Example sentences of "they [modal v] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Walter Smith told his players before they left the dressing room at Celtic Park that he appreciated they had given him all they could since the start of that run in August . |
| 2 | A few were deliberately encouraged , but only where they could further the Institution 's watchdog' function . |
| 3 | Well they would n't the council . |
| 4 | Back on the banks of the Thames , the parent birds become distressed at the point where they lose sight of their young — which the volunteers rush into the dinghy as soon as they can so the familiy is reunited . |
| 5 | ‘ Either they can back the Union or they can take the first , irrevocable step towards separation , ’ he said at the party 's morning press briefing . |