Example sentences of "they [modal v] [verb] and [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To clear up any doubt , therefore , Notaries Public in Scotland are advised that while they may take and duly sign a solemn declaration of good repute , etc , they can not issue as such a certificate of good repute and of no previous bankruptcy . |
| 2 | If a predator is nosing close to them and they have not yet rolled tightly into a ball , they may bend and then suddenly straighten their legs , thrusting their spiny backs up into the killer 's sensitive nose . |
| 3 | I ca n't afford to replace them , so I was wondering if any of your readers would like to donate any Guitarist s they may have and no longer read . |
| 4 | And the adults with whom they interact must continue to be interested in what they have to say , more concerned to answer questions and to sustain and extend their interests than to tell them what the adults think they ought to know and then to check that they can remember what they were told ( Wood , 1983 ) . |
| 5 | Apparently innocent of the opportunity which had been presented to them , they met in the Ravenhill Church and talked about what they should do and even hesitated about talking to the journalists waiting outside . |
| 6 | The report alleged that many scientists , engineers and other specialists were not given the opportunities they should have and too few civil servants were skilled in the techniques of modern management . |
| 7 | So it 's body language , tone , volume and voice , things like proximity the words they might use and also what 's the underlying attitude that fires the behaviour you 're looking at . |
| 8 | They failed to meet the League 's noon deadline to provide assurances they could continue and tomorrow 's Coca-Cola Cup tie at Reading has been cancelled with the Second Division side getting a bye . |
| 9 | However , they could mature and considerably affect the role of the LEA by attracting funds from central government which are currently directed at further education through local authorities . |
| 10 | What , what people had , had Tuesday , Wednesday , Thursday and they perhaps came for their order on the , or their weekend joint on the Friday and I 'd make the whole ticket up and they 'd pay and then that ticket would be torn off and if they wanted that meat delivered on the Saturday , that would be delivered with that ticket on the top . |
| 11 | And out would come the people to the door , course they could n't see anything or anybody , back they 'd go and then you 'd do it again . |
| 12 | They would drink and then her jealousy , usually over his current leading lady whoever it might be , would come to the boil and Bogie would goad her until the bottles were whizzing past his head . |
| 13 | And that things would tend to drag on to the last minute and then they would start and then it would it go forward . |
| 14 | Every morning at 9 am they would meet and sometimes in the afternoon . |
| 15 | She beat on the tree with her fists , she threw her arms as far round the tree as they would reach and then , despite the relentless rain , the saturated ground and the penetrating cold , she fell on her knees at its foot , unable to muster the will to walk on . |
| 16 | Soviet spokesmen generally argued that , considerable though their ethnic differences might be , they would diminish and ultimately disappear as social and economic standards throughout the USSR improved and became more uniform . |
| 17 | But th to go back to the the polishing , it really was it was you know , really hard work and But there was a great band of I mean the the used to Different firms that would h have a lot of work on one place and then they would move and then some would go to the shipyards . |
| 18 | Young girls would come to her to have their fortunes read , to see what sort of husbands they would get , the number of children they would have and so forth , all of which circumstance she would signify by movements of her hands and fingers . |
| 19 | If the brownies think they are being bribed , they will leave and never return . |
| 20 | Their only condition is that their privacy be respected ; if the householder spies on them as they work , they will vanish and never return . |
| 21 | The spirits must be kept safe within the house , otherwise they will rot and eventually die . |
| 22 | Few people understand exactly what they are and what they can do and quite a few people have mistaken impressions from the media . |
| 23 | Parents think they can remember and so do teachers . |
| 24 | A real blow this was , as United need every point they can get and now the fight for survival is really on . |
| 25 | So the choir has a base from which they can work and now the same hills which inspired Elgar are echoing to the sound of 28 powerful Ukranian voices . |