Example sentences of "they [modal v] [adv] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If field social workers define child care services mainly in terms of planning and resource finding ( for better or worse ) , they may well consider their main work ended once the children enter care . |
| 2 | Indeed they may well risk their pale-faced prodigy again in the match against Egypt today — even though this must be won if a vital quarter-final seeding place is to be secured . |
| 3 | And they 're so angry they may also drop their current backing of the Charity Shield . |
| 4 | Not surprisingly they may consequently pay it little attention and even discard it altogether . |
| 5 | They may then chase their top target , Charlton 's £750,000-rated winger Robert Lee . |
| 6 | In ten years ' time , I said to him , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , they may still remember us both . |
| 7 | They are far more likely to exceed the quota , and having been brought up they must now forfeit their new-found surplus and be brought down . |
| 8 | They must therefore have something extra to compensate and yet survive . |
| 9 | I do n't think you can do anything about me not getting an erm they should just pay me more should n't they , if they ask to ? |
| 10 | If you phone in t erm the Talking Yellow Pages and say I need a conference centre in Derbyshire , they 'll probably tell you that one . |
| 11 | Yeah they 'll probably teach you that , yeah more than likely , yeah , you 'd of touch the chimney flue , part of it , but the trouble is the qualifications have fall beyond of what I want to do anyway and considering it 's gon na cost a couple of grand to get it |
| 12 | And er I lost touch with her after that but Joyce was very nice , very , very a down to earth cockney girl from Hockston and she said er she 'd tell her sister she said I do admire my sister she said they 'll never have anything other than a council house , I do n't suppose but she said my brother-in-law mends people 's motorcycles as a side line and the money that he gets from that he gives her most of it and she buys things on hire purchase , this was the days when hire purchase was n't fearsomely expensive |
| 13 | If you do n't they 'll certainly have you all for supper . ’ |
| 14 | So I do n't suppose they 'll ever get it right . |
| 15 | They 'll only give you three months of Sky programmes . |
| 16 | he said , now look you lost eighty pound out of that draw I said yes I did they 'll only allow you fifty so he says I 'll say these cuff links are worth thirty pound , so he was on my side were n't he ? |
| 17 | At times of high wages or low food prices , out-workers could opt for more leisure , but in times of slack trade they might well find themselves unable to get enough work to compensate for falling rates . |
| 18 | They might actually find it impossible to conceive of themselves without the slaves or serfs who defined their status . |
| 19 | Certainly they could easily find themselves short of energy amid plenty . |
| 20 | These problems are unlikely to affect the relative levels of the greenhouse and solar contributions , but they could well influence their absolute levels . |
| 21 | ‘ Yes , if they added that , they could also have their conquered victims become willing slaves , so long as they give regular dosages . |
| 22 | There was some room for individuals and groups to experiment with limited co-operation across factional lines if they could temporarily forget their religious and sometimes political differences . |
| 23 | They could still construct their own frustrations . |
| 24 | They could still hear her tinkling laughter as the door closed behind them . |
| 25 | His flashes of brilliance make one want to leap up and cheer : ‘ No English man or woman could play Antony and Cleopatra : passion and love are quite beyond them , they could never discard their suburban subservience . |
| 26 | And they could unwittingly find themselves supporting terrorists and drug dealers . |
| 27 | They 'd rather cook it fresh . |
| 28 | And er a and then they 'd go , they 'd , they 'd , if the mother was strong healthy and everything was going alright they 'd probably leave it another month before they went . |
| 29 | They would rather mount their own bid . |
| 30 | By morning , if anyone troubled to come looking for her , they would probably find her poor , frozen body rooted to the spot by a cage of spindly icicles . |