Example sentences of "[noun sg] would [verb] they [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jim took over the Old Bells when he feared new sky-high rent would force them both to quit the White Hart 12 miles away . |
| 2 | It was these qualities which attracted Attlee , who knew that the task he had in mind for his new viceroy would require them all . |
| 3 | Furious radio hams feared Mr Reenan 's behaviour would give them all a bad name . |
| 4 | They did not hope for any tangible support for their undertaking , but a charter would give them some standing in England , allow them to create a legal government , and possibly convince any enquiring Spaniards that they were not simply setting up a pirate base . |
| 5 | Edward Miall argued in the 1840s that giving the vote to the working class would give them that sense of citizen responsibility which they were said to lack , and that as a result the middle class would be able to " lead them almost whithersoever they please . " |
| 6 | At other times Fagin would tell them all about robberies he had committed in his younger days , telling the stories so well and putting in so many funny details that Oliver could not stop laughing , even though he knew it was wrong . |