Example sentences of "what they [modal v] be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't get into an argument by disagreeing with what they may be saying . |
| 2 | Probably what what they 'll be calling for is empty packaging , erm you know what it 's like , pristine condition , samples for sales that go out you know , to customers . |
| 3 | That 's what they 'll be saying now . ’ |
| 4 | So this night my son said to me , Mother , he said , when those boys have grown up men , do you know what they 'll be saying ? |
| 5 | Canny freshers will weigh up service and what they 'll be paying AFTER they graduate . |
| 6 | You never know what they 'll be doing . |
| 7 | The problem is that most of us are so busy rushing around that we fail to become aware of those feelings and to consider what they might be telling us . |
| 8 | I honestly had no idea of what they might be thinking or what to make of it myself . |
| 9 | Therese said , ‘ Mon petit , the people who talk do n't matter , I was n't thinking of them , I was thinking of your mother , of what they might be saying about her . ’ |
| 10 | Trying to ignore what they might be saying about her , she held on to silence as her only control . |
| 11 | ‘ Did n't Harvey tell you what they would be wearing ? ’ |
| 12 | Following the ceremony , thanked the guests for coming and briefly explained what they would be seeing on their tour of the working factory , which is expected to boost the Company 's production to over 50,000 tonnes during 1990 . |
| 13 | But when the list of prescribed core and other foundation subjects was scrutinised , along with the suggested allocations of curricular time spelled out in the consultation document , many teachers wondered whether what they would be getting would not be a ‘ straitjacket ’ after all . |
| 14 | She closed her eyes and wondered what they would be doing . |
| 15 | Therefore the daily life of the Woodies , which had depended almost entirely on knowing what they would be doing on any given day six months hence , fell into disrepair . |
| 16 | In any case , as Nora said , it 's exactly what they would be doing if they were still in funds ; and now , more than ever , they had to keep up their pretence . |
| 17 | The only way to compare them is to calculate what they would be paying over the whole 25 years if neither of them moved from their present home . |
| 18 | in comparison with what they would be paying for a market stall then it would be it 's way out of their their |
| 19 | The often-repeated criticism made of elite and traditional theorists that they assume what they should be proving — namely the distribution of power — may from this perspective be seen to miss the point of elite analysis , since it is not typically concerned with the question of whether the minority that exercises power is a significant proportion of the entire population . |
| 20 | That 's what they should be nicking . |
| 21 | Erm and you know and I the thing that erm used to worry me maybe sometimes , was the acceptance of this as what they should be having . |
| 22 | Complications arise when people do n't understand what they should be doing at work . |
| 23 | Only a month ago we were told by the Engineering Council that technology lessons under the national curriculum were a ‘ farce ’ — and teachers did n't have a clue what they should be doing in the classroom . |
| 24 | They are , in brief , hard-working and somewhat stressed ; feel dissatisfied with the job they are doing ( or at least bits of it ) ; confused about what they should be doing but wanting to change in the direction of greater impact and relevance of what they do ; have no clear idea how to go about it ; do not feel optimistic about things getting better ; are worried about the amount of emotional energy the job takes up ; and mostly do the best they can , try not to think about it all too much , and hang on till the holidays . |
| 25 | Executives and professional specialists need to think through what information is for them , what data they need : first , to know what they are doing ; then , to be able to decide what they should be doing ; and finally , to appraise how well they are doing . |
| 26 | The yellow-jacketed policeman shuffled uneasily from foot to foot , uncertain of what they should be doing now . |
| 27 | His limbs dangled and seemed forever uncertain what they should be doing with themselves . |
| 28 | But in fact what they should be doing is planning effort into things which underpin the fabric of society and to underpin families |
| 29 | Now going back into the Hebrew scriptures , you 'll find there that this sort of staying awake counsel , an idea was there long before the days of Jesus and the Apostles and people 's lives were involved in its state , even in those days , let's just let us have a look at one , Isaiah forty two eighteen to twenty now this terms it slightly different , but when you look at it and analyze it , you realize he 's talking about exactly the same thing , it 's regarding the nation of Israel who turned away from Jehovah , they were n't doing what they should be doing , or should 've been doing as he 's pleading with them look there , that look here , here you deaf ones , well we know the nation of Israel were n't all physically deaf , they were like we are , perhaps had a few deaf individuals amongst them , but |
| 30 | Everybody just wants to do what they should be doing whereas with my job it never even thought about it did we ? |