Example sentences of "[vb base] they [modal v] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's certainly true that if people suggest they will go to the appeal procedure then we will do almost everything we can to avoid that , which means in some cases we 're letting people get away with something that you would n't let others get away with , simply because they 're being difficult — well , not being difficult , they would be just exercising their rights . ’ |
| 2 | I expect they will come in a late surge . |
| 3 | Everything they grow they must take to the market to survive , but everything is expensive for them and so they have nothing . |
| 4 | Five say they 'll vote against the Government , even though that is seen by some as a direct challenge to the Prime Minister 's leadership . |
| 5 | Staff at the centre say they 'll care for the animals until they 're strong enough to be returned to the wild . |
| 6 | The parents now say they 'll appeal to the Secretary of State . |
| 7 | Mr Gerrish 's family now say they 'll appeal against the verdict . |
| 8 | Most women say they can cope with the idea of afternoons and evenings , holidays and all the rest ; but the thought of 9 am on a weekday when a couple look at each other and the husband says he 's got nothing to do fills many wives with horror . |
| 9 | And executives say they will decide by the end of March whether to ground up to 25 DC-10s or stop leasing a similar number of Airbus A300s . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | We hope they 'll breed in the barn again this year . |
| 12 | We think they should be able to get jobs and hope they will stay for a few years at least . |
| 13 | We hope they will respond in a very positive way . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Some people find they can distinguish between the vibration pattern made by people talking , running water , a knock at the door , footsteps , music . |
| 17 | Some people reckon they can sleep on the proverbial clothes line , but most of us need a bed and a comfortable one at that . |
| 18 | Nor had the Liberals said clearly what sort of reform they would impose on the House of Lords , and the reform that was passed in 1911 left a serious constitutional problem . |
| 19 | Some workers believe they can see through the ‘ emperor 's clothes ’ , arguing that if a fear of strangers is not actually an illusion , it is irredeemably elusive . |
| 20 | The Woolwich and Cheltenham & Gloucester societies believe they can live with a 1-point rise or less . |
| 21 | Those who would like to be considered for the 1992 placement should send their curriculum vitae , together with a covering letter explaining why they feel they would benefit from the scheme , and enclosing samples of written work , to Chemistry in Britain at the RSC , Burlington House , Piccadilly , London W1V 0BN . |
| 22 | Obviously the way in which powers are used by different agencies , such as the Inland Revenue , DSS or the police , depend largely to the support they feel they will receive from the media , the Government and the public . |
| 23 | Students feel they will gain through the poor performance of others and suffer by imparting their own knowledge to fellow students . |
| 24 | City councillor John Fetherston , said : ‘ Blacon is already an area of high family stress and residents feel they can do without the addition of a home for children from problem backgrounds . |
| 25 | Mebbe they could dae wi' a night-woatchman or somethin' where you work . ’ |
| 26 | 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 ? ’ |
| 27 | I mean they can go on the ferry . |
| 28 | Unemployment steals from them the economic conditions which supported the new wave of feminism in the sixties and early seventies , but the welfare state , the provision of child benefit , minimal as it is , and supplementary benefit , mean they can survive in the absence of jobs and wages of their own . |
| 29 | After about nine months ' stay they could graduate to a single room but by then many preferred to be in with their friends . |
| 30 | I can accept their fears , but I think they should listen to the explanation from the professionals before they start jumping to conclusions . ’ |