Example sentences of "they [modal v] [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Dreadnought trams , with their double staircases , were ideal for this — as seen here — and four of them could move 360 people at a time ! |
| 2 | Arranging the carbon atoms in a ring satisfied the laws of valency , since each of them could share two bonds with one of its neighbour , leaving another one to attach to the hydrogen atoms arranged around the outside . |
| 3 | The people who took it round tended to assume that in a house of four storeys there must be two families : some of them would leave four copies . |
| 4 | Adding five examples to the chapters that at present lack them would kill two birds with one stone . |
| 5 | Among the various choices available to electors in different countries are the following : they may vote for one candidate , or a specified number of candidates , or for as many candidates as there are members to be elected ; they may cumulate two votes on one candidate ; they may cast votes on more than one list ; presented with lists on which the parties have arranged the candidates in an order of preference they can change that order . |
| 6 | They may invite one child at a time to come to visit or stay , and give each the luxury of being an ‘ only ’ for a little while . |
| 7 | They may attack 30000 men each year in Britain . |
| 8 | And , they may have one display displayed , but if you go to somewhere like a warehouse or distribution where you go round and pick up your you can go to a garden you 'll pick up a box that 's illustrating a Flymo lawn mower or something and , and it 'll , er they spend a lot of time and money on the packaging , but , a lot of people for pilferage reasons do n't illustrate and that 's good practise not to illustrate , from our point of view , what 's on the package . |
| 9 | When a player reaches a black square , they must answer three questions to reach Number 10 . |
| 10 | Where the licensing justices grant a restaurant licence they must attach two conditions : |
| 11 | If children can find no difference in meaning between such pairs , and yet wish to maintain the principle of Contrast , they must eliminate one member of the pair . |
| 12 | And the total they seek is now around five hundred and sixty million pounds — of which they must deposit ten percent by the thirtieth of this month . |
| 13 | They work on five residential courses , when they must produce 17 guide dog and owner units , and then , of course , sit the inevitable final exams . |
| 14 | That is no easy task when you consider that they must take ten pints of milk in just one 24-hour period if they are to survive . |
| 15 | Forty points are required for a champion and four of these green stars must be majors , which means they must have five points or more . |
| 16 | I mean we must , they must spend twenty quid a head at the bar |
| 17 | So he must , they must get forty grand a year |
| 18 | A trust is imposed on the heirs that they should manumit four slaves when the testator 's children reach puberty . |
| 19 | Once fully operational , they should process 3,000 tons of effluent a day . |
| 20 | They should last two years |
| 21 | Richard Dunwoody has signed up for Martin Pipe … young irishman Adrian Maguire is the new man … they should have 80 horses in training soon … |
| 22 | they should have two doors . |
| 23 | Deputy Head ( Curriculum ) : ‘ They should have two homeworks , about one and a half hours . ’ |
| 24 | But it seems to me it 's the person , people drinking the coffee who are getting the perk , therefore they should have twenty pounds a year added for free coffee providers |
| 25 | Over and over again , maybe a hundred , hundred and fifty times in one match and they 'll make one mistake and usually like Coleman was there to c , I think Coleman backed up well and Gareth backed up well once or twice . |
| 26 | Then the kids will get worse problems and go bad sure as sure , and they 'll have to be rehoused and in the end they 'll cost ten times as much . |
| 27 | If you 're not a member of the club and you 're not accepted the rituals and people do n't like you , they wo n't tell you and as a result you wo n't be an effective hunter , you wo n't be able to support many wives even if you wanted them and if you have wives what they needed , because if a man does n't feed his wives they , they , they all eventually get up and go , they 'll say two fingers you know , you ca n't feed us . |
| 28 | They 'll take one look at my clothes and know I 'm as poor as a church mouse . ’ |
| 29 | Not at all , I thought you might , you remember you had a quick preview of that , a few months ago , and you 'll be pleased to know that the Chief Officers have now decided that the best way of dealing with it is for each , no first of all they decided that they 'll recommend two members for the signing of the charter , that 's the first step , it 's quite a step forward , remembering they . |
| 30 | Now , the classic example is from water boards , they 'll have two people and they 'll say , can we test your water pressure please ? |