Example sentences of "[vb base] they [modal v] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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1 | I expect they will come in a late surge . |
2 | Until 1970 the foresters here say they could rely on a good sale of fir trimmings — used in Christmas decorations — to pay for the routine management of the rest of the forest . |
3 | We think they should be able to get jobs and hope they will stay for a few years at least . |
4 | We hope they will respond in a very positive way . |
5 | ‘ This is because , from the public 's point of view , if a company they are thinking of employing by Safe-Buy UK , they know they can proceed with a home improvement with extra reassurance and avoid things going badly or expensively wrong . |
6 | A field of stalagmites lies there , looking strangely translucent , and I suppose they could look like a little army of gnomes if the shadows were right . |
7 | The Woolwich and Cheltenham & Gloucester societies believe they can live with a 1-point rise or less . |
8 | Mebbe they could dae wi' a night-woatchman or somethin' where you work . ’ |
9 | I mean they 'll go to a concert and make judgments about what they hear quite happily … they come back and moan , ‘ We ca n't judge composition , how do we know what criteria to use ? ’ |
10 | After about nine months ' stay they could graduate to a single room but by then many preferred to be in with their friends . |
11 | Ask the children if they think they can walk through a postcard . |