Example sentences of "they [modal v] [verb] [adv prt] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I would say that erm , in my time , er when they became unemployed , most of them could pick up a job pretty easy because I was speaking about from nineteen forty eight onwards , and of course er it was shortly after a war , there was plenty of work , and therefore most of them could pick up a job in a reasonable space of time and they would n't be idle too long . |
| 2 | Well I would say that erm , in my time , er when they became unemployed , most of them could pick up a job pretty easy because I was speaking about from nineteen forty eight onwards , and of course er it was shortly after a war , there was plenty of work , and therefore most of them could pick up a job in a reasonable space of time and they would n't be idle too long . |
| 3 | They may go down the field below the cave to a gate on the Kingsdale road which , followed to the left , goes over a rise to Deepdale and Dent , and to the right leads down the valley to the more probable destination of Ingleton which has accommodation , shops , refreshments and bus services . |
| 4 | A second role of coins in the study of portraiture lies in the help that they may give in the identification of other portraits , particularly sculptures , since it is only very rarely that the latter 's accompanying inscriptions have survived to identify them . |
| 5 | When their children go to school , they may take on a morning job in a shop or making school dinners . |
| 6 | If it appears that the child is ordinarily resident elsewhere , his " home " authority must be consulted and they may take over the investigation ( s47(12) ) . |
| 7 | Once The Stage covered all finals productions from the drama schools , but now they may write up a play perhaps once a year . |
| 8 | Others , like myself , who knew George , or like Geoff Tulloch , who thought they ought to put in an appearance , travelled by the special minibus hired for the occasion . |
| 9 | I said to Bet I said they ought to write out a cheque on the end . |
| 10 | They must spring up the trees as the monkeys are driven into them and they are the ones that usually make the kill . |
| 11 | The Executive elected at that Conference was packed with diehards , and " a debate on cooperation against Labour revealed the depth of division : a motion calling for closer collaboration met strong opposition , but so did one calling simply for a Unionist government : They must turn out the man who was the greatest danger to the Conservative Party " , ( a voice — " Lloyd George " ) . |
| 12 | De Soto and his researchers , which include economists , sociologists and anthropologists and lawyers , have worked out some of the stark costs of formality in Peru : if a group of humble families gather and ask the government to give them an empty plot of land to live on , they must fill out a maze of forms and go to scores of ministry , municipal and other government offices , a process that averages six years and 11 months . |
| 13 | They should bring along a crane and pick the whole thing up with me in it and call it Frozen Communications and put it in some art gallery . |
| 14 | Now how do you think they should pay back the time wasted ? |
| 15 | While Mr Kawawa gave many reasons why they should take over the newspaper , he gave no reasons why they did not . |
| 16 | This can , of course , create very undesirable consequences : social stability may be endangered by concentration of too much power and/ or wealth in too few hands ; the privacy of citizens may be abused under the excuse of maintaining law and order , or for commercial gains ; the state may take a " big brother " role ; the business community may acquire too much political power ; or , although very unlikely , IT experts may decide that they should take over the running of the country , since it is only they who can understand the unnecessary complexity of IT systems . |
| 17 | A Bill 's been introduced into the Commons , which would require that before people are tattooed , they should take out an insurance policy against its removal . |
| 18 | If you are n't find an old fashioned TV repair shop and ask them if they 'll make up the leads for you . |
| 19 | You know they 'll set up a search as soon as we 're reported missing . |
| 20 | They 'll set up an emergency centre at the home of one of the islanders and have enlisted the support of one of the world 's most prominent sea mammal vets . |
| 21 | Some say they 'll take over the children 's education completely as they try to help their youngsters make up for lost time . |
| 22 | ‘ They 'll come down the servants ’ stairs and out at the back door . |
| 23 | ‘ Liverpool are lucky enough to have the best fans in the world and I know they 'll turn up the volume and strike fear into Spartak . |
| 24 | The idea is that they 'll breathe in the gene from an inhaler and it will attach to the walls of cells in the lungs . |
| 25 | Well that 's what I was wondering that 's why I said go out into fresh air , in the hopes that they might shake off the bug I do n't think it works like that , do you ? |
| 26 | If only she could read they might open up the world . |
| 27 | ‘ They might fall over a cliff together , too . ’ |
| 28 | If only they could conjour up the magic of their last meeting against Milwall last season … three nil the score then . |
| 29 | A SOCIAL worker urged a boy of 14 to steal a car so they could carry on an affair , a court heard yesterday . |
| 30 | I think it was copied from Victoria , Victoria had a lot of influence upon women obviously , she had a lot of children ; women too , women , apart from the fact there was no effective contraception , it was the duty of woman to bear a lot of children so that they could carry on the line , which was also why woman had to be very chaste and pure so that man could be sure that the son that she produced was actually his legitimate heir . |