Example sentences of "they [modal v] [verb] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | That relics of them should have survived for such a vast period of time seemed even more difficult to believe . |
| 2 | They looked after each other , that was all , as each of them might have cared for a pet and been solicitous for its well-being . |
| 3 | In S6 they may choose to study for the Certificate of Sixth Year Studies , or simply work to ‘ keep up ’ their language . |
| 4 | Mammalian babies , when they do finally emerge into the outside world , still need their mother 's milk to complete the building of their highly complex bodies and they may continue to suckle for years . |
| 5 | Most of these , too , developed along existing paths , the paths that ran from village to village in Saxon times , though here and there they may have called for a new piece to complete the chain of paths . |
| 6 | They may have to settle for royalties which are lower than they would prefer . |
| 7 | something which they may have saved for themselves or perhaps by doing an odd job here and there , and working a day or two a week , which will not make too great demands on their strength , but will just keep the household going . |
| 8 | But they may have to wait for a year , and maybe even two , before the brief , dramatic cycle can begin all over again . |
| 9 | Many would regularly ‘ pop their ticker ’ — pawn the watch they may have bought for five pounds , on which they may have raised forty pounds or more in loans , as Melanie Tebbutt showed in Making Ends Meet ( 1983 ) . |
| 10 | She had n't thought about how much of her hour remained , until bells started ringing , and she realized that they must have gone for her . |
| 11 | All policies now stipulate that they must have run for between three and six months before claims will be considered — and most bar self-employed people altogether . |
| 12 | As the trucks were some twenty-odd years old when I was small and were still going strong forty years later , they must have paid for themselves over and over again . |
| 13 | They must have known for weeks . |
| 14 | ‘ Presumably they must have to pay for all the preparation leading up to an operation of this sort , and pay the staff who are waiting around . |
| 15 | They must have longed for quiet and solitude , for space to shed their tears in private , or even to vent their anger , but none of them showed it in public . |
| 16 | They must have walked for at least three miles and eventually came out of the wood and on to a pathway which led to a crossroads . |
| 17 | They must have walked for about another ten minutes and could glimpse the blue wood-smoke rising above the trees from Godstowe village when suddenly the porter stopped , turned left , and led them along a narrow beaten trackway into the forest . |
| 18 | Those problems have not been solved — just as we said that they would not be — because the Government did not take the issue seriously enough and did not press as they should have pressed for the substantial reforms that were needed . |
| 19 | ‘ If they thought the children were in danger they should have gone for a care order in the first place , ’ Levy said . |
| 20 | They should have looked for a two-bedded , well-equipped flat in Norwich or in a convenient village close to the shops and post office , and to a church , of course . |
| 21 | But whilst some women drivers on the M4 today are concerned about their personal safety , they do n't agree that they should have to pay for protection . |
| 22 | Baroness Hollis said : ‘ The government chief inspector has to warn local authorities not to tell the disabled and the frail what they are entitled to in case they should happen to ask for it , which would take the counties through their capping limit . ’ |
| 23 | Campaigners say they 'll continue to fight for Standish , but at the hospital tonight there was an overwhelming feeling that it 's already too late . |
| 24 | The veterans say they 'll continue to fight for the truth to be revealed about what they say was a ’ crime against humanity ’ . |
| 25 | Sunderland made Terry Butcher their manager this morning … they 'll want to win for him … lets hope Town do the carving … |
| 26 | Any they 'll come looking for us . ’ |
| 27 | No matter about the slump in the property market , nor that there does n't seem to be any money about : they 'll come running for these . |
| 28 | That 's neither here nor there , they 'll have to wait for it , it 's up to them . |
| 29 | They 'll have to wait for us to get out . |
| 30 | None of these tenants have access to any tools or materials , and in some cases they 've been told that they 'll have to pay for the repair work . |