Example sentences of "[adv] they [vb mod] [vb infin] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Those sort of Places made so much they could afford the luxury of high standards .
2 The allied commanders must also consider how long they can continue the air campaign without wearing out their airmen .
3 If , as reported on Page One , the funds of the town council are as much as John Bennett states , perhaps they would advance the money for us to buy a new minibus , on suitable terms of course .
4 Or perhaps they would have the sense to be washing their hair when Esquire phones to ask them out .
5 If only such offenders were punished by having a Radio One DJ surgically joined to them at the hip , perhaps they would understand the crime of incongruous and pig-ugly extensions .
6 Perhaps they may think the sport is in a period of relative driving mediocrity , ’ answered Jackie .
7 Owen wondered whether the contras should change their name to the Revolutionary Contras or the New Revolutionaries ; perhaps they could change the name of the cause , too , to ‘ Revolutionary Counter-Communism ’ , and the leaders of it ( same old leaders ) could give a press conference in Philadelphia , in front of the Liberty Bell .
8 Perhaps they should put the effort involved in devising wild excuses into their normal work routine , ’ said a spokesman .
9 If only they would avoid the root positions of the usual three chords , they would begin to discover what resources are available , especially if they realize that chords can often comprise four different notes ( at least ) instead of the usual three .
10 Intelligence experts suggested that only they would have the equipment and technical expertise to intercept and re-broadcast high quality recordings of mobile phone calls .
11 Intelligence experts suggested that only they would have the equipment and technical expertise to intercept and re-broadcast high quality recordings of mobile phone calls .
12 If the complainant remains unhappy about the conclusion , the file must be referred to the Investigation Committee , since in these circumstances only they can conclude the investigation .
13 So they 'll have the run of the place then and then they 'll be able to , be able to go in and out once they please I suppose .
14 It 's so they can open the door behind them , the passengers getting in on that side of the road .
15 So they can enjoy the present like anyone else — exercising , going on an outing , eating their favourite food , having a bath , watching television .
16 So they will take the glass and they will pay us recycling credits for that .
17 And thirdly there 's a meeting at Stansted Airport of the Committee tomorrow and I wrote and said so to the Committee and said could we discuss this with the Committee tomorrow and again I asked for information to be available to the public and particularly to local Councils so they could alter the situation .
18 Together they would analyse the evidence , so that a firmly based interpretation of the geology emerged from the initial conjecture .
19 Officials at Bulmers are now having talks with Euro MPs in the hope that together they can stop the tax increase from going through .
20 Even if these are not services whose impact is deeply felt by teachers and by ancillary staff nevertheless they can enrich the school when they are provided as additional services and they can , if they are absent , narrow a school 's horizons .
21 The secretion of a skeleton gave the corals a great advantage over many other coelenterates ; supported thus they could overcome the lack of rigidity of their soft tissues and grow large .
22 I mean we could cook it much more cheaply but we we do that then they 'd just they 'll throw the book at us , we ca n't do it .
23 Somehow they must find the courage to accept the challenge .
24 Outside they could hear the rest of the pack throwing themselves against the timber of the gate and the outer wall .
25 The King approved of this decision , and indeed Lord Stamfordham wrote a memorandum which revealed that the King had seen Balfour on 8 December and told him that , ‘ If Mr Baldwin wishes to resign , the King will refuse , on the grounds that he is still the head of the largest Party in the House of Commons and for every reason , constitutional and otherwise , it would be right and proper for the Government to meet Parliament and leave it to the representatives of the people to decide whether or not they will support the Government . ’
26 Finally they must maintain the momentum .
27 The chart may also help parents recognize that the problem is not as bad as they thought or that finally they can demonstrate the seriousness of the problem .
28 Meanwhile they would keep the family firm going in Berlin .
29 South African police said yesterday they would re-open the inquiry into the death of Dr Abu-Baker Asvat , a Soweto doctor whose murder has been linked to Mrs Winnie Mandela .
30 This view led to the first restrictions on private members ' capacity to interrupt or hold up business whenever they liked — or whenever they could get the House to listen to them , for there was always considerable self-discipline .
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