Example sentences of "they [modal v] [verb] them [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mail-order firms invariably have an arrangement whereby , if customers are not satisfied with the goods received , they may return them at the firm 's expense without any questions being raised . |
| 2 | The highest type of firework last year if it was specified was the sparkler remarkably enough and we would make this point very seriously that parents tend to give children sm very small children sparklers and they must remember tha that these things are fireworks they are dangerous they do get red hot er they must supervise them at all times when they give them sparklers cos they may wave them around they may se set somebody else 's clothing on fire with them they may get the sparks in their eyes if they get too close to them er and one particular danger of course is that they they may get hold of en the hot end when the firework has finally extinguished and they think it 's all finished with . |
| 3 | And erm , they they they must try them on human beings , and I 'm sure there are some people who are quite prepared to these tried . |
| 4 | They must squash them in the hand and just throw it in must n't they ? |
| 5 | No the guests will not be in costume , we thought it was unfair that they should make them in costume . |
| 6 | The shorter prologue of Lex Salica states that With God 's help it pleased the Franks and their nobility and they agreed that they ought to prohibit all escalations of quarrels for the preservation of enthusiasm for peace among themselves ; and because they excelled other neighbouring peoples by force of arms , so they should excel them in legal authority , with the result that criminal cases might be concluded in a manner appropriate to the type of complaint . |
| 7 | I have to tell them on Monday otherwise they 'll give them to somebody else for this . |
| 8 | So they 'll give them from table to table . |
| 9 | Well hopefully they 'll pass them round the table . |
| 10 | If there 's a spot of dirt on them , they 'll impound them in Perth and they 'll go and do it all over again . |
| 11 | In fact I 'm sure they 'll beat them at the Manor and go through to the next round where hopefully we can probably play one of the big teams like — Oh , Manchester United , Newcastle or probably — Oh , I do n't know |
| 12 | Erm but I 'm hoping they 'll put them on a , on the table when we sell them in here and there 's that 's the first thing that 'll hit them is the turned legs you see ? |
| 13 | ‘ There 's more people in prison here than they 've got in Turkey , and when there 's no more room they 'll put them in concentration camps and call them rehabilitation centres . |
| 14 | I think candidates who are thinking of applying for entry in nineteen eighty-five , who are now say seventeen coming on eighteen , have got three or four years ahead of them at university , which is a considerable time , and if nothing else , university will make them question themselves , what their interests are , and they 'll introduce them to new subjects , new areas of study , and it may be a mistake to embark on a vocational course , and discover halfway through that actually it 's not what you want to do . |
| 15 | They might describe them as the unsettled ‘ shells ’ of the dead . |
| 16 | Instead , they might acknowledge them by saying , ‘ You must have felt awful … would you like to tell me what happened ? ’ |
| 17 | They would have no direct control over such institutions except that they could pay them for particular services . |
| 18 | And we decided to get lots of copies for all our friends that we have n't seen for a long long time so I asked if they could do them for me but I thought they would be back by now , well they should of been back ages ago actually ! |
| 19 | Yeah , and there 's another couple of guys and they were saying that how strict the training was when they first took it on you know that the their masters used to beat them and everything , into submission , s said they had to have complete submission before they could train them to be what they were , you know , bring them up , teach them and train them |
| 20 | Stressing the need for the rich cadences and rhythms of the Book of Common Prayer , he said people loved them because they could remember them in times of crisis . |
| 21 | Stressing the need for the rich cadences and rhythms of the Book of Common Prayer , he said people loved them because they could remember them in times of crisis . |
| 22 | Their relatives were overjoyed that they could see them on stage when they returned to their home town in the summer for a couple of weeks at the prestigious new Palace of Varieties . |
| 23 | Those who were safely beached on the shore of prosperity had the option of giving the credit to Providence , or arrogating it to themselves ; as they regarded those less fortunate ones who were struggling in the water , they could see them as victims of their own improvidence or of God 's ineluctable decree . |
| 24 | The natives were treacherous people , as everyone knew , ungodly and faithless , and their early shows of friendship were nothing but a ruse to lull the pioneers into a false feeling of security , so that they could ensnare them in their false enchantments , pounce on them unawares and kill them while they slept . |
| 25 | IF YOUR MONTHLY PAYMENTS ON CREDIT CARDS , STORE CARDS AND PERSONAL LOANS ADD UP TO SAY £200 they could halve them to £100 or even £50 a month . |
| 26 | Well you could certainly say they could use them without understanding electronics , but that 's probably a good thing . |
| 27 | Just because like they 'd leave them for us and we had n't changed them . |
| 28 | Anyway , before anyone from the crew of the boat could get ashore they saw two uniformed constables come down , and reckoned they 'd leave them to it . |
| 29 | and what they 'd leave them to what , then to , to dry would n't they at least ? |
| 30 | Well they 'd give them to her too . |