Example sentences of "they [modal v] [vb infin] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | The most energetic of them may form themselves into pressure-groups of a not wholly child-centred kind . |
2 | He does n't seem to be embarrassed by anything , except when you try to provoke him by telling him that surely he must thump his desk once in a while , or that although he says that a record company exists ‘ to guide your artists ’ most of them must hate him at some point . |
3 | If one knight became separated from the rest of his team he might find five or six opponents all bearing down on him at once , and one of them might strike him in the back . |
4 | Neglect of them could throw him into a searing rage ; as when he discovered that a rest camp for troops out of the line had been placed within sound of the guns . |
5 | Most of them could express themselves with a lilting eloquence which left the English spellbound . |
6 | Obviously he had thought that the mere sight of them would frighten her into standing quietly and listening , but he was wrong . |
7 | That way , every time she turned her head to address one section of the audience , the rest of them would have something to be surprised about . |
8 | As I said , life is not all plain sailing , there are troubles , there are storms and some of them are very fierce and some of them would cause us to , to wonder if there is an escape . |
9 | My father would rage and storm , not so much at my mother as to her , and against Helen and Pat in their absence , but in the end neither of them would say anything to either of my sisters . |
10 | In the following four sections we shall examine five different habits used by animals to avoid being eaten : potential prey may actively flee their predators , or they may stay still and try to be invisible , or they may stuff themselves with sickening chemicals and advertise their unpalatability with bright ‘ warning colours ’ , or they may mimic the warning colours of others , and finally , in some circumstances , an animal may make itself less likely to be eaten by living in a group . |
11 | Their responses included : They may expect it of us . |
12 | So brace yourself for events which may seem puzzling at times , but which will eventually straighten themselves out , although they may leave you in an exhausted state . |
13 | whatever and maybe if it 's a good correspondence course they may refer you to the actual you know things you should have er read and so on |
14 | The solitary adults may wander over vaguely defined home ranges , or they may restrict themselves to clearly defined and defended territories . |
15 | Many children do n't look forward to a visit to the doctor 's — not surprising , as they may associate it with illness or injections . |
16 | Your employer has no legal or even moral obligation to house you , although they may advise you on what is available locally in the public and private sector . |
17 | But I 'm afraid they may accuse me of lying . ’ |
18 | They may beat us at cricket and bike racing , but we are better on crags ! |
19 | They may do it with the help of the symbols of the church , or the language of the Bible in the orthodox way . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | They may threaten us in order to control us . |
22 | The seeds are all the external influences that tend to throw us out of balance and they may affect us on any level of our being ; on the physical level it may be something simple like being exposed to a cold wind , getting soaked in the rain or even some form of trauma . |
23 | If you are using special fonts do check with the bureau first , they may provide you with a copy of their screen font to install on your system as a way of ensuring that what you send them matches what they send you back . |
24 | Made by several Persian , Indian and Pakistani workshops , they may feature anything from copies of famous Western paintings to reproductions of dollar bills . |
25 | The latest word from Malawi is that they may see him after Kamuzu Day , a possible flashpoint , this Thursday . |
26 | This chapter looks at the uses they may put it to . |
27 | Say no to sweets in the privacy of your kitchen and they may accept it with scarcely a murmur . |
28 | They may call you for product details or information about the company which makes the product . |
29 | If they want to say ‘ yes ? ’ or ‘ no ? ’ in a questioning manner they may say it with a rising tone — a movement from a lower pitch to a higher one . |
30 | How I would love to be proved wrong by any one of them but parents and boys deserve my honest opinion , however much they may hate me for it . |