Example sentences of "then they [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So be able to produce er a press release of some description , or some information , that is reasonably literate , then , and it 's reasonable pertinent to the area that they 're th associated with , then they may lift a good deal of it , perhaps not all of it , and plop it into the newspaper . |
| 2 | Only the tips of the radial shields are visible and even then they may carry spinelets . |
| 3 | Then they may fail to make any choice of field or plan of action until it is too late . |
| 4 | I i if , if , if they 're erm an intuitive feeling person , then they may think that 's okay . |
| 5 | But even then they may think of some other way of avoiding public sale ( vouchers and member-clutchers probably ) . |
| 6 | Well it 's raining tonight , but if they keep a good look out over the next year , because the sun 's particularly active now , then they may get a chance of seeing another display . |
| 7 | Once people see that you are in trouble , then they may help you . |
| 8 | First-time buyers — especially in the South-east — frequently borrow to the very limit of their capacity to repay , and if there is a change for the worse in their circumstances , or if interest rates rise steeply , then they may find themselves in great difficulty . |
| 9 | Speed is important to prevent the parasitised birds from catching sight of the intruder and becoming aware of the deception , for then they may desert the nest altogether . |
| 10 | ‘ Then they may have to wait a long time . |
| 11 | Er , if they say that er , they should be er , a balance or reserve put in by constituent authorities then we will have the money available to do that , if we did n't then they may have frozen the reserves that are already there and asked us to put some more money in as well . |
| 12 | If they decide on the former , then they may deny differences between themselves and their child but they must , in the interests of the child , differentiate the child and his or her natural parents from themselves in terms of race , colour and sometimes culture . |
| 13 | But then they may take it and do nothing . ’ |
| 14 | Later on you can start slacking off , but if you come in and you 're all weak and everything else like that , then they 'll think , oh , we can play this person up , and that 's it , you 've had it , you know . |
| 15 | if you start talking any other business about wha except what you 're doing there then they 'll think that you 're doing that as an as a side . |
| 16 | No you do n't plug them in , just put the wire in your pocket then they 'll think they can just listen to music . |
| 17 | Not unless you have to an amniocentesis and then they 'll tell you if you want ? |
| 18 | Wait till Saturday morning and then they 'll tell you then . |
| 19 | Well then they 'll tell me wo n't they ? |
| 20 | For instance , I Was A Teenage Six Pistol by Glen Matlock ( Omnibus , £12.95 ) is only on the shelves because someone calculated that if one out of every few hundred punk rockers is daft enough to shell out nearly £13 for Matlock 's eye-witness account of the writing of ‘ Pretty Vacant ’ , then they 'll make a small fortune . |
| 21 | ‘ Then they 'll make better targets , ’ said Grimma , her eyes alight . |
| 22 | Yes erm , we 've actually linked with a firm of independent mortgage brokers erm so rather than being tied to a particular building society as most estate agents are erm what they will do is they 'll shop around and tell you which lenders are offering the best terms and particularly good schemes at any one time erm , it 's literally free information they simply phone you up and say get some idea of what your salary is and what your requirements are and then they 'll send through some information for you . |
| 23 | Well do n't tell everybody cos then they 'll change |
| 24 | Take their coats off Jackie then they 'll feel warmer when they leave . |
| 25 | Well a cup of whatsername stuff I poured down the sink upstairs rather than get it kicked over because if they come back in a silly state then they 'll knock it all over books . |
| 26 | Until then they 'll continue to monitor him , hoping to find new clues about the mysterious ailment . |
| 27 | If they do n't hear anything else then they 'll regard it as a false alarm . |
| 28 | So basically if Lincoln draw tonight then they 'll finish top and Mansfield will be second , if er Lincoln win they 'll be top and Mansfield will be second . |
| 29 | They hope to expand later , then they 'll move . |
| 30 | You do n't want a horse that fidgets and it 's got to trust you … then they 'll go anywhere really . |