Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] they [prep] that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know I mean er maybe these are minute but whether you should explore them at that moment in time I mean only experience will tell . |
| 2 | Do they want to become MPs for the money ( some , it seems hard to credit , apparently are dim enough to think so ) , for the glamour ( one glance at the crumpled dandruff-laden figure putting the question should disabuse them of that idea ) , for the influence ? |
| 3 | But , particularly since Tiananmen , it has been echoing the argument that people would be less concerned to leave Hong Kong before 1997 if they could be absolutely confident that other countries would accept them after that date . |
| 4 | This idea that protect children , not tell them about what 's happening , I mean if anybody can protect them to that extent when even Neighbours is put at a different time on the television , you know , erm that somehow we make them warm and secure by not telling them , to me that is making them dependent and unable maybe to cope later on in their lives . |
| 5 | I could put some in the World wide web — I think that you can get them across that way , but this depends on people having access to the web — ok if you 're on a unix box , tough s*** if not . |