Example sentences of "they [verb] [prep] [modal v] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | The first thing to realise is that anyone who comes to visit you because they want to will not care — and probably will not notice — if your home is not perfect . |
2 | Opening a brewery at a time when Britain 's drinkers are supping less beer than they used to might not seem like a good idea . |
3 | — Chinese traders when asked by the Romans what country they came from should really have replied ‘ Chung-kuo ’ ( Middle Kingdom ) . |
4 | The shop they went into would n't have anything to do with it though . |
5 | Bradshaw and Millar estimate that up to 70 per cent of lone mothers could be employed if all who said they wanted to could immediately get jobs and child care . |