Example sentences of "[subord] they [verb] [vb infin] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they were n't there and if they were n't being used , then there may well be more and more p pressure on the city centre of York , so they do discharge I think er a positive function . |
| 2 | And if they did give you the sack you would be walked away to the army I expect . |
| 3 | If they did fulfil it , surely they must be potential rivals , competitors even in the guise of colleagues . |
| 4 | Possibly if they did tell you something then it was likely to be made up because children did n't know it was wrong to lie . |
| 5 | Well it holding it in pawn , waiting for somebody to ask him to have a drink , and invariably somebody would but if they did ask him they 'd always ask him back next time you know if they could n't do it this time . |
| 6 | On the other hand , he thought , if they did see them , most of the girls were too tactful to say anything . |
| 7 | If they did not know the word less , their responses followed a pattern of chance responding ; if they did know it , they got it right nearly all the time . |
| 8 | You could also erm , start to recognize the benefit of the rural sector , and one reason why they were discriminating , L D Cs tended to want to ignore that and sort of shun it , because it 's not sort of a glamorous image they were trying to hope for in the urban sector , and , so , if they did help them , say give them units , like the repair men , units to work in , and they put them in really totally crappy accommodation , and up not where you need it , and not where people pass by with their motors and things , they , they 'd put them somewhere up on a hill , overlooking a city , so erm , to encourage the informal sector by erm , sort of on a par with the formal sector because erm , their inter- reacting , inter-relating now , like they 're providing cheap inputs for the formal industries and , and the formal industries are pro providing clientele all for the informal sector , and so it 's all inter-linked and , and it 's there now . |
| 9 | Most of the time actually , if they do set them off , they scarper . |
| 10 | erm schools just do n't help girls to have both and so a lot of the talk about underachievement , and I do n't like that word , amongst girls really ignores the fact that girls are n't underachieving when they do n't go all out for occupational success , when they do n't set their goals very high in schools , they are being very rational because if they do achieve they are going to be faced with immense problems . |
| 11 | If they do appear they should be reported to SST immediately : |
| 12 | Erm yeah so say all you need is just access to that field so if they do change you can just |
| 13 | But even if they do come they still wo n't find any bodies . |
| 14 | Who knows , even if they do catch me , Mr Crangle and I might get on and become good friends . ’ |
| 15 | The notion of pastiche is now a guiding thread in critical discourse , to the extent that Palandri 's novel can be put forward as ‘ a disturbing attempt to write a kitsch novel ’ ( De Michelis 1986a ) , and the argument be made — — referring to Piersanti 's Charles — that no novelist born in the 1950s can return to ‘ traditional narrative ’ without being aware that he/she is ‘ holding an old toy which might look fine in an antique shop , or might be an ornament or a collector 's item , but is no good for playing with any more ’ ; if they do use it ( but why should they if it is no use any more ? ) , it is with a mixture of pleasure and melancholy , ‘ like someone repeating a game which once gave pleasure for years and years and now gives none , only the memory of the joy it once gave ’ ( De Michelis 1986b ) . |
| 16 | Though he declined to say who he thought would win tomorrow , one gets the impression that he will be in Scotland 's corner , remembering that if they do win they will head for Twickenham and possible Triple Crown glory . |
| 17 | If they do find they can not cope , services are available to look after the child . |
| 18 | Though whether they 'll be able to do anything about it if they do see him … ’ |
| 19 | Er quite right , people do n't know , and if they do know they do n't care some of them . |
| 20 | Now the r the reason for us doing that is that if they do accept it , they are duty bound as a council to write to Prime Minister , Prime Minister , direct , saying they support the declaration of intent . |
| 21 | If they do take them they have little to gain by declaring the fact . |
| 22 | Repeatedly we are told that if its characters fail to resist the Shadow , they will be taken over , but if they do resist they may get killed ; similarly if they reject the vagaries of chance ( if Frodo for instance had refused to leave the Shire with the Ring ) , it 's likely something highly unpleasant will happen , but if they accept and obey things could grow even worse . |
| 23 | Instead , some individuals or groups in society will fail to forecast inflation correctly and so may , for example , seek money wage increases which are lower than necessary to maintain their real wages ; other individuals or groups may not have the power to gain full compensation for inflation even if they do predict it correctly . |
| 24 | If they do query it , cos I mean erm it really was a disgrace and I I 'm pretty tolerant . |
| 25 | To , well to run them now , they 'll still take a week to come back , even if they do run them today , |
| 26 | If they do respond you may be able to see if they approach it with caution or with carelessness . |
| 27 | ‘ But what shall we do if they do follow us ? ’ |
| 28 | But he would n't be letting you use your time if you were that poor at it because they do build you up very slowly . |
| 29 | This book , these books are quite good because they do give you a little bit of explanation . |
| 30 | A happy theatre a happy ship if you like a corny phrase to use is very very apparent and I 'm sure my colleagues and friends around here would appreciate because they do believe they ca n't get at the management committee and they would like to so please Tom will that be possible at some time in the near future ? |