Example sentences of "they [modal v] [vb infin] [vb pp] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may have gone down the medium wave dial from 10.17 to 8.55 , but their new premises in Ludlow is more than a few steps up from the barn . |
| 2 | The cavern was so huge that Benny thought they must have hollowed out the entire mountain . |
| 3 | The trio were modifying the trolley with implements they must have brought in the pockets of the golf-bags . |
| 4 | If the pension funds and insurance companies had waited they could have picked up the same properties at a far lower price . |
| 5 | The company could n't foresee great success or they would have tied up the band for years by way of contract options . |
| 6 | But Faye and Roberta — well , they are n't middle class , to put it mildly , but surely they — yes , they would have picked up the know-how , the expertise , so if they did n't get things straight , it is because they did n't want to . |
| 7 | If the new rates had applied to that year they would have wiped out the interest and still left £5.67 to pay ! |
| 8 | Years later , when they told this story , those who had conceived the plan insisted that they would have carried out the attack in their own names , as rebels , and not under the Shah 's authority . |
| 9 | ‘ If they set out from Tara at the hour they intended , they will have gone down the forest road hours earlier . ’ |