Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] they [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All fords of the Esk , including Kirkandrews , were guarded on the English side by Graham peel-towers ; and though these would not be strong enough to hold up three thousand from crossing for long they could send warning back to the English authorities if so inclined . |
| 2 | The day after tomorrow they 'll wake up to find themselves in Madeira . ’ |
| 3 | If she can get that out of here they could find out what 's wrong with her , but it wo n't come . |
| 4 | ‘ At the end of BST they will get an hour back so at the end of the day it will all even out , ’ he said . |
| 5 | In my own research into books and reading I have had classes of 15-year-olds write essays on the subject of how they would feel about working in a bookshop . |
| 6 | And I in I invite I suppose the County Council really to respond to this issue of how they would intend erm indeed the districts , how they would intend to use these criteria certainly in a more rational and erm intellectually rigorous way than the sort of erm statements that were included in their January nineteen ninety two report . |
| 7 | As a compensation , and as a substitute for the lost narcissism of childhood , ‘ normal ’ people develop an ego ideal , a conception , more emotional than intellectual , of how they would like to be . |
| 8 | We can get an idea of how they might have breathed by looking at modern fish . |
| 9 | Hell , bands should be challenging our tolerance and expectations of how they should sound and behave , but there must be better ways than this drama-school drop-out , turgid , clumsy , aimless artwank that tip-toes far too close for comfort to being morally repugnant . |
| 10 | Troubled Celtic are thinking of how they can raise the money to buy Pat McGinlay from Hibs . |
| 11 | And here are just a few examples of how they can help . |
| 12 | Of critical importance to the success of the QAU is the need for school communities to become aware of how they can use the QAU to assist them in school improvement activities . |
| 13 | The specification of the qualities expected of members provides only the most general idea of how they will fit in . |
| 14 | The development of safe and reliable engineering systems requires knowledge of how they will perform under both normal and failure conditions . |
| 15 | Every minister now looks at his biggest decisions in the light of how they will affect the general election . |
| 16 | If the Government are prepared to put £66 million into the work now , as well as dragooning hon. Members to push this Bill through the House , they must have — certainly they ought to have — a clearer idea of how they will behave in relation to the ultimate funding of the project when British Rail wants to start work . |
| 17 | There must be free elections , in which neither the incumbent government nor any other group can determine the electoral result by means other than indications of how they will act if returned to power . |
| 18 | But if members of Labour 's Philosophical Tendency , from Tony Benn to Bryan Gould , are choosing their words carefully it may be through fear of how they will look in each other 's diaries . |
| 19 | They the county council licence the whole service is of where they can run . |
| 20 | Macbeth 's explanation of why they must kill Banquo for him is a perfect description of the tribute that vice pays to virtue : because of That is almost too explicit in its description of the gap between false surface and his true feelings , and in its affected , forced language ( ‘ to your assistance do make love ’ ) . |
| 21 | To describe how the media cover disorder is not in itself an explanation of why they should adopt this approach . |
| 22 | And to do that will require individuals with the ability to clarify the issues and an acute sense of when they might advance by retreating a little . |
| 23 | When this reminder of a real world outside the little room had withdrawn , he asked : ‘ Did you glean any idea of when they might like to use this — ah — device ? ’ |
| 24 | Yes , I think as adults one thing we have to do is actually trust the wisdom of our children to let us know , to give us the cues to when they need to talk or express their fears in some way erm I mean that 's our duty not to stop them talking , not to stop them asking questions , but to be aware of when they may have fears . |
| 25 | You know what I think about nuns , but for once they might do something useful . " |
| 26 | Unsurprisingly , Rugby missed their putt , falling behind when they must have felt they were odds-on to go ahead . |
| 27 | Through these kinds of dramas ( the wage negotiation annual one ) the remainder of workers can feel that their uncomfortable feelings of anger and paranoia are being dealt with so they can continue to hold the position of withdrawal , thus avoiding the pain of their real feelings . |
| 28 | I do n't think it 's necessarily about teaching er children primarily about sex or about sexual pleasure , I think it 's all , initially , about personal hygiene and then developing that into how they can make their life safer for themself , or giving them choices to say , well I can choose to become pregnant or not to become pregnant and , I think it 's more about choices rather than saying orgasms and erm sexual pleasure , or |
| 29 | For now they 'll carry on living at Stoke Mandeville and Adis will continue with his treatment … taking each day as it comes |
| 30 | Now they were in midstream they could see the new bridge more clearly . |