Example sentences of "[adv] what they [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A control group were instructed to lie quietly in bed for a few moments before writing down what they could recall of their dreams . |
| 2 | And he he was n't he said they can only stand the water problem so long so what they can do with it I do n't know . |
| 3 | The Koi eat only what they can reach and the unit appears to make an effective vegetation filter . |
| 4 | Once again , by the time I have talked to them , explained how regression works and just what they will experience , I would hope that they would feel confident enough in me and in themselves to allow it to take place . |
| 5 | I ca n't remember when I first bought a box of Neocolor crayons but I do remember wondering just what they 'd do . |
| 6 | Three , and Johnson 's knock-out punch — Pennant 's descriptions went as far into detail as Pennant wanted them to , and therefore they should be seen for what they are , not what they might have been : ‘ Here is a man six feet high and you are angry because he is not seven . ’ |
| 7 | The risk , they argued , was judging South Africa 's rugby resources as they used to be , not what they might become . |
| 8 | ‘ Transport 2000 should look at the conditions that exist today , not what they would like to exist . ’ |
| 9 | Secondly , and far more important , the main factor in most men 's standard of living was not what they could earn but what they could produce , and here conditions were dominated not by economic relationships with other men but by something far more basic , the annual and unpredictable variations in the weather and the effects which this would have on the harvest . |
| 10 | Slavery , to Sheffield female abolitionists , was essentially unlawful ; human laws could only take away what they could create . |
| 11 | now do I do n't suppose I 'm the only person that 's been in a pub toilet , a ladies toilet and I 've heard the females in the toilet saying what , exactly what they would like to do the males ! |
| 12 | She imagined a lifetime among her own Dreamed creations , knowing exactly what they would say next , exactly what was around every corner . |
| 13 | I 'm uncomfortably aware that this does n't actually tell anybody exactly what they should do next . |
| 14 | Hospitals and community units have to say exactly what they can do in a year , and districts and GPs can specify the quality criteria and kinds of service they want . |
| 15 | We need to consider more carefully what they might have as their objectives . |
| 16 | He issued a passionate plea to Labour and the Conservatives to spell out what they would do in a hung Parliament . |
| 17 | Find out what they would like . ’ |
| 18 | No , for the moment they are the Government and they will be at Maastricht , so let us find out what they will do in three weeks . |
| 19 | When she uses the scheme she stays at her desk whilst pupils queue for help , for marking or to find out what they should do next . |
| 20 | WILL ROLSTON found out what they could come up with … |
| 21 | Now what they 'll do is they 'll have a look and then decide what to do . |
| 22 | Now what they will wan na know is the ins and outs of everything that you 're sending . |
| 23 | The massive publicity onslaught is being mounted by the Arthritis and Rheumatism Council , and aims to inform sufferers of what help is available and even what they can do to help themselves . |
| 24 | And there 's no telling quite what they will do … some nights they put on a full stage show , other times there may be a game or a sing song to join in with … but whatever the day , whatever the time there 's one thing you wo n't be at Tropicana , and that 's bored ! |
| 25 | Of course the argument runs that until they 're given a run no-one knows quite what they can do . |
| 26 | In selecting them I have tried to imagine an audience of 11–13-year-olds , and consequently what they might regard as ‘ funny ’ : |
| 27 | Precisely what they would do to justify their share of the precious filtered air in the bunker is unclear , although only marginally less so than the process by which they were chosen for the job in the first place . |
| 28 | Now , what the potential migrant will do , Harrison Todaro assumed , was to say , right what they 'll do is that they 'll , these migrants will mentally calculate the present value of receiving W A throughout their lifetime , right , and they 'll discount erm those wages by appropriate discount rate , reflecting the fact that a hundred pounds today is worth a lot more than a hundred pounds twenty years ' time or thirty years ' time . |