ’ Because I 'm on site all day I thought it would make sense to join the club . ’ |
| 26 | He thought it would give Mrs Popple more time to calm down . |
| 27 | They thought it would draw people in from a wider |
| 28 | and that was my Barclaycard number in case you want it although I ordered it through the thr phone I made out that so that I could read it off on the telephone I did n't even erm I did n't even assemble it I just looked and I saw it does n't chop I thought it would chop things but does n't , it only grates Looks as though it had been out before , you know , you look at this ! |
| 29 | I thought it would get things off to a good start . ’ |
| 30 | It seems I , oh I seemed to feel that it , it was , if we wanted to see three it was gon na upset , well they seemed that , I thought it would save money if they |