Example sentences of "it [modal v] [verb] they [det] " in BNC.

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1 If they ignore the risk of workplace stress claims , it may cost them another fortune .
2 It may blow them all into one spot .
3 ‘ Peter Brooke should also , ’ he writes , ‘ persuade the Chairman and Chief Executive ( of Channel 4 ) that , even though it may cause them some embarrassment , it is in their interests that they commit themselves fully to telling the public the truth and to assisting the police and the Director of Public Prosecutions . ’
4 It might take them some time to find out about Laura , because the interesting part of the story took place some years earlier .
5 It 'll take them all morning to cover the kids from the school .
6 ‘ Seems they intend to , but it 'll take 'em some time .
7 She saw at once what was happening to her and to Rose , and where it could lead them both .
8 Constance was the only adult to whom she would dream of divulging Sam 's plot , since whether Constance approved or not , she would not be difficult about it : clearly , she did not approve , either because the act would be an invasion of property and privacy or because it would land them all in trouble .
9 Er I 've been able just this week to set up a little er programme at er at work whereby er I have a list of all the newspapers and T Vs and radio stations on a file , and I can tap in a press release , press the button and it would fax them all one after the other , to the various interested bodies .
10 At least it would give them some idea , at least they would now understand how things were .
11 Eileen had been horrified , sure it would give them both their death of cold to let the fresh air in at night .
12 It would remind them that young men who carry knives and youngsters who take them to school may lose their temper and find that one stab is enough to kill a school mate or a police officer .
13 ‘ In real life it would take them some time to get this boat ready to go to sea .
14 They 'd have to walk the road in both directions , and it would take them some time .
15 She had known their affair had to end or it would destroy them both , but now that it was about to do so , she was terrified of a future in which there would be no Luke , not even Luke causing her unhappiness .
16 In some folk it will make them this or that , perhaps , not in every body , but for some folk it will do that , but his greatest purpose in your life and in my life is to reproduce Jesus Christ to make us like him .
17 She is almost as fat as he is and it will do them both good .
18 The present arsenal of the former Soviet republics is 27,000 warheads , and it will take them many years to implement the current proposals .
19 But with any luck it will take them some time to realise that we know how to play it better than they do . ’
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