Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] they [modal v] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fathers who , for example , induce their daughters of this age to fellate or masturbate them would thus become liable for incest . |
| 2 | If our staff are worried about problems at home or work they can not achieve that , ’ said , staff relations manager with Standard Life in Edinburgh , explaining the company 's decision to provide an Employee Assistance Programme ( EAP ) . |
| 3 | Even the WBC , the governing body that insist they 'll now give their title to Lewis , would have been been appeased by such a compromise . |
| 4 | The government says schools like Pate 's are better-off out of local authority control … but admit that the school has had it 's hands tied by the rules that say they ca n't spend more on teachers than the county council will allow.The governments proposing a review of the regulations system in 1994 but for teachers at Pate 's who 're facing redundancy and pupils a drop in educational standards this could be too long a wait . |
| 5 | Both are held to economic ransom by a system that ensures they can never free themselves of debt — no matter how hard they try . |
| 6 | Pious it may sound , but I do actually believe that there is a sense in which a group of students do collectively know much of what they need to know about learning : the problem of the PGCE year is to give them confidence that they know ; and the experience that knowing they can successfully act on their knowledge . |
| 7 | But she never complained , nor suggested they should not go . |
| 8 | Once established they will rarely tolerate a similar or identical species in the same tank . |
| 9 | As we have noted , the Nuer have fairly definite ideas about sin , certainly if pressed they would happily deliver a sermon on the subject . |
| 10 | British Nuclear Fuels refuse to discuss individual cases , and say they will not comment on the latest report until it is published . |
| 11 | They are largely women who have got to the top in other careers and found they could not go any further . |
| 12 | The discovery was made at 11.30am after staff arrived at the pub and found they could not get in . |
| 13 | ‘ I could wait for dark , bypass the current in the fence , climb over , sneak up to the house , stick a bug on one of the windows and hope they would n't see it . ’ |
| 14 | even up , further up the road to us ca n't , have turned round and said they ca n't sleep |
| 15 | According to officers stationed at Darlington , the silent majority now support Mr Thompson 's plans and believe they could even speed response times to house fires in the town . |
| 16 | Children misbehave when they are discouraged and believe they can not succeed by useful means . |
| 17 | Father Morrow said magistrates told him they had studied the Law Lords ' decision to allow feeding tubes to be removed from Tony and felt they could not serve the summons . |
| 18 | In fact I 'm told we ran the three-day week so well that it did n't make enough impact on the country ; they did n't realize the crisis and thought they would n't support Ted Heath . |
| 19 | Over the years , the departments have moved closer together and combining them will also lead to efficiency savings for the authority . |
| 20 | That 'd make them sit up and realise they ca n't get away with desecrating any bit of wild country they can get their hands on … ‘ |
| 21 | ANC leaders blamed President de Klerk 's government for the massacre and said they would not respond ‘ meekly ’ . |
| 22 | But Palestinians rejected the offer and said they could not resume peace talks until all the deportees were returned . |
| 23 | Well they just went back and said they could n't want something that much maybe she 's gone over her limit . |
| 24 | She had complained about the waste , and said they should n't have to burn books to keep warm ; it offended her . |
| 25 | ‘ Lille ’ , wrote a local observer in 1869 , ‘ is not a capitalist town , it is first and foremost a great industrial and commercial centre ’ where men put their profits back into the business , did not play about with them , and hoped they would never have to borrow . |
| 26 | If the eagle did nothing and waited they would not get him . |
| 27 | You feel more confident do n't you in a group situation if you know exactly what people er er know or what they do n't know , cos there 's nothing worse is n't there than to go in and thinking they may already know this , I might be going in an teaching my grandmother to suck eggs here , I 'm not sure what they know about this . |
| 28 | Mrs Patient of Bracknell , Berks , said : ‘ I could n't believe that it took four of them to stand there and say they could n't do the work until after the New Year . |
| 29 | They were so free in expression she wondered if they had been read at all by his parents but presumed they could hardly have escaped their eye . |
| 30 | The two are fierce competitors in the market , despite cooperation at the engineering level , but say they will not compete by undercutting pricing . |