Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] they [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before the brigade of receptionists change shift they must ensure that all work has been processed as far as possible and that any messages or matters to be dealt with are brought to the attention of the evening shift . |
| 2 | Once their condition has stabilised they may have to face a whole range of issues : new restrictions ; new sensations ; new embarrassments ; new lifestyles . |
| 3 | In the present situation , the officers find themselves in a very difficult position , I can not imagine an officer saying no to a member and this is what has happened if we run out of money , then the very thing that we are seeking to do , in other words to implement the democratic process to allow people to come to meetings and speak will go by the way , and I can remember some time ago when I was a new member on here saying I would be prepared to attend property sub-committee briefings as a deputy and not be paid and I was very smartly brought up by a friend in the labour group who said that 's all right for you , you can afford it , but it 's not alright for some of us 'cause we can't. and the difficulty is if we run out of money and we either have to stop the allowances or we have to slash the allowances , yeah , knows who it was , we have to slash the allowances , then legitimately people will be able to say that the democratic process is being stifled because they are not going to be allowed to go to meetings , and therefore , I think that situations whereby a member attends to speak to a , an item , a specific item and then stays on for a double length meetings and claims double length allowances that sort of thing has got to be stopped , and also members attending just to nod approval at something that has happened that they 've been associated with , that should stop , if they want to come they should come at their own expense . |
| 4 | Remember , though , that badgering agents is quite useless ; if they want to come they will come , but telephoning them and overselling yourself can be just as useless as not letting them know that you 're alive and working . |
| 5 | Erm this year the parish has said they 'll pay for it and any contributions will be gratefully received and I think it was three pound last year . |
| 6 | VW has yet to finalise specification and prices for the Polos , but it has said they will cost much the same as the models they replace . |
| 7 | The person has promised they will get in before the end of the week . |
| 8 | If anyone wants to help they should contact Rebecca Black on . |
| 9 | If anyone wants to help they should contact Rebecca Black on . |
| 10 | Now a team at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Germany , working for Prof Dieter Oesterhelt , has found they could harness a salt-loving bacterium , called halobacterium , to mass produce receptors . |
| 11 | Apparently , the authors have concluded from published research that women get interrupted because they ‘ allow themselves ’ to be ( does this ‘ contributory negligence ’ argument remind us of anything ? ) and if they want to succeed they must emulate male speech . |
| 12 | He says that the technique has meant they can speed up research time , helping to stay ahead of the field . |
| 13 | The makers say banning them will do nothing to improve road safety , but the police insist lives will be saved . |
| 14 | Most want to feel they can give responsibility to one contract . |
| 15 | Now Defence Secretary Malcolm Rifkind has ordered they must use armoured personnel carriers borrowed from the French . |
| 16 | Once they have realized what they want to achieve they can talk about this to their child . |
| 17 | They 'd decided they could tell me , they could trust me . |
| 18 | They 'd decided they could use the lunch break on changeover day to review the first part of the week and plan the second , so they would actually be working more hours than most . |
| 19 | ‘ I think the first time they 'd felt they must accept an honest mistake . |
| 20 | The daily volume of business reached ever new heights during the year over 920 million shares were traded , compared with 576 million in 1927 , as more and more people came to believe they could get rich quickly . |
| 21 | We had to make the game all-ticket so no-one came thinking they could get in on the day . |
| 22 | I would 've thought they could 've like somebody with an older text , they could 've took the old one out and shoved one of these back into it . |
| 23 | ( 67 ) I should like to see them dare say a word against me . |
| 24 | Graham nodded to indicate they should keep on walking . |
| 25 | The amount of force needed to lock them will vary considerably from aircraft to aircraft and even perhaps from day to day . |
| 26 | Raffle tickets will be sold at British Home Stores in Darlington on April 11 , anyone who would like to help sell them should contact Moira Shields at Farmway . |
| 27 | The following diagram should illustrate through a simplified example : Inhabitants of Caloria Inhabitants of Frigorix Good at fishing Grow crops Reliant on fossil fuels Use solar power for all machinery When they get to the new planet , Terra Nova , they find that the fish are abundant , but the soil wo n't support crops ; although the sun shines , there are no fossil fuels — so if the groups are going to survive they will need to share their technology and skills . |
| 28 | Unfortunately when other divisions come and use it they seem to think they can pick up the caravan and there 'll be a wonderful display in there |
| 29 | Yes , it had been a strange episode , and not only were those people unaware of my name but I 'd like to bet they would fail to recognize me if they saw me again . |
| 30 | ‘ … he would n't mind betting they 'd queue up to drink plain tap water out of her Wellington boots and count themselves blasted lucky to have the chance . |