Example sentences of "they [modal v] [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If one knight became separated from the rest of his team he might find five or six opponents all bearing down on him at once , and one of them might strike him in the back . |
| 2 | Neglect of them could throw him into a searing rage ; as when he discovered that a rest camp for troops out of the line had been placed within sound of the guns . |
| 3 | Most of them could express themselves with a lilting eloquence which left the English spellbound . |
| 4 | So brace yourself for events which may seem puzzling at times , but which will eventually straighten themselves out , although they may leave you in an exhausted state . |
| 5 | whatever and maybe if it 's a good correspondence course they may refer you to the actual you know things you should have er read and so on |
| 6 | They may do it with the help of the symbols of the church , or the language of the Bible in the orthodox way . |
| 7 | Mail-order firms invariably have an arrangement whereby , if customers are not satisfied with the goods received , they may return them at the firm 's expense without any questions being raised . |
| 8 | If you are using special fonts do check with the bureau first , they may provide you with a copy of their screen font to install on your system as a way of ensuring that what you send them matches what they send you back . |
| 9 | If they want to say ‘ yes ? ’ or ‘ no ? ’ in a questioning manner they may say it with a rising tone — a movement from a lower pitch to a higher one . |
| 10 | And on the other side , subordinate groups have no other recourse than armed revolt if they are deprived of other means of exercising political rights ; or they may find themselves in a situation where their formal rights can only be made effective in practice by the use or threat of violence . |
| 11 | Every family with a young man knows they may lose him to the war , and they are as furious about it as a swarm of bees . |
| 12 | the bank will not mind , though they may charge you for a management fee . |
| 13 | Things like that they ought to put you in a room together , you 'd be fine would n't you ! |
| 14 | They ought to spend it on the speaker — I would 've thought that was obvious . |
| 15 | They ought to leave it to the markets . |
| 16 | The Crystal Palace tram terminus was on a gradient and it was ruled that if the crew wanted to take their break there , in the busmen 's canteen round the corner on the Parade , they must go one at a time and not leave the car unattended . |
| 17 | This would inevitably be slow-moving , but it was only seventy miles from Berwick , so that they must expect him before the town within the week . |
| 18 | Head of Department : ‘ Quadruple sessions are needed , particularly for ‘ O ’ Level groups , as they must pace themselves for a 3 hour drawing exam . ’ |
| 19 | they must do something about the park court this summer , get the perspex sheeting renew renewed |
| 20 | That is , they must convict him of the offence which they think he probably did not commit . |
| 21 | Whenever a person is confronted either with death or potential life , they must immerse themselves in a mikva in order to purify themselves spiritually . |
| 22 | They must squash them in the hand and just throw it in must n't they ? |
| 23 | Yeah , well if that 's alright , only as being that 's the , what I call the end of month , like I 've got to pay all of the bills and they must get it until the next , the end of the month |
| 24 | The notes were taken early on in the research when I was chiefly concerned with documenting pollution control work , thus they should suggest something of the nature of the job — routine tasks as well as special problems — which an officer can encounter on a summer 's day . |
| 25 | Whilst treating anyone with remedies they should avoid anything with a strong smell , scent , aroma or perfume . |
| 26 | First , if specific librarians and information scientists are unable or unwilling ( or both ) to learn about and understand the detailed situations within which the information that they handle will eventually be used , then they should restrict themselves to the more general situation-independent value-adding processes . |
| 27 | Even Sean 's obvious appreciation of her had served mainly to boost her confidence as to how she would look in that other man 's eyes , if by some absolute miracle they should meet him for a moment as they were driving through the grounds of Millfield House . |
| 28 | They should identify themselves to a responsible official before entering , except in very rare cases where information which ought to be disclosed in the public interest could not otherwise be obtained . |
| 29 | The demands made by the rebels provide the clearest guide to their grievances , and according to the Anonimalle Chronicle those put forward by the Essex men at Mile End on 14 June were that they should be allowed to seize and punish traitors , and that no man should be made a serf nor do homage or any type of service to a lord in return for land ; instead they should hold it at a rent of 4d. an acre . |
| 30 | NEXT time Simon Rattle and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra perform Messiaen 's Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum they should do it in a great cathedral . |