Example sentences of "they [modal v] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ These are enormously strong roots and the melding of them may give us an organisation far more formidable than either could be on their own . ’ |
2 | ‘ And the places that knew them shall know them no more . ’ |
3 | ‘ Any of them would make you a better wife than I could . |
4 | I am sure one of them would afford you the protection that you seek . |
5 | They may cost you a couple of hundred quid , but they look as if your grandmother may have knitted them from one of her own patterns . |
6 | So , of course , we were getting a little bit panicky cos what 's worrying me , and it still worries me again we 've put all this time and effort in they may pay us alright , we 've got this twenty , they may pay us a second payment , but are they gon na pay up on the third ? |
7 | To them you are just a very large creature who for some unknown reason feeds them , and for that , and that alone , they may give you a grudging sort of respect , if owls have any idea what respect is . |
8 | They may give you the creeps , but not Ray Gabriel . |
9 | Sometimes , although not always , they may remember what the suppressed or forgotten incident was . |
10 | ‘ They must give him a chance . |
11 | If they do , they must give you an opportunity to object or ‘ opt out ’ . |
12 | They must learn what every child knows that you ca n't ask for a present back . |
13 | They must consider what the journey will mean to them and what they will be leaving behind . |
14 | ‘ They should make him a national treasure , ’ said Ian Wright . |
15 | He persuaded the Stationer 's Company that they should send him a copy of each book its members printed . |
16 | Well but they should give her a soli , the name of a solicitor . |
17 | The Colonel checked with Bill Copland whether they should call it a day : ‘ Certainly not ’ was-the Major 's assured reply , for all felt the confidence of success . |
18 | They should get themselves a steel guitar . |
19 | If you do it that way , you know , by the time they get there they should know what the questions are should n't they ? |
20 | He stormed : ‘ The FA should suspend him for a couple of years and if they ca n't ban the video then they should fine him every penny he makes out of it . |
21 | ‘ If you get talking to any New Yorkers they 'll tell what a lousy dirty city it is all full of crime and weirdos and garbage . |
22 | and er , she 's got two more raises at school , they 'll give him a credit and then wrote him a letter saying that he 'll probably be expelled again , of course she went busting up there |
23 | ‘ I 've to see them at the bank shortly — there 's that Buttering to be fixed , and no money for it wi'out they 'll give me a loan . ’ |
24 | I mean I can take a form up to the porters in Goodricke and they 'll give me a key to a minibus . |
25 | ‘ What I plan to produce for ITV , and I know they 'll give me the scope , are quality , probing interviews . |
26 | Cos I do n't think they 'll give me the shopping for nothing and there 's no bank down Rainbow . |
27 | They give They 'll tell you erm they 'll give you a list of the weights for C L. |
28 | They 'll give you a tenor clef a little bit further on . |
29 | And at the moment the building societies and banks are chasing business , they 're really desperate , and er they 'll , they 'll give you a very good fixed rate . |
30 | That 's they 'll give you a tenner , you need to be white male , fortyish , five foot five to six foot , slim build , clean shaven . |