Example sentences of "they [verb] [modal v] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If those shells had been preserved then the sand and shingle in which they lay could not have been eroded by the sun and wind . |
| 2 | The flapping of their wings and the strange cries they make would indeed have been eerie for those who Mew nothing of bird migration . |
| 3 | The investigators found no evidence that the Maya returned to the San Antonio locality to farm during Classic times , which , they suggest would probably have been impractical because of increased coastal flooding . |
| 4 | Especially with refuelling which they say can sometimes lead to a floating bomb . |
| 5 | According to the organisers no previous dancing experience is needed for the classes , which they say will also provide plenty of exercise and the opportunity to meet new friends . |
| 6 | The group begins discussing some of the other wets they hope will now get the push from Major 's cabinet : ‘ William Waldegrave , he 'll be out . ’ |
| 7 | In other words people move in and out of dependent states ( just as younger people do ) and the help they receive can either enforce dependency permanently or provide the temporary support they need to recover . |
| 8 | The sample was made up of people whom they judged would probably have been long-stay residents of Powick if that option had continued to be available . |
| 9 | But , if so , it is hard to see how the dubitability of the non-basic beliefs which they support would not rub off onto the basic ones which support them ; surely falsehood in a non-basic belief would be a reason to doubt the basic beliefs which support it , once we have admitted that basic beliefs can be false . |
| 10 | Thereafter , engaging the family in a discussion of the problems they face can quickly indicate the current nature of family relationships and interactions . |
| 11 | My own view is that anybody joining the group and not liking what they read can just fuck off . |
| 12 | And then the daft things they were up to : ordering booksellers to destroy their maps , and ordinary folk an' all , as if the Germans when they landed would n't know where they were going . |
| 13 | Prices have come down by between 30% and 50% but dealers are simply not exposing major works which they know will not find a buyer and may become unsaleable as a consequence . |
| 14 | If trusts , as is often said , depended on the testator 's intention and little else , then to launch into a discussion of the wordings they employed may well seem perverse . |
| 15 | Willy-nilly they are forced to concede that here is some fact or reality to which all else that they believe must necessarily conform . |
| 16 | They work that hard it 's they devoted should n't have to fight over ruddy rates and |
| 17 | Counsellors who are younger than those they counsel must similarly allow that the feelings of older people can be based on quite different values and assumptions from their own . |
| 18 | There was great resentment among my constituents on the Three Horseshoes estate at that suggestion , which they feared would dramatically worsen the quality of their lives . |
| 19 | Candidates had to write down what they felt would most help them improve their lives and these suggestions were forwarded to the Prince in the diplomatic bag to wherever he happened to be in the world ; he then chose whom the money should go to . |
| 20 | Central bankers were also concerned in the spring of 1991 that the German government might attempt to stave off the pressure on the mark by raising interest rates , a move which they felt would further depress the prospects for world economic growth ; by April , however , it appeared that global interest rates were at last starting to come down , with particularly strong declines in the United Kingdom , the United States and France . |
| 21 | Others suggested that their schools had an improved and more balanced curriculum , as a result of much more careful planning and prioritising , something which they felt could not have been achieved without devolution . |
| 22 | During the strike , there were allegations that the police used binding-over orders in cases which they knew could never result in convictions but in which they wanted to avail themselves of the opportunity for the imposition of bail conditions which they knew such a charge would give them ( Christian , 1985 : 133 ) . |
| 23 | After a pause they thought would never end they heard , ‘ I want to be alone , ’ clear as a single bell note , free of all self-assertiveness . |
| 24 | This motion also creates an opportunity for the union , our union , the members ' union , to encourage young members , members and branch activists to take on the role of branch administration officers within the regions we represent here today and gain experience in an area of trade union work that they thought might never have , have existed . |
| 25 | They may genuinely believe what they are saying , but actual observation of what they do might well produce a different picture . |
| 26 | Erm , now , the the third thing was about the training program , just to reiterate where we are on this , that if a request is made for personal development training in the current year , if you remember we , if we identify training needs that that we as management identify , that people need in order to do there present job , and then that takes absolute priority and we should get on and do those , but we get a large number of requests where people erm are , saying that they like to do things which they do n't need to do , but which they think will better equip them , and if they 're , if we 're getting any new requests this year with an expectation that further expenditure will be sought in the next financial year , that 's ninety four , five , then that request will be refused , in other words we ca , we do not see our way to committing ourselves to any |
| 27 | ‘ The publishing industry likes books which they think can not fail to make money , ’ explained Mr Clee . |
| 28 | What they write can also make a difference to the way the legal plans for the curriculum are translated into classroom practice . |
| 29 | But of course it took a little bit of time , an hour or so , and th , the woman came round again , they said ca n't do you today |
| 30 | KID THEY SAID WOULD N'T LAST TWO WEEKS |