Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] it [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although in theory we do not know how it would have turned out if that had been the only option available to Mr. Thorpe , we know that the principles are clearly set out in the health service management documents and at a political level by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State . |
| 2 | I do n't know how it would appeal to you but we thought it was funny . |
| 3 | I have n't the remotest idea cos I do n't know how it would come out . |
| 4 | High Jones says that this an unknown race because of the altitute … he does n't know how it will affect runners … his guess is that the times will be slower |
| 5 | It 's a lot different from living together and my parents are divorced , so I 'm wary because you just do n't know how it will turn out — that bit of paper makes such a difference . ’ |
| 6 | We do not yet know how it will work in practice , and if you have a problem making arrangements for your children , it is important to take legal advice from one of the organisations listed in the Helplist at the end of this leaflet . |
| 7 | Once that gets started , you do n't know where it could end . ’ |
| 8 | If one of these sub-systems does not work properly it will affect the working of the system as a whole and the motor car will not function to the best of its abilities . |
| 9 | Right , somebody with congenital dislocation of the hip , the hip will sag down it will cause them great difficulty and they have a waddling gait , and they 'll walk like this and if you look at African women a lot of them have congenital dislocation of the hip when they waddle |
| 10 | Last night the Foreign Office said : ‘ We can see now it would have been better if the advice had not been given . ’ |
| 11 | But he sympathised with others : ‘ You can see how it would do the post offices harm and nobody would want that , ’ he said . |
| 12 | ‘ But I can see how it might have rung all the wrong bells with young Folly here . |
| 13 | Mr Onanuga , 31 , has told friends he naively went along with the story because Mr Newton believed it was good publicity for Thresher and his own branch , and he did not see how it could harm anyone . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't see how it could have been much worse , ’ Robbie said . |
| 15 | ‘ Maybe that is true , but I ca n't see how it will deter a side which has superior scrummaging from trying to use it in such a situation ’ , said Ken Rowlands , the WRU director of refereeing . |
| 16 | If all this can happen to a person who 's lost a job , you can see how it can affect the whole family . |
| 17 | ‘ Interesting , but I do n't see how it can affect this case . |
| 18 | I do n't see how it can affect Rothmans any more than any other firm . ’ |
| 19 | Well , I suppose a physical sense as well , because if they ca n't see how it can continue . |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't see how it can help , not after all this time , ’ she agreed shakily . |
| 21 | You can see how it must have looked . |
| 22 | A new And he did n't understand how it could happen . |
| 23 | ‘ Yes , my dear , I do understand how it must seem hard to you . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I know so much about it , from a working point of view , that is , that I ca n't really envisage how it would feel to be such a complete outsider , and yet privately so necessary to someone . |
| 25 | ‘ Although now that you mention it , I can see where it would prove useful . |
| 26 | ‘ So much for a career as a burglar , though I can understand why it might appeal . ’ |
| 27 | it 's been going on for hundreds of years and I do n't see why it should stop . |
| 28 | Well t I mean to the extent that that is happening , that there is a development of trade on the sort of , you know , with the periphery of the empire and with erm areas outside the empire , and that was certainly happening in this period , I do n't see why it should have a significant impact on the peasant population because there is n't really any evidence that it 's , in a sense , trickling down and enriching the peasantry . |
| 29 | I ca n't move so it 'll have |
| 30 | I did n't anticipate how it would turn . |