Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] that they [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We read that the apostles in Jerusalem sent Peter and John down to them and ‘ when they arrived , they prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit , because the Holy Spirit had not yet come upon any of them ; they had simply been baptised into the name of the Lord Jesus . |
| 2 | ( Matthew says of them that they will sit on the twelve thrones of Israel , judging the twelve tribes . ) |
| 3 | It was terrifying to think that someone could feel such hatred towards you that they could do something like this . |
| 4 | I have on occasion told students that they 're doing an arts subject , and tried to encourage them to think in those terms , because if they 're constantly thinking of the job at the end of it , then I do n't think they 're getting the most out of it that they can do … . |
| 5 | That sounds like something that they might have at the end of term or something done by an adult working in a steelworks . |
| 6 | Tell the others with you that they must bow and not speak unless he speaks to them first . ’ |
| 7 | I often thought it was a pointless exercise , but , as he said , ‘ If you do n't ask , you do n't get ’ , and he hoped that eventually they 'd get so fed up with him that they 'd deliver . |
| 8 | They agree with him that they must develop a vision and make some strategic decisions . |
| 9 | How cast his shadow over the imaginations of their daughters before their squires beget upon them that they might breed a race less ignoble than their own ? |
| 10 | The plaintiff will be the tenant and the landlord the defendant , but if head lessors or mortgagees are likely to be affected they should be added as defendants and served by the lessee , or else notice should be given to them that they may apply to be joined if desired . |
| 11 | fact it might be apposite this year to suggest to them that they might like to introduce one or other of the things that we were looking at in there . |
| 12 | Sometimes they fear that the strength of their passion will so endanger relationships which are important to them that they will shut down parts in themselves from which they believe the threat comes . |
| 13 | It may not have occurred to them that they could do the same when viewing video by themselves . |
| 14 | This is closely linked to their passivity : it does not occur to them that they could make changes in their world . |
| 15 | Often it does not occur to them that they can speak up , raise their voices in front of people . |
| 16 | He then generally obliged the heirs and entrusted to them that they should give and make over to each person whatever he had left them . |
| 17 | Leaving aside any suspicion that people might tend to agree with any suggestion put to them that they should have more information , how helpful can this information be in practice ? |
| 18 | Recognition has to be made of that , erm , of course , that involves costs , and it in involves inconvenience to receivers and , and maybe other creditors but it is essential that er , whoever organizes the receivers , and I 'm not sure who it is , whoever guides them in the way they work , takes account of this , and indicates to them that they must consider the welfare of residents . |
| 19 | Recently I was in Glasgow playing a show and someone remarked to me that they would like to see something written in my column about sevenths . |
| 20 | Now er before the game at the weekend , you you made a point of saying , I want Gary and Gary to show to me that they can do the business . |
| 21 | ‘ They will have a point to prove to me that they should have been on the tour . |
| 22 | The district council actually commented to me that they 'd like to see that entrance opened where that er derelict building is at the top end of Church Street car park , which would be an ideal entrance . |
| 23 | When the apostles came down , they felt there was ‘ something more ’ for them and proceeded to lay hands on them that they might receive it . |
| 24 | It 's when you 've been flying them for a few days consecutively that it ( pardon the pun ) dawns on them that they could escape and find out what 's over the next hill . |
| 25 | ‘ Since you 're a very beautiful woman ; we can immediately rule out the possibility that that no one 's ever been sufficiently attracted to you that they would attempt to storm your female bastions — which leaves another couple of options . |
| 26 | on my left said earlier , and wo wo women have a tendency to say yes to everything that they can do , just because they can do it , and they know they can but they tend to heap up far too many obligations , and that causes many carers |
| 27 | The corollary of the theory , of course , is that ads for the cheap , day-to-day , convenience type of product are of so little interest to anybody that they should carry a minimum of information , and that they will even then have great difficulty in achieving any very active response from customers . |
| 28 | When the bows plunged into the slate black water at the bottom it seemed to her that they would go on diving in , engulfed by the on-rushing sea , never to return to the surface . |
| 29 | Having proved to themselves that they can make successful hardcore tracks , ‘ Temple of Dreams ’ stomps boldly into oddball crossover territory by coating the robo-deth rhythm loop in sugary vocals nicked from 4AD indie band This Mortal Coil . |