Example sentences of "they [modal v] [vb infin] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children can learn that food is available only at the table so they may manage a few minutes sitting down to eat and then get up and run around . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm really making a plea in the lectures that if the British want to get involved in Europe , they should show a few signs , be prepared to learn other languages , open up to other cultures . |
| 3 | I recalled that they should learn a few verses to say to me on my next visit . |
| 4 | If they take their work home with them , maybe they 'll do a few hours ' work off the mains . |
| 5 | PAKISTAN batsman Salim Malik reckons that if the England Test team learn to play properly , they might win a few games of international cricket |
| 6 | Of course , they might ask a few questions . ’ |
| 7 | Later on they might have a few minutes together and he would hold her and she would become herself again . |
| 8 | It did n't win it any friends in the Sun Microsystems Inc camp , where they could stand a few friends . |
| 9 | But in December 1985 United States ’ officials indicated that they could accept a United Nations ' agreement if it led to a ‘ comprehensive and just settlement ’ , involving a short time frame for Soviet withdrawal and self-determination . |
| 10 | ( A wry comment from two young people who sometimes had to delay posting letters until they could find a few pennies for stamps . ) |
| 11 | All the previous week Kidd had exhorted his forwards to concentrate on winning the battle up front and not simply live in hope that they could gain a few crumbs and hope their more skilful backs would steal a march on Shannon . |
| 12 | They could search a thousand years and they 'd not find it . |
| 13 | If it 's done a thousand miles , you 'd get nine thousand five hundred and then cos of the mileage they 'd take off a thousand divided by ten , so they 'd take a hundred pounds off that . |
| 14 | ‘ In this way ’ he declared in 1895 , ‘ they would do a thousand times more good than by denouncing Roman Catholics , Unitarians or anyone else. , There were united missionary services and neighbourhood ‘ visitations ’ after which the names of those visited were passed on to a minister of their denomination . |
| 15 | The Americans and British , intent on not getting stuck in the town , wandered in and out talking of electricity and sanitation , then said they would send a few soldiers for a short time . |
| 16 | England has n't got it , England has n't got what they would call a national police force . |
| 17 | Whenever they reached an island that was likely to be visited by European sailors again , they would release a few pigs , to run wild , multiply and form a permanent supply of protein — on islands seemingly not well provisioned for humans . |
| 18 | They will spend a few days with their hosts in the classroom , before going on a camping trip in the Dutch countryside . |
| 19 | They will contact a special poisons information centre and advise you on first aid and medical treatment . |
| 20 | And those people that take or get extra , either their body is not producing or they want an extra bit for something so they can run a hundred yards at er in an extra five minutes . |
| 21 | And then they can dig a few holes for you . |
| 22 | Now they can enjoy a few luxuries . |
| 23 | Shivering pleasantly in her new blouse trimmed with lace nicked from Silvex Modes the week before , two quid borrowed from Ted means they can afford a few halves , jumping over the gutter full of leaves . |