Example sentences of "they [verb] [prep] [modal v] [adv] [vb infin] " 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 . |