Example sentences of "[verb] [indef pn] they [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People want someone they can look up to . |
| 2 | It 's their duty to find somebody they can convict of Maurice 's murder . ’ |
| 3 | In his absence , the judge told the jury of 7 men and 5 women that they were about to discover something they may find interesting . |
| 4 | if they want something they will break in |
| 5 | If they want something they can get it themselves . |
| 6 | However , they confiscated everything they could lay their hands on , even the bed he was lying on , to sell them in order to pay the fine . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , ’ said Bridget , ‘ they held him all weekend , and tried everything they could think of to make him confess . |
| 8 | Tell 'em we 'll buy anything they can get on narcotics . |
| 9 | I think they 'd say that they 'd like to see an officer in a car because they do n't see anybody , what they really mean they want to see somebody they can talk |
| 10 | A coastguard said : ‘ People are trying to nick everything they can lay their hands on . ’ |
| 11 | A coastguard said : ‘ People are trying to nick everything they can lay their hands on . ’ |
| 12 | you 've got your copies of it , if you , you happen to tear one they can give you another copy like that . |
| 13 | If they heard a knock at the door or if they heard shouting and bawling in the street , but there 's nothing they can do what we 're asking for here is and I 'm asking for support is a phone to the people who can not afford one whereas if they hear something they can phone the police , or they can phone the support unit because are two people staying together in this day and age where they can not walk in the streets they 're attacked even in broad daylight going to get their pensions never mind at night-time . |
| 14 | Snotlings live around Orcs and Goblins , infesting their caves and huts , scavenging amongst their rubbish piles , and stealing anything they can get their hands on . |
| 15 | It should be recognised as the only organisation that the deaf mutes of the whole United Kingdom can look to as the protector of their interests , and they should have something they can depend upon . |
| 16 | They value everything they can get their hands on . |
| 17 | The odds are on Sylvester Stallone as ‘ HAUGHEY : Survival Of The Fittest 111 ’ : He took everything they could throw at him … now he 's really mad ! |
| 18 | and Oxford go chasing their third win in a row at Sunderland tomorrow … in division three Hereford are just chasing anything they can get … they were out of luck again at scarborough on saturday |
| 19 | A supporter said yesterday : ‘ What they want is to have somebody they can control , ’ but Mr Field found it impossible to operate on that basis . |
| 20 | He demonstrated programs that drew brilliant-coloured three-dimensional designs , until those watching felt that if they too bought one they would have the same magical powers . |
| 21 | ‘ Everyone has to have something they can keep to themselves , ’ said Dorcas vaguely . |
| 22 | A lot of the time the guys would prefer to have something they could sing along to , instead of three million notes for the sake of three million notes . |
| 23 | He 'd play — yes , but he 'd play for them , for these stricken people ; he 'd play something they 'd know , something that might lift their hearts in their plight and strengthen them to defy their oppressors . |
| 24 | If ones came as in little wee pi pickups we called them the little lorry things you would sort of keep your eye very much because you did n't know they were looking for scrap and if you told them you had nothing they might go away with your iron gates or something . |
| 25 | to remind somebody they 'll fill it in the accident |
| 26 | The undertaker selected four of them and they bent willingly to the coffin , easier in their minds about the embarrassments of grief , because now they had something they could do . |
| 27 | Meanwhile , OSF 's lawyers are casting their nets wide in this Addamax versus OSF matter , deposing everybody they can think of . |
| 28 | Remembering that the elderly often become quite anxious and upset at the prospect of any change or disturbance of their normal routine , however pleasing the end-result promises to be , you will need to take anything they may regard as an ‘ upheaval ’ very slowly . |
| 29 | ‘ They 're using anything they can find . |
| 30 | Butterflyfish are prime examples of this group many species of which feed exclusively upon coral polyps while other benthic foragers such as Porcupinefish , Boxfish and Puffers will eat anything they can catch . |