Example sentences of "[subord] they [modal v] [verb] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many went to Paris to find work , but after the fall of France they began making their way to the cities of the south , where they could live in safety . |
| 2 | Good words will not get my people a home where they can live in peace , and take care of themselves . |
| 3 | Although the unit obviously benefits girls who have tended either not to do very well in school , or who were regular truants , there is a tendency for more scholastically-minded girls to do worse educationally than they would have in school . |
| 4 | They need to find the killers of Peter and Gwenda so they can rest in peace . |
| 5 | The straits make a point of having autograph-hunters back stage in the dressing-room so they can stay in tune with their punters . |
| 6 | In the Yeats memorial lecture in Dublin , for example , he talked about the theatre as a medium for " the expression of the consciousness of a people " and two years later he castigated the failure of most poetic drama to evoke the rhythms of " colloquial speech " ; he returned to this theme a year later when , in a preface to S. L. Bethell 's Shakespeare and the Popular Dramatic Tradition , he described the language of poetic drama as the language which people " would speak today if they could speak in poetry " . |
| 7 | All we can ask is if there 's a councillor for Allenton listening to us , if they could get in touch and we 'll put them in touch with you and see if we can start it all over again Henry . |
| 8 | And whether the wheel is turning too fast for them to cope with it somewhere along the line they 've lost control any and there 's still I 'm told young many a time a good shop steward and a good management should be a good team together , but erm unless they can work in harmony you know it 's no good . |
| 9 | But even when we can interpret the signals , we can not predict whether they will fall in love at first sight , remain indifferent , or loathe each other . |
| 10 | Like a conveyance , in three cases : ( 1 ) When the purchase is by two or more persons , when they must sign in order to commit themselves to the terms on which they hold . |
| 11 | Will there not be some children who , though they may succeed in part of a test , or a test in a specific skill , may yet be unable ever to pass the whole of the test at every stage ? |
| 12 | They reach the end of the pool without difficulty but very slowly for they must march in step with their weaker and shorter fellows . |
| 13 | Otherwise you would do well to keep your eyes fixed on the grilled fish and chicken , boring as they may seem in comparison . |
| 14 | The following paragraphs and the schedule attached to this letter summarize your main conditions of service as they will apply in relation to this appointment . |