Example sentences of "it [modal v] [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may make me sound as if I 'm in training for a Blue Peter badge , but it works . |
| 2 | If you can stand the pace and the heat , Bangkok is a very rewarding place to visit , although it may make you feel like taking a week afterwards to lie on a beach and recover . |
| 3 | It may make you want to ask the caterer if the coronation chicken was free range . |
| 4 | A drug may make an animal less hungry , less mobile , less sensitive to the pain of an electric shock , just as much as it may make it forget . |
| 5 | So I mean y'know j it may help you get a first class mark if you 're a good candidate by writing lots , but generally writing lots does n't ensure that you get a good mark . |
| 6 | It ought to make you feel ashamed , Sebastian , to think half the time you do n't bother to make use of all the facilities that are offered to you — you just take it all for granted . |
| 7 | The fact that you have thought things through instead of just feeling totally inadequate and that you are trying to do something about it should help you feel more positive . |
| 8 | And the reason I would come up with would be that it must make you feel stonkingly great . |
| 9 | Certainly it must help them locate a mate and induce a feeling of social togetherness . |
| 10 | As such , it must help us bring the chaos of our rival impulses under the control of the personality as a whole , in the pursuit of its quest for comprehensive and balanced fulfilment , and towards an effective recognition of the fact that such fulfilment requires harmonious , caring , co-operative and stable relations with others . |
| 11 | I do n't think it will make me a vegetarian but it might make me think about it . |
| 12 | Perhaps he thought it might make me nip up a bit quicker with his morning tray . ’ |
| 13 | it might make him feel sick . |
| 14 | ‘ It might make him accept a cut in his fee — out of sheer good will and concern for the Hochhauser Season . ’ |
| 15 | That it might make them think other than we wish them to think ? |
| 16 | It might make you cough , but you 'll feel better . ’ |
| 17 | Also the stronger the solution of minerals and salts in your bathwater , the more moisture your skin loses , however delightful it might make you feel to bathe in bubbles . |
| 18 | I thought , if you knew you 'd been abandoned , it might make you feel insecure , and I felt there was no need for you to know that . ’ |
| 19 | I did n't tell you this , for if you loved Zacco it might make you dislike him ; or change the dealings you have with his mother . |
| 20 | For example , if we were to enforce so-called free-range systems for laying hens that increased the incidence of death , infectious disease , aggression , pain and fear , it might make us feel fairly good , but it would not do a lot of good for the hens . |
| 21 | encourage movement in your opponent 's position by : summarizing the course of negotiations so far , suggesting that the time has come for mutual concessions suggesting a new position which represents a different point of departure for both parties linking two or more issues since ‘ it might help us get nearer a settlement ’ suggesting an adjournment indicating the exact area to which you want your opponent to pay attention |
| 22 | ‘ It 'll do you harm . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ It 'll make me want to be a Brownie even more ! ’ |
| 24 | Well , it 'll make me laugh , anyway . ’ |
| 25 | cos it 'll make them think about their language wo n't they ? |
| 26 | It 'll make it look shinier , too . |
| 27 | And it 'll save that corner , it 'll make it look nice . |
| 28 | mm er yeah they should be done by Friday I should think cos if all they 're doing is putting a coping edge on it 'll make it look nicer at the back . |
| 29 | ‘ Try again , ’ I say , ‘ if it 'll make you sleep better . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 've got some spare kinky underwear , ’ suggests Paula from Walsall adjusting her suspenders , ‘ if it 'll make you feel more relaxed . ’ |