Example sentences of "[pron] what they [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't tell you what they might win , but I can guarantee they 'll take home memories of their day on ’ Blockbusters ’ . |
| 2 | I ca n't tell you what they might win , but I can guarantee they 'll take home memories of their day on ’ Blockbusters ’ . |
| 3 | What they what they should do the , the milk I 'd say your first pint cost you twenty six thirty six |
| 4 | My work was during my student days , when much hampered with other cares , and I can excuse them for not thinking it what they would expect from their future minister . |
| 5 | Hereford United next and what they would do for a cup run … come to think of it what they would do for a win … on Saturday United lost out again in the third division … two-one at Cardiff City |
| 6 | Ask them what they would do if they did know the answers . |
| 7 | Ask them what they would do if they were Superman or Superwoman . |
| 8 | I wrote to my home social services and asked them what they would do if I moved from residential care into a home of my own . |
| 9 | As the girls were sitting down Tom asked them what they 'd like to drink . |
| 10 | The dictator ( to look at one of Keith Graham 's examples ) who allowed everyone to decide for themselves what they wanted and then told them what they must do , is violating their autonomy not because their wants and needs are not realised in action , but because they have been coerced into doing something they do not want . |
| 11 | ‘ We do n't lecture people or tell them what they must do . |
| 12 | On the twenty-ninth day , being the day before he departed , he called for Doña Ximena , and for the Bishop Don Hieronymo , and Don Alvar Fañez Minaya , and Pero Bermudez , and his trusty Gil Diaz ; and when they were all five before him , he began to direct them what they should do after his death ; and he said to them , Ye know that King Bucar will presently be here to besiege this city , with seven and thirty Kings whom he bringeth with him , and with a mighty power of Moors . |
| 13 | If he 's got a job there , and he 's done it well or he 's done it badly , tell him he 's done it badly , tell them where they 've gone wrong and tell them what they should do to put it right . |
| 14 | You know the sort of thing — you get an expert in to show them what they should wear . |
| 15 | And they go through and tell them what they should get . |
| 16 | I wish I could give these women their time again , to take them to the hills and show them what they could have shared with their selfish husbands , show them how a ridge-walk compares to a coffee morning in a draughty church hall , and how they could have become more in tune with their spirit and feelings up here than stuck down there watching television soap operas . |
| 17 | Erm we are not going any further than that erm we the debate this morning erm we were looking at the differences between ourselves and then for example Selby District of what what they would like to see which was er certainly more than growth oriented the County Council 's proposals are . |
| 18 | ‘ Anyway , you do n't know yourself what they 'll bring in , do you , Rose , so you could n't have told him anything ? ’ said her husband after a pause , when his pathetic , bewildered-puppy air had intensified . |
| 19 | On the acquisition front we retained David , Barry and all the staff at Argyll Services on board in September and now that they 've got used to our paperwork they 'll be looking forward to showing us what they can do in 1993 . |
| 20 | We 're giving them a chance to show us what they can do . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ as if I could in some way decide for those leaving us what they will go on to do . ’ |